St. Martin (Wangen im Allgäu)

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The parish church seen from the Wangen market square
Interior

The parish church of St. Martin, Gallus and Magnus is a Catholic church building in Wangen im Allgäu .

history

The church building has "grown" over the course of history. It is not known exactly when the first church was built on the site of today's parish church, but a period between the eighth century and 820 is assumed. A pastor was first mentioned in 1182. The tower and the eastern wall of the nave date from the period of the late twelfth century and the early thirteenth century, the choir from 1386. The last major renovation began at the end of the 14th century and, according to the inscription on the west portal, was completed in "Anno 1486" its final shape of a three-aisled columned basilica . In this context, the church was Gothicized. From 1684 to 1687 the church was redesigned in Baroque style . After a lightning strike, the tower helmet was replaced by a Welsche hood in 1739 . In November 1862, Ludwig Mittermaier's neo-Gothic choir windows , donated by Joseph Anton von Gegenbaur and Franz Lott, were installed. In 1898–1901 the church was re-gothic with a neo-Gothic interior .

The interior is characterized by the late historicist wall paintings by Gebhard Fugel . Further paintings were removed in 1952, Mittermaier's choir windows were expanded in 1960, and today they are lost.

organ

Organ prospectus with Rückpositiv

The large organ on the west gallery was built in 1987 by the organ building company Rieger (Vorarlberg). The slider chests -instrument has 39 registers (2,814 pipes ) on three manual works and pedal . The key actions and couplings are mechanical, the stop actions are electrical.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
Bourdon 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
Flûte à chem. 4 ′
Duplicate 2 ′
Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Fittings 1'
Cromorne 8th'
Tremblant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Montre 8th'
Flute harmonique 8th'
Flute cônique 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
Cor de nuit 4 ′
Duplicate 2 ′
Mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Cornet V
Trumpets 16 ′
Trumpets 8th'
III Swell C – g 3
Flute 8th'
Viol 8th'
Voix célèste 8th'
Octavine 4 ′
Flute octaviante 4 ′
Plein jeu 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Duplicate 2 ′
Basson 16 ′
Trumpet harm. 8th'
Hautbois 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
Tremblant
Pedal C – f 3
Soubasse 32 ′
Principal 16 ′
Soubasse 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Bombard 16 ′
Trumpets 8th'
  • Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Bells

The church tower houses 6 bells, including the Christ bell, which is one of the three hundred largest bells in Germany and is tuned to the tone a °. It is only rung on special occasions, such as at festive church services or once a week - except in Advent and Lent - on Saturday at 6 p.m., when Sunday is rung for eight minutes with all six bells ringing full.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Wangen im Allgäu)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Jensch: City Chronicle Wangen im Allgäu . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu, 2015, p. 45 according to Otto Beck: Kirchenführer Wangen im Allgäu. Catholic parish church of St. Martin, Gallus and Magnus , 3rd edition, 2009
  2. ^ Rainer Jensch: City Chronicle Wangen im Allgäu . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu, 2015, p. 45
  3. ↑ a b Susi Weber: Valuable Windows from Wangen are missing , Schwäbische Zeitung from January 17, 2018, accessed on April 24, 2018
  4. ↑ Detailed information on the building history on the municipality's website
  5. ↑ Dr. Annegret Kaiser: Monument conservation value plan for the entire Wangen im Allgäu complex , March 2, 2016
  6. ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the church music website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchenmusik-wangen.de
  7. ↑ Dipl.-Ing. Walter Schäfer, Architect: Bells in Germany. Retrieved on April 20, 2017 (German).

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 9.4 ″  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 3 ″  E