St. Lorenz (Epfach)
The Catholic Chapel of St. Lorenz in Epfach , a district of the municipality of Denklingen in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech , was built in the middle of the 18th century on the south side of the Lorenzberg on the site of three previous buildings. The chapel, consecrated to St. Lawrence of Rome , an early Christian martyr, is a protected architectural monument .
history
A chapel on the Lorenzberg is mentioned in the vita of the blessed Herluka von Bernried , written in the early 12th century . During the excavations, which were carried out between 1953 and 1957, three previous buildings of the current chapel were found. The oldest building (Building I) was made of stone and had a three-part east end. However, it has not been established whether this was an early Christian church. In the 6th and 7th centuries the building was probably in ruins. The early medieval body graves that were found inside are dated to this time. In the 8th century two rooms were converted for residential purposes. In the Ottonian period a church (building II) was built, which was later demolished in favor of a small chapel (building III) with a cemetery. Today's chapel was built in 1751 according to designs by the master mason Stephan Socher from Denklingen.
architecture
Exterior construction
The exterior is structured by a circumferential, profiled eaves cornice . The west facade is crowned by an octagonal roof turret with an onion dome . The arched portal is framed by two pilasters , and a three-pass window is cut above the portal .
inner space
The nave , a hall structure divided into three axes , is illuminated by large arched windows and covered by a barrel with a needle cap. The retracted choir , in which baroque three-pass windows open to the side, is closed in a semicircle. The western end of the nave is formed by a simple gallery resting on marbled wooden columns .
Furnishing
- A late baroque, colored wooden crucifix is integrated into the high altar from the middle of the 18th century . The two sculptures on the side consoles, on the left St. Laurentius , the patron saint of the church, and on the right St. Wikterp , the first proven bishop of Augsburg , are modern replicas.
- The two side altars from the late Renaissance period are among the oldest in the Landsberg district. The altarpieces are colored and gilded. The Pietà on the north altar is a modern imitation of a baroque Vespers image. The southern side altar, marked with the year 1626, has a scourge Christ from the 18th century, an early copy of the model from 1730 in the Wieskirche . The oil paintings on wood in the excerpt depict God the Father on the left and the Coronation of Mary on the right . St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara of Nicomedia are on the pedestals of the north altar, while St. Wikterp is on the south altar with a model of the old parish church of St. Bartholomew von Epfach and St. Leonhard can be recognized. The painting of the predella shows St. George and St. Margaret .
- The pulpit dates from the 18th century.
- The 14 Stations of the Cross from the 18th century, painted in oil on canvas, are framed by early classicist frames.
- The carved wood door at the entrance is also preserved from the 18th century.
- Some of the late Gothic and Baroque sculptures that originally belonged to the church are now kept in the Epfach parish church of St. Bartholomew .
High altar, saint Laurence
High altar
High altar, saint Wikterp
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 253.
- Karl Gattinger, Grietje Suhr: Landsberg am Lech, city and district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.14 ). Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7917-2449-2 , p. 34-35 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 51 ″ N , 10 ° 54 ′ 56.8 ″ E