St. Martin (Siciny)
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The Catholic parish church of St. Martin is an outstanding baroque church, which was built at the instigation of the Cistercian monastery Leubus from 1736 to 1740 in the Lower Silesian village Siciny (German Seitsch) .
The Leubus Foundation explains the valuable artistic design of the Seitsch “village church”, because the Leubus Monastery commissioned its experienced artists here - for whom it was known in the 18th century.
history
The church in Seitsch was first mentioned in 1289. The foundation stone for today's building was laid on April 10, 1736 at the instigation of the Leubus abbot Constantin Beyer, who was present at the laying of the foundation stone.
The core building was designed by Martin Frantz and his son Karl Martin Frantz in 1736–1740 and executed perpendicular to the previous building, which was demolished at the same time. Buildings by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer can be seen as a model for the conception of the church . In 1774, the simple exterior was supplemented by a front tower with a baroque hood by the builder Johannes Thaddäus Storch. The church was consecrated on June 6, 1776.
St. Martin's Church was registered on June 30, 1961 under A / 1107/897 in the list of architectural monuments of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship as a class "0" monument, the highest monument category in Poland at the time. On May 11, 2009, the surrounding cemetery wall with niches of the cross, which also dates from the 18th century, was entered.
The last renovation of the church took place in 1969, which is why the exterior was gradually renovated from 1999 and received a new color scheme.
Architecture and equipment
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The simple, right-angled exterior of the church is structured by Tuscan pilasters and semicircular closed windows and conceals a rich interior. The facades have been livened up by the strong colors of the recent renovation.
The floor plan of the church is based on a central, square yoke that is widened like a transept and is flanked by two smaller yokes, which in turn end with the organ loft (west) and the apse (east). The west tower and the sacristy are symmetrically attached to this complex. The central importance of the central yoke is emphasized by an elevated sail vault - an effect that is reinforced by the side altar and gallery niches above, which are embedded in the four vaulted pillars and frame the central yoke as a central space. The following yokes have Bohemian cap vaults and are each flanked by side chapels, which have a two-story structure with the continued galleries and the chapels below.
The trompe l'œil paintings of the vaults were created by Ignaz Axter and Johann Anton Felder - Christian Philipp Bentum's workshop employees - which in turn reach their climax in the central yoke in the depiction of the triumph of the Catholic Church. The vault frescos in the tower vestibule illustrate the foundation of the church by Henry III. with a representation of the medieval predecessor buildings of the church and provost house. The uniform furnishings in the Baroque and Rococo styles come from the time the church was built. The stucco work on the altars and the pulpit are the work of Franz Joseph Mangoldt . The main altar leaf with the representation of the dream of St. Martin comes from Christian Philipp Bentum, the painting of the Assumption in the upper altar structure is a work of Michael Willmann .
Today's organ with its classicist prospect is a work by the Walther Brothers, Guhrau from 1860. It has 2 manuals, 18 stops and a mechanical action.
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 35.7 " N , 16 ° 25 ′ 33" E
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See siciny.pl , list of monuments (PDF; 2.2 MB)
- ↑ See siciny.pl
- ↑ See organy.art.pl