St. Martin (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

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The parish church of St. Martin with a renovated exterior facade and onion dome
St. Martin, nave with a view of the apse

St. Martin is the Catholic parish church of Garmisch in the Upper Bavarian market of Garmisch-Partenkirchen . It is an example of the South German Baroque and was built by Joseph Schmuzer from 1730 to 1734 . The ceiling paintings are by Matthäus Günther , the frescoes by Franz Seraph Zwinck . It is a monument on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973, the file number is D-1-80-117-172.

history

Around 750 Irish and Scottish monks converted the Bavarian Oberland to Christianity . It is believed that a wooden church was built in Garmisch during this time. Their patron is St. Martin , the most important saint in the Franconian Empire. In the Romanesque era , it had to give way to a new stone building. In the 18th century the church had become too small for the community. It was therefore decided to build a new building south of the Loisach on the edge of the Loisachgries on the Nikolausanger. After the laying of the foundation stone on August 15, 1730 by Prelate Patritius, the provost of Rottenbuch , the new parish church was built in the years 1730–34 by the Wessobrunn master builder Joseph Schmuzer. The east-facing hall church , which was built instead of a Nikolauskapelle, is in the typical southern German baroque style. The roof structure was erected on October 22nd, 1732. The scaffolding was demolished a year later. The ceiling paintings were created by Matthäus Günther and the frescoes are by Franz Zwinck. The new parish church was consecrated on September 23. As patronage the builders chose as the early church from the patronage of St. Martin. Of the originally two planned church towers, only one was built, as the Freising Prince-Bishop and sovereign over Garmisch and the county of Werdenfels only approved one tower. The total construction costs amounted to 12,000 guilders . In addition, the population provided extensive voluntary services in the form of manual and clamping services. The stones for the new building came from Werdenfels Castle, which was demolished in 1730 .

The church has been extensively renovated since 2007. After the roof and facade renovation, the interior with the ceiling and wall frescoes as well as the technical equipment followed in 2010. The renovators discovered massive damage to the wooden floor under the pews. The renovation measures were completed in 2011

The renovation costs around 4 million euros. The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising contributed the majority with 3.1 million euros. The parish of St. Martin in Garmisch is contributing 750,000 euros. The shortfall is made up with donations.

organ

St. Martin, view of the organ gallery

The organ was built in 1978 by master organ builder Gerhard Schmid ( Kaufbeuren ). The slider chests -instrument has 29  registers three manual divisions and pedal . The playing and register actions are mechanical.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Quintad 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Little Pomeranian 2 ′
5. octave 1'
6th Cymbel III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
7th Brass crumhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
8th. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
9. Principal 8th'
10. Pointed flute 8th'
11. octave 4 ′
12. Forest flute 2 ′
13. Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Trumpet 8th'
III Schwell-Brustwerk C – g 3
15th Coupling flute 8th'
16. Pointed Gamba 8th'
17th recorder 4 ′
18th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Principal 2 ′
20th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
21st Seventh 8 ⁄ 7 ′
22nd Sharp III 1'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
23. Sub bass 16 ′
24. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Octave bass 8th'
26th Major third 6 2 ⁄ 5  ′
27. Choral bass 4 ′
28. Rauschpfeife 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
29 trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Peal

The church tower houses a monumental peal consisting of eight bells that sound in the tone sequence as 0 -c 1 -es 1 -f 1 -as 1 -b 1 -c 2 -es 2 .

See also

literature

  • Josef Brandner: Farchanter Drei-Föhren-Chronik . self-published, Farchant 1979.
  • Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke: Upper Bavaria . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walk through Garmisch. (PDF; 684 kB) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tourist Office, accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ About the association. (No longer available online.) Church building association St. Martin-Garmisch, archived from the original on February 13, 2012 ; Retrieved January 5, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Utz Architects' Office , accessed on June 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ A great collaborative effort. (No longer available online.) Church building association St. Martin-Garmisch, archived from the original on February 13, 2012 ; Retrieved January 5, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Information on the organ at organindex.de, accessed on June 5, 2019.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '36.7 "  N , 11 ° 5' 12.7"  E