St. Margaretha (Issing)
The Catholic parish church of St. Margaretha in Issing in Upper Bavaria is part of the Vilgertshofen community and parish community . The church is a late baroque new building from 1716-1717.
history
There is evidence of a parish in Issing since 1332. The late Gothic predecessor building from 1517 was repeatedly described by the parishioners from 1642 to 1715 as old, small and in a desolate state. The connection to Vilgertshofen was fatefully close, and pilgrimage flourished there in 1674. In 1705, against the will of the Issing parish population, the parish seat was relocated to the pilgrimage church.
In the years from 1716 to 1717 the new branch church was finally built by the Wessobrunn monastery builder Joseph Schmuzer , but the furnishings dragged on until 1736, so that the church could not be consecrated until July 13, 1736. An Altöttinger chapel, donated by the local landlord in 1729 and built by Leonhard Möhringer from Landsberg , had to be demolished in 1740 at the behest of the Wessobrunn monastery, which probably feared an impairment of the pilgrimage to Vilgertshofen. It was not until 1777, under Abbot Engelbert Göggel, that the court painter Johann Baptist Baader from Lechmühlen was commissioned to paint the entire church (in rococo style).
As a result of the secularization , the Vilgertshofener pilgrimage was stopped by the state and the proposal was made to demolish the church and use the building materials to build a new parsonage in Issing. Fortunately, this did not happen, as this came about entirely by taking over the construction work of the people of Issingen.
In the 19th century, Issing was part of the parish of Thaining, and around 1900 St. Margaretha became the parish church again. Interior renovations took place in 1860/70, 1933, 1957 and 1996 to 2002 and exterior renovations in 1970 and 2009/10.
Architecture and equipment
The church is a large hall with a three-bay nave and a retracted single-bay choir with a semicircular end. A French hood sits on the west tower . The pulpit access is via an external extension that is connected to the sacristy . On the south side of the choir there is an oratory above the sacristy . The interior of the nave and the choir have a stitch cap vault. The yokes are separated by wide pilasters .
Furnishing
The altar furnishings belong to the late Baroque era, but the ornamentation already suggests early Rococo forms. The central part of the high altar (1720/28) contains the figure of the church patroness Margaretha in a shell niche , on the sides between a pair of pillars stand the saints of the saints Katharina (left) and Barbara (right). In the extract, a dove floats in a putti wreath as a symbol of the Holy Spirit . The altar of a statue of the crowned archangel Michael as a weigher of souls . Johann Luidl from Landsberg created the entire figure and sculptural work . The ceiling fresco in the choir shows the representation of The Saints Margaretha, Barbara and Katharina in the Glorie (1777, by JB Baader).
The side altars (1690/1728) on the choir arch were also furnished by Johann Luidl and are designed as counterparts to the high altar. In the left is a crowned crescent Madonna with baby Jesus in the center shell niche and above in the excerpt from Saint Vitus , in the right in the middle a figure of the Sacred Heart in a halo and above in the excerpt Saint Benedict , flanked by Saints Leonhard and Magnus .
The central nave fresco (1777, by JB Baader) shows the martyrdoms of Saints Margaretha, Barbara and Katharina . In the upper half of the fresco the Holy Trinity is depicted with a Jesus floating down from his throne with outstretched arms. Eight cartouche fields surrounded by tendrils are dedicated to the apostle cycle, in the choir the cartouches show the four evangelists.
The early classicist pulpit from the end of the 18th century on the south wall shows the theological virtues of faith, hope and love on the basket , and a putto with the tablets of the law on the sound cover . Opposite is a large crucifix with a Mater Dolorosa (17th / 18th century). The fourteen Stations of the Cross from 1758 were also painted by Johann Baptist Baader. The impressive choir arch cross from 1720/30 comes from Johann Luidl. Other furnishings include: several small figures from the 17th to the 19th century, other paintings and processional poles . The simply designed church stalls come from the 17th century. The organ created in 1904 by Franz B. Maerz from Munich was followed by the current instrument (1959) by Josef Zeilhuber from Altstädten (Sonthofen) .
Appreciation
The sculptures in the church, together with those in the Landsberg parish church, are among the main works of Johann Luidl; JB Baader created one of his late works with the fresco cycle.
literature
- Heide Weißhaar-Kiem: Issing, parish church St. Margaretha . EOS Klosterdruckerei, St. Ottilien 2012.
- 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 (2nd half volume, pp. 805-806).
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Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 20.7 ″ N , 10 ° 56 ′ 50.6 ″ E