St. Martin (Luhe)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Martin is located in the Oberpfälzer Markt Luhe-Wildenau (Marktplatz 1). The parish took part in the Upper Palatinate religious turmoil with the change to Lutheranism and then to Calvinism , but has been continuously in Catholic hands since 1627.
history
This church has always had Saint Martin , the Frankish imperial saint, as its patron saint. This points to a church probably being founded in the 9th century; originally it was a royal own church on royal or imperial property. In the 10th century, Luhe was separated from the original Perschen parish and became an independent large parish. Around 1200 a dean is occupied at Luhe . The first known pastor of Luhe was Friedrich von Truhendingen ; This was mentioned as the right of patronage over the church in 1280 by Duke Henry of Lower Bavaria and in 1286 by Rudolf von Habsburg the Waldsassen monastery was given. In 1291 this was confirmed by Pope Nicholas IV . In the oldest parish register of the Diocese of Regensburg from 1326, the Registrum subsidii charitativi pro archiepiscopo Salisburgensi , the parish in Luhe is also mentioned. Emperor Charles IV tried to create a land bridge between Prague and the imperial city of Nuremberg . In the course of these changes, Luhe became a Bohemian fiefdom of the Archdiocese of Prague in 1376 . In 1390 the church at Luhe was opened by Pope Boniface IX. incorporated into the Waldsassen monastery.
While large parts of the Upper Palatinate became Lutheran during the Reformation and the Waldsassen monastery was also occupied by the Electoral Palatinate and monastic life ceased there, the Leuchtenberg dean's office was founded by the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg who remained Catholic , to which Luhe was also subordinate. Because of the difficult legal situation, Luhe could continue to be occupied by a Catholic priest. It was not until February 9, 1617, when Luhe was captured by troops from the Electorate of the Palatinate that the Calvinist Nabburg deacon Thomas Martius was appointed pastor in Luhe. As a result, the church interior (e.g. sacraments, monstrances, lamps, missals) was removed and the frescoes in the choir were painted over. The life of the Calvinist pastor was made difficult by the citizens of Luher and the landgrave, on December 27, 1620 there was an attack on the rectory, during which the cattle were driven out of the stables and the shutters were broken. In 1622, in the course of the Counter-Reformation, the former pastor of Schirmitz , Michael Schweizer, was appointed. In 1627, Duke Maximilian of Bavaria declared all Protestant church and school servants to be deposed.
For a long time, there was disagreement between the Waldsassen monastery and the Leuchtenberg lordship about the right of presentation . In 1725, the elector Max Emanuel decided that the pastor's presentation should alternate between the Waldsassen monastery and the lordship of Leuchtenberg. In 1756 the relics of Saint Hilaria, mother of Saint Afra , were solemnly transferred to the parish church. By the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the Waldsassen monastery was dissolved and Luhe became a state parish.
Church building
Today the parish church is a hall church with a hipped roof and a retracted, five-sided closed choir . The originally Gothic choir may have been the origin of the church, but was redesigned in the Baroque period , which is indicated by the year "1699". The sandstone relief "Christ on the Mount of Olives" at the north exit of the parish church is a reminder of the Gothic period.
According to the building inscription "1524", the tower was added to the church. The tower was built under Pastor Johann Ziging , and it says “Anffag des thurns is geschechen am mantag for mathie in 1524” . Today it is covered with a pointed helmet, but according to a historical map by Christoph Vogel from 1607, like the church building , it had a gable roof. In 1699 the previously Gothic chancel was given a barrel vault and pilasters . The work was carried out by master mason Johannes Mayer from Neustadt an der Waldnaab. The current octagonal upper floor of the tower also dates from the time the choir was built. A nave with a flat ceiling and three window axes was added to the west . Around 1720 the interior of the church was decorated with stucco ornaments and frescoes. In 1761, the church was extended by two additional window axes, and the gallery was also given its current appearance. Instead of the flat ceiling, a mirror vault was installed.
In 1799 the clock was transferred from the town hall tower to the church tower. In 1969 the tower clock was renovated. In 1969 the church was renovated under Pastor Sauer , which was continued in 1985 under Pastor Johann Stich . The churchyard fortifications made of quarry stone are essentially medieval.
Interior
During the Calvinist era, the interior of the church was stripped. The frescoes in the choir show the life of the church patron. The rococo altar shows St. Martin as intercessor for the parish . Mary forwards his petitions to the Holy Trinity . On the right and left are figures of the archangels Michael , Gabriel and Raphael as well as a guardian angel .
The two side altars on the east side date from before 1761. The left shows Jesus , Mary and Joseph together with their grandparents Joachim and Anna . The altar sheet is a copy of the Waldmünchen painter Valentin Reuschl , the original of which is in the Waldsassen monastery. The St. John boy is shown in the altar extract . In the right altar the young Maria can be seen accompanied by her parents. The excerpt shows the martyrdom of St. Sebastian . On the altar barn there is a shrine with relics of Roman martyrs, St. Junius on the left, St. Hilaria on the right.
The pulpit is attached to the left pillar of the choir arch. The sound cover is crowned by two angels who hold the tablets of the law . There are two baptismal fonts in the church , a granite one from the time before the church was expanded and a wooden one that came into the church around 1761.
The way of the cross dates from around 1850, it is a so-called Führich way of the cross ; the classicist picture frames indicate that there were older pictures here.
In 1969 the church was equipped with a heater, the pews were renewed while retaining the old cheeks. In 1985 the ceiling paintings, the side altars and the pulpit were renovated. On November 23, 1986, the completion of the work could be celebrated with a festive service.
organ
The towering organ front from the Baroque period stands on the gallery .
In 1761 the church received a large donation from the late Landobristin Elisabeth Franziska de Friderico . From this an organ was purchased for 600 guilders , according to an estimate by the organ maker Andreas Weiß from Nabburg. The old organ with four registers was moved to the Nikolauskirche on the Koppelberg. In 1986 the organ was overhauled.
In 1997 a new organ from the organ building company Thomas Jann was installed with 1414 pipes made of a tin-lead alloy and an electric fan. The length of the organ pipes ranges from 20 mm to 4.8 m. On December 14, 1997, the organ was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Wilhelm Schraml .
literature
- Josef Menath: Catholic parish church St. Martin Luhe. (= Schnell series, Art Guide, No. 1223). Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1988 (2nd, completely revised edition).
- Karl Rothenberger: Market Luhe. Timeline. Oberpfälzer Waldverein, branch association Luhe, Luhe 1989, pp. 105–194.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Altbayern Series I, Issue 39: Vohenstrauß. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich, 1977, p. 68ff.
- ↑ Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Altbayern Series I, Issue 39: Vohenstrauß. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich, 1977, p. 36.
- ↑ Rothenberger, 1989, p. 116.
- ^ Organ consecration in the parish church of St. Martin Luhe: 3rd Sunday in Advent, December 14, 1997. 3rd Sunday in Advent, December 14, 1997. Luhe 1997.
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '55.9 " N , 12 ° 8' 53.7" E