St. Martin (Mörslingen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Mörslingen , a district of the community of Finningen in the district of Dillingen an der Donau in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built at the end of the 17th century and decorated in the rococo style in the late 18th century . On the ground floor of the tower, which still comes from the previous church, an early Gothic choir tower church , frescos from the 14th and 15th centuries have been preserved.
history
Parish
The patronage of St. Martins suggests that the parish was founded in Franconian times. Mörslingen was first mentioned around the year 1100 when the Guelphs donated the church of Mörslingen to Weingarten Abbey . Later the patronage right came to the Counts of Oettingen and from 1312 to the bishopric of Augsburg . From 1534 to 1616 Mörslingen was Protestant . Until 1843, Oberfinningen belonged to the parish of Mörslingen and Deisenhofen until 1867 .
church
In the 13./14. In the 16th century a choir tower church was built, of which only the tower has survived. The church was probably rebuilt for the first time in the middle of the 17th century. Around 1682 the new choir was built and in 1699 the nave was added. In 1764 Johann Anwander from Lauingen painted the Stations of the Cross as a replica of the Way of the Cross in Tapfheim . Johann Eckart from Höchstädt an der Donau created the altars with altar leaves in 1766/67 by Joseph Leitkrath from Donauwörth , who made the ceiling frescoes in 1782. The consecration of the new church took place on September 9, 1787th
architecture
Exterior construction
The 32 meter high tower is made of quarry stone masonry , plastered and covered with a steep pitched roof. It is five storeys high and crowned by a crenellated stepped gable.
The nave and choir are made of plastered brickwork and pierced by arched windows. The corners of the choir are reinforced by flat pilasters .
The entrances are on the north and south sides, in the north an open sign on Tuscan stone pillars.
inner space
The church has a single nave . The nave extends over five bays and ends in a drawn-in choir closed on three sides in the east. In the west there is a double gallery on iron pipe supports. The upper gallery carries the organ built in 1811. The walls are structured by pilasters with ionizing capitals . A cove forms the transition to the flat ceiling of the nave.
Frescoes
On the north and east walls of the tower ground floor, which was originally used as a choir and today serves as a baptistery , frescos from the 14th and 15th centuries have been preserved. The Annunciation is depicted in the window reveals on the east wall . On the side panels you can see saints and a face in a laurel wreath , and angels growing out of ornaments above the sloping gables. The scene of the Magi on the north side is dated to the 2nd half of the 15th century.
The ceiling fresco of the nave from 1782 depicts scenes from the life of St. Martins, the Patron of the Church; in the middle his transfiguration and coronation. The four evangelists are depicted in the corners of the groove and the attributes of St. Martins, bishop's hat and staff , goose and helmet. On the eastern edge of the picture above a cartouche with the Latin inscription TIBI DEUS LAUS ET GLORIA (You God Praise and Glory) is the coat of arms of the House of Neuburg Pfalz . The male figure on the western edge of the fresco, holding a tobacco pipe and dressed in 18th century fashion, could be a self-portrait of the painter.
In the middle of the balustrade of the gallery you can see St. Recognize Cecilia who is playing an organ.
Furnishing
The main altarpiece depicts Saint Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar. Like the wooden figures on either side of the tabernacle , Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara , it was created in 1770. St. Sebastian and St. Isidore are depicted on the two side altars .
Choir stalls and pulpit have been preserved from the 18th century.
The baptismal font , a limestone shell on a baluster base with an angel's head and the Christ and Mary monograms , dates from the late 17th century.
literature
- Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 761-767.
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Ed. Landkreis Dillingen ad Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 253–255.
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 23.2 " N , 10 ° 30 ′ 46.5" E