St. Laurentius (Berndorf)

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Interior view of the St. Laurentius branch church

The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius (in detail: St. Laurentius and St. Andreas ) in the hamlet of Berndorf in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut is one of the oldest church buildings in the Landshut area. Stylistically it stands at the transition from Romanesque to Gothic . Politically, Berndorf belongs to the municipality of Kumhausen , but ecclesiastically to the parish of Heilig Blut in Landshut. The church is registered as a monument with the number D-2-74-146-2 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

history

After Berndorf was first mentioned in 820, today's church is likely to have been built around 1250; it was first mentioned in a document in 1315. The patronage of St. Laurentius , however, suggests a previous church, as it often appears on earlier Roman roads . During the Baroque period , probably around 1726, the church was redesigned in Baroque style . The arched window openings were enlarged and today's equipment was purchased. The branch community of Berndorf belonged to the parish Hohenegglkofen until 1862 and was only then changed to Landshut-Heilig Blut. Today there are only services in the church for the feasts of the patron saint Laurentius of Rome (August 10th) and Andrew (November 30th) .

description

architecture

It is a simple, east-facing hall church . While the three-bay nave is plastered and whitewashed, you can see the original brickwork on the outwardly undivided choir tower . A gable roof forms the upper end of the tower . A Gothic pointed arch window has been preserved on the east side of the choir, the remaining window openings were rounded off in the Baroque period.

The Romanesque arched portal , which is located on the south side in the rearmost nave yoke, dates from the time the church was built and is equipped with wrought iron fittings from the late Gothic period. These have lily ends . While the nave has a flat roof , the chancel , which has been raised by three steps, was equipped with a ribbed vault . The beet-shaped, pointed consoles take up the steeply grooved shield ribs that run towards a strong, round keystone . On the south side of the choir there is a small niche closed in a triangle. The pointed choir arch is chamfered on the west side .

Furnishing

The interior is rustic-baroque. The high altar from around 1700 contains a figure of the church patron and martyr Laurentius of Rome with his attribute , the rust , in the central niche between two winding columns . St. Florian (left) and St. George (right) stand as assistant figures on consoles decorated with putti heads under the volutes attached to the side . Above the central niche, a large putti head is depicted, in the extract a dove of the Holy Spirit . To the right of the choir arch there is also a two-column side altar from around 1750, which is dedicated to the second church patron, Andreas (memorial day: November 30th). The altarpiece, painted in the Nazarene style, shows Andreas with his instrument of suffering, the St. Andrew's cross . Like the excerpt of the risen Christ with the cross, it was created in the 19th century. Instead of the left side altar, the so-called Berndorfer Madonna , a clothed baroque miraculous image from the 18th century, is located on a bricked altar strip . It is accompanied on the left and right by two candlestick angels in the Rococo style . In addition, the little church contains an impressively designed baroque way of the cross . The pictures painted on canvas were created in 1769.

Two Gothic bells hang in the tower , dated 1471 and 1520. The bell from 1471 has a diameter of 48.5 centimeters and bears the Latin minuscule inscription : o · rex · glorye · fenny · kumpace · m · cccc · lxxi (in German: "O king of honor, come with peace"). The larger bell was cast in 1520 and has a diameter of 61.5 centimeters. It is consecrated to St. Mary and was cast by Hans Graf in Landshut. It bears the inscription: Ann · dm · m · v c · xx · jar · gos · mich · hanns · graf · in · der · ern · maria · der · junghfraw .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Parish of Holy Blood: Berndorf . Online at heiligblut.de ; accessed on October 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d Kaupe, pp. 32-34.
  3. ↑ a b c d Anton Eckardt (Ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut. Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, p. 62f. ( Digitized version ).

Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 30.2 "  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 45.6"  E