St. Martin (Baar)

St. Martin, choir with sacristy from the south

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin is the parish church of the municipality of Baar in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. The church was first mentioned in 1243. It was built in the Gothic style after the porches and rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 18th century.

Patronage

The church is dedicated to Bishop Martin of Tours .

Building history

The first previous building was built in the Merovingian period in the early 8th century. The tower dates from the 11th / 12th centuries. Century. Between 1361 and 1557 the church was rebuilt in the Gothic style and between 1769 and 1797 it was redesigned in the late Baroque style.

description

Exterior

The church is adjacent to the old cemetery wall. The former St. Anna ossuary stands on the southern flank . The extraordinarily wide rectangular nave is joined by the strongly drawn-in choir , to which a semicircular apse was added in the 18th century . To the north is the walled tower and to the south the sacristy, which was widened in 1962. The massive, compact tower rises above a square floor plan. The clockwork shows the year 1526.

Interior

The position of the ceiling and the walls are largely from the late Middle Ages, while the spatial impression corresponds to the feeling of the late Rococo. In front of the four side altars there is a raised vestibule, from which further steps lead up to the altar house. A slightly smaller group of figures by the sculptor Michael Wickart (1622) John the Baptist , St. Catherine , St. Barbara and St. Sebastian . The ceiling painting in the choir, which replaces earlier versions, is by Jost Troxler 1827–18993) depicts the four evangelists in the late Nazarene style. Above the organ: Christ (with Troxler's face takes on St. Martin in heaven. The cartouche pictures represent the Eucharist and salvation.

The high altar , built in 1777, is made of stucco marble . From the altar block with a tempietto-like tabernacle, the stage rises, on which the apostles are seated, who are present at the coronation of Mary . The side altars from north to south are the Joseph altar , signed Xav, Zürcher in Zug 1854 , with statues of Saints Appollonia and Verena , the altar of the Belt Brotherhood from 1854 with figures of Nikolaus von Tolentino and Karl Borromeo as well as the rosary altar , which is used to award the rosary shows St. Dominic and is signed by M. Paul Deschwanden . The pulpit, commissioned in 1771 and attributed to Johann Baptist Babel , is unusually voluminous and corresponds to the side altars in terms of material and shape.

The late medieval wall paintings, which have only survived in fragments, were rediscovered in 1855 and restored in 1961–1964. They show parts of a cycle of apostles.

sacristy

The painting Triumph of the Eucharist is a copy of the "Ecclesiae triumphus" tapestry designed by Peter Paul Rubens at the end of the 17th century.

St. Annakapelle or St. Anna ossuary

St. Anne's Chapel from the southwest

The St. Anna chapel was consecrated in 1507. Inside there is a beautifully carved wooden ceiling from 1508. The winged altar is late Gothic with Anna herself third and helpers in need . In the baroque crown, St. Michael is depicted as weighing the soul. The life-size wooden statue of Christ carrying the cross dates from around 1400. On the north wall there are late medieval pilgrim inscriptions u. a. seen with Savoy coat of arms. The remains of the choir stalls from the Gothic parish church were built in the second half of the 14th century.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Baar) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the parish of St. Martin, Baar
Martinskirche , accessed April 7, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Langenegger Leo .: Church of St. Martin Baar . Ed .: Heimatbuchkommission Baar. Homeland Book Commission, 1974.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Josef Grünenfelder: The art monuments of the canton of Zug. Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History. The former external office. Wiese Verlag, Basel 1999, ISBN 3-909164-69-2 , p. 27-56 .
^ Hahnloser H. R, Schmid Alfred A. Ed .: Art guide through Switzerland . Ed .: Ges. F. Switzerland. Art history. tape 1 . Büchler Verlag, Wabern 1971, p. 736-737 .

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[1] Langenegger Leo .: Church of St. Martin Baar . Ed .: Heimatbuchkommission Baar. Homeland Book Commission, 1974.

[:0-2] Josef Grünenfelder: The art monuments of the canton of Zug. Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History. The former external office. Wiese Verlag, Basel 1999, ISBN 3-909164-69-2 , p. 27-56 .

[3] Hahnloser H. R, Schmid Alfred A. Ed .: Art guide through Switzerland . Ed .: Ges. F. Switzerland. Art history. tape 1 . Büchler Verlag, Wabern 1971, p. 736-737 .