St. Martin and Alexander (Waltenhofen)
St. Martin and Alexander is under monument protection standing Catholic parish in Waltenhofen . The geostete church is about in the middle of the place Waltenhofen near the county road OA22.
history
A first consecration is handed down from 1432. A new building including the late medieval tower was commissioned by the Kempten abbot Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein in the years 1765 to 1770. This is evident from an inscription on a roof beam from 1768. The tower was raised in 1901 by Ferdinand Schildhauer and its former gable roof was replaced by a pointed helmet . Restorations took place in 1906 and 1954 to 1958. In 1906 the interior was also changed by adding a pilaster structure between the windows and adding stucco.
Building description
The choir with two window axes is drawn in opposite the nave , broken up by two windows and has a semicircular end. It is separated from the nave by an arched choir arch. The nave has five window axes. A two-story gallery on the west side is supported by two columns. Between the baroque arched windows, the surrounding cornice is structured by cranked pilasters. The barrel vault is arched and pressed. The west portal and the side portals are also arched and framed by sandstone with a keystone. Inside there are arched niches. The omens are of modern origin.
The tower on the north wall of the nave against the choir corner consists of rolling stone masonry with a corner cuboid . The lower floor is barrel vaulted. The new bell storey with five-part sound openings was subdivided in 1901 onto the previous one with three-part round-arched sound arcades and thus placed on the late medieval tower substructure. On the north side there are remains of the coat of arms of Prince Abbot Wolfgang von Grünenstein , who headed the Kempten Monastery from 1535 to 1557 . The two-story sacristy from the time the church was built on the south side of the nave opposite the tower has high arched windows. The sacristy has a round-arched oratorio opening towards the east yoke of the nave.
Furnishing
The polygonal baptismal font made of sandstone from 1501 bears the coat of arms of the Lords of Rauns and comes from the church of Rauns . The two three-part confessionals set into the wall have shellwork . The choir screen consists of unmounted balusters .
In the sacristy there is the former high altar picture with St. Vitus from the late 17th century from the church in Veits as well as the pictures of a baroque Mother of Sorrows and the flagellation of Christ. The oldest piece of the church is a processional cross from around 1330 with the four Evangelists symbols at the ends of the cross and a lamb of God of enamel in the middle. Two procession lights made of copper from the 17th century also come from the abandoned church in Veits. A fraternity pole from the 18th century carries painted tablets. The only epitaph in the church for the builder of the church, Pastor Johannes Evang. Hartmann, who died in 1799, is next to the southern sign.
Stucco and fresco
The stucco from around 1770 probably comes from the workshop of Johann Georg Wirth . On the cornice in the choir there are four colorful flower and palm vases, between four putti with the attributes of the church saint Martin. Linus Seif's frescoes with a curved frame date from 1770. The main picture of the choir shows the baptism, the work, the death and the apotheosis of St. Martin. The four Latin church fathers in the stucco cartouches on the side are surrounded by putti. The frescoes in the nave were covered during a renovation, they were uncovered again later. From east to west they show the Immaculate , Ascension and an angel with the cross and the Lamb of God. On the east side of the frescoes at the base of the vault of the grisaille Christ and Mary and the twelve apostles are depicted. The modern, renewed frescoes on the parapet of the lower galleries show the three divine virtues. At the top, as is usually the case in organ galleries, the Saints Cäcilie and David can be seen. Above the picture of an angel in the middle of the gallery is a cartouche with the year 1770. Above the choir arch, four putti hold a stucco drapery with the coat of arms of the client, Prince Abbot Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein.
Altars
The marbled high altar with white wooden figures on the east side of the choir dates from the time the church was built. The altar leaf signed Linus Seif 1769 between double pilasters shows the Assumption of Mary. Figures of Joachim and Anna from Weingarten from the beginning of the 18th century stand on consoles to the side. The altar extension engages in the vault and bears an oval fresco with the Holy Trinity under the crown closing the altar. The entablature is adorned with five putti with musical instruments. The tabernacle from the 18th century stands between two angels, to the north of it there is a modern immaculate between two little angels. These were created around 1680 and come from the older side altars. A Pietà comes from the first half of the 18th century.
The four-columned side altars were made around 1680 and heavily modified in the 19th century in the style of historicism . The canteens have stucco inlays. The heavily complemented Mother of God from the Ulm School was created around 1490. The child and arms were replaced. In the south side altar there is a wooden statue of the church patron Martin.
pulpit
The rectangular pulpit is divided into four parts by three groups of columns, the middle of which is rotated. The fields carry paintings of the four evangelists . A Holy Spirit dove is attached to the underside of the cranked sound cover . It probably comes from Hans Neher , from whom a similar pulpit in the parish church of St. Alexander and Theodor in Haldenwang from 1702 has been preserved.
Wooden figures
Among the wooden figures in the nave are a Gothic crucifix from the end of the 15th century, two processional poles from the 18th century with a Mother of God, St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena . The other pole carries a figure of Saint Joseph with two angels. A statue from the 18th century in the nave represents St. Michael. In the sacristy there are statues of St. Vitus, St. Barbara and St. James the Elder, created around 1500. All come from the local area. Two angels created around 1680 come from the side altars. There is also a crucifix and a risen Jesus from the second half of the 18th century in the sacristy. A kneeling Christ from a group of Mounts of Olives in the rectory comes from the end of the 15th century.
literature
- Michael Petzet : City and District of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 149f.
Web links
- Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: D-7-80-143-1
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 15.9 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 15.5 ″ E