St. Laurentius (Reinhartshausen)

View from the northeast

Interior view to the east

Oval flat ceiling in the choir

Ceiling fresco in the nave

pulpit

The Catholic parish church of St. Lawrence is located in the south of Bobinger city part Reinhartshausen in the Swabian district of Augsburg on a small hill. The baroque hall building was furnished in a typical way in the 18th century. The church consecrated to the martyr Laurentius of Rome is one of the protected architectural monuments in Bavaria.

history

The place was probably only created on a cleared island in the 14th century. The first parish church was built around 1455 when the landlord Konrad Gwerlich financed the employment of his own pastor.

Since 1586 the village belonged to the Fugger family in Kirchheim . The church was already described as dilapidated in 1720. Some builders then submitted proposals for a new building. In 1738 Joseph Dossenberger the Elder from Wollishausen made a design that his sons Joseph Dossenberger and Johann Adam Dossenberger carried out. The new building began the following year, but could not be completed until 1742 for financial reasons. The stucco of the interior was probably designed by Franz Xaver Feichtmayr the Elder , and the painting was done by Johann Georg Lederer . In total, the work cost 3673 guilders . The church was consecrated on October 18, 1780.

Major restorations were carried out in 1897, 1946, 1956, 1969 (exterior renovation) and from 1981 (interior).

architecture

Exterior construction

The exterior view is dominated by the high tower in the northern corner of the choir. A two-story octagon (octagon) rises above five square floors and is closed off by an onion dome. As a counterpart, the single-storey sacristy is laid out in the south .

A semicircular closed, drawn-in choir is added to the simple nave . Simple arched windows illuminate the interior. The portal is integrated into a sign on the north side.

inner space

The corners of the four-axis nave are rounded so that the impression of an oval space is created. The hall is spanned by a painted and stuccoed flat ceiling. A double gallery on two pillars each forms the western end .

The round choir arch leads into the one-bay presbytery . This part of the room is also closed off by a flat oval ceiling above a high vault (vault), the western corners of which are designed as pendentives .

Stucco decor and frescoes

The partly very plastic stucco decoration was probably created according to designs by Franz Xaver Feichtmayr. Franz Hölzle, Joseph Gränzinger, Matthes Lang and Hans Georg Blösch can be proven as executing craftsmen. The decoration consists of ribbon, lattice and foliage, flower tendrils, large horns of plenty and a high oval heraldic cartouche above the choir arch .

The frescoes were created by the Augsburg master Johann Georg Lederer in 1742 for a total of 150 guilders . In the choir, the main picture shows the intercession of Mary and St. Lawrence for the poor souls before the Holy Trinity . In the cartouches you can see saints, in the pendants a pelican who nourishes its young with its own blood, and a phoenix in the middle of a blazing fire.

On the main fresco in the nave, St. Lawrence stands before the Roman court. The judge sits on a throne under a high canopy . The scene takes place under an antique arch architecture, above are angels with the martyr's palm and the grate on which the saint was martyred. According to the inscription on the edge of the picture, the fresco was revised in 1897: “JG Lederer pinxit 1742. Renov. 1897 ".

The evangelists Matthew , Mark , John and Luke (behind the organ) are depicted in the larger cartouches on the ceiling of the nave . The smaller medallions show four emblematic representations in grisaille painting .

Furnishing

In 1745, the Hainhof carpenter Johann Konrad Rist delivered the high altar with the lateral mock passages and received 250 guilders for it. The altarpiece from the 19th century is flanked by two pairs of Corinthian columns.

The two side altars are similar in design and structure to the main altar, so that they can certainly be assigned to the same master. The paintings date from the middle of the 18th century. The altar sheet of the right side altar with the representation of the 14 helpers in need is attributed to Johann Baptist Heel, who signed the main picture of the left side altar. Here the death of Joseph is depicted.

The most important piece of equipment is the unusual, colored pulpit from around 1742. The pulpit basket is supported by four volute swings with the evangelist symbols. The parapet is decorated with ribbons, leaf and flower tendrils. The sound cover has the shape of a flat shell. Above are four vases and a basket of flowers between swings of volutes. The book with the seven seals , the Lamb of God , the tablets of the law and the bronze serpent on the cross conclude.

The Stations of the Cross from around 1769 are attributed to Joseph Mages from Augsburg. They originally come from the castle chapel in Hardt, which burned down in 1945 .

literature

• Georg Dehio (edited by Bruno Bushart and Georg Paula): Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Art monuments Bavaria III: Swabia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , Munich / Berlin 1989, pp. 890-891.
• Wilhelm Neu, Frank Otten: District of Augsburg. (Bavarian art monuments, brief inventory), Munich 1970.

Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reinhartshausen: St. Laurentius. Diocese of Augsburg
2. ↑ List of monuments for Bobingen (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-7-72-125-20 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 24.5 "  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 51.6"  E