St. Martin (Gabelbach)

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St. Martin in Gabelbach

The Catholic parish church of St. Martin, formerly Maria Trost in Gabelbach , a district of the market town of Zusmarshausen in Bavaria , is one of the most important village churches in the Augsburg district in terms of art history . The former pilgrimage church houses the oldest organ in southern Germany . As an architectural monument, it is entered in the Bavarian list of monuments.

history

Excavations inside the church show that a previous stone building with a total length of 14.30 m and a width of 6.30 m already stood on the site at the end of the 12th century. This was rebuilt and expanded in the middle of the 14th century. In 1590 a new nave was built . The cost was 612 guilders and 16 cruisers. In 1617 the choir was renewed and a new altar was added. The work was carried out by Master Jerg, bricklayer from Radau for a price of 2406 guilders and 33 cruisers. In 1692 the pastor and dean Bartholomäus Hartmann founded the Arch Brotherhood Maria vom Trost in Gabelbach .

The increasing pilgrimage and dilapidation of the old church required a new building at the beginning of the 18th century. The current church building was built between 1737 and 1738 with the extensive demolition of the previous building. The construction management took over the domkapitelschen architect Johannes Paul from Augsburg, a cousin of the pastor of Gabelbach Dominic Paul. It is considered his main work. In 1746 it was consecrated . In 1768, the then pastor of Gabelbach, Norbert Endele, commissioned the Wettenhausen monastery builder Joseph Dossenberger to raise the church tower, the lower square floors of which date from the 15th to 17th centuries, by four floors.

Damage in the masonry required a thorough renovation of the church from 1977 to 1985. The walls were repaired, the stucco and the frescoes were renewed and excavations were carried out in the interior of the church. Together with the parishes of St. Leonhard in Gabelbachergreut , St. Vitus in Steinekirch , St. Stephan in Wollbach , St. Michael in Wörleschwang and Maria Immaculata in Zusmarshausen, St. Martin forms the parish community of Zusmarshausen.

Furnishing

inner space
Dome fresco

The ceiling fresco of the nave dome was created by the artist Alois Mack, an assistant to Johann Georg Bergmüller . It shows the Assumption and Coronation of Mary . The rich early Rococo stucco work is attributed to the Augsburg masters Johann and Ignaz Finsterwalder . The altar leaves were created by Johann Nepomuck Weckerle in 1860. A crucifix and pietà from the period 1750/1760 came from the circle of the sculptor Johann Michael Fischer .

organ

Organ gallery with prospectus during the restoration

The organ was originally built in 1609 by the organ builder Marx Günzer for the Barfüßerkirche in Augsburg. It is currently the oldest known in southern Germany. According to the Barfüßerkirche's account books, Anton Berger from Augsburg added new coverings and a sub-bass in 1708 . Another repair took place in 1735 under the organ builder Johann Crontaler from Kaufbeuren. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Peace of Augsburg, the Renaissance instrument was replaced by a new magnificent organ by Johann Andreas Stein , the old organ was dismantled in 1757 and sold to Gabelbach. In 1758 it found its current place on the upper gallery of the parish church of Gabelbach. In 1858 and 1874, the Günzburg organ builder Anselm Roschmann made changes to the pipework. In 1998 a support association was founded to preserve the instrument. Until 2016 Hermann Weber restored the organ to the condition of 1758. The disposition is:

I Manual CDEFGA – c 3
Principal 8th'
Copel 8th'
octave 4 ′
Fifth 3 ′
Super octave 2 ′
Hörnle II
Mixture IV-VI
Cimbel II
CDEFGA – b pedal 0
Sub-bass 16 ′
Violonbass 16 ′
trombone 8th'

Bells

The tower houses four bells . The oldest and heaviest comes from 1768. Three euphon bells were purchased in 1950 by the Erdinger bell foundry .

Surroundings

The vicarage of Gabelbach dates from the 17th century and is a protected monument . For its receipt, the former mayor of Gabelbach, Hubert Hartmann, was awarded the Bavarian Monument Protection Medal in 2016.

literature

  • Michael Petzet : Monuments in Bavaria: Swabia. Oldenbourg, 1986, p. 144.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benno Constantin Gantner: Johann Michael Fischer (1717–1801): a baroque sculptor from Swabia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-422-06349-5 ( google.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Manuela Bauer: The oldest organ in southern Germany. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Martin Klonnek: Augsburg Land: Sights of the district of Augsburg . epubli, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-3220-4 ( google.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).
  4. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments: Pt. 1-5; Bavaria: Franconia. Lower Bavaria. Swabia. Munich and Upper Bavaria. Regensberg and the Upper Palatinate . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1989 ( google.de [accessed on May 21, 2019]).
  5. ^ Organ: Gabelbach near Augsburg. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Manuela Bauer: The Mecca of organ fans. Augsburger Allgemeine , March 15, 2017. Accessed May 21, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk / Georg Impler: Zwölfuhrluten: Gabelbach in Swabia . November 9, 2014 ( br.de [accessed May 21, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Hannah Dietrich: He has been helping to maintain the rectory for years. Augsburg General. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 10.5 ″  E