St. Martin (cat brain)
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St. Martin is a Roman Catholic chapel in the Upper Swabian Katzenhirn , a district of Mindelheim . It was probably built in the 18th century on the southwestern edge of the hamlet.
architecture
The south-facing building has a flat-roofed space on two axes. The windows have round arches. Then a semicircular apse, slightly wider on the inside and slightly retracted on the outside, with two circular windows and beaded cornice is built under the ceiling. The old floor covering is made of square Solnhofen tiles . The double door in the north dates from the 18th century. The sign was probably added in the 19th century. This sign has an open arched arcade in the east and a hipped roof. Above the north gable is a square, wooden roof turret from the 19th century with a tin tip. There is a sloping eaves cornice on the exterior and a pilaster strip at the top of the slightly retracted apse.
Furnishing
The wooden and framed altar dates from the 3rd quarter of the 19th century. It is simple and neo-Romanesque with classicist reminiscences and a box style. The high predella with a shell niche is located between the column bases, above an aedicula consisting of two pairs of slender columns and a triangular pediment can be seen. These enclose a picture of Saint Martin by Erwin Holzbaur from 1961.
The seating dates from the 18th or 19th century and has curved plank cheeks. The iron offering box from the 18th century on a wooden baluster is studded with ribbons and rosettes. There are two assembled wooden figures in the chapel. One is a mission cross. According to the inscription, this was made in memory of the mission in Mindelheim in 1855. However, it is a popular work that shows signs of the Baroque, which is why it could also be from the 18th century. The second wooden figure shows a kneeling, scourged Savior from the mid-18th century.
There is a wooden memorial plaque above the door. It bears the inscription In memory of the mission held in Mindelheim in April 1855 by the Jesuits SK 1868.
literature
- Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress (= Bavarian Art Monuments . Volume 31 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1971, p. 152 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 5.7 ″ N , 10 ° 33 ′ 30.8 ″ E