St. Mauritius (Mindelaltheim)
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The Catholic parish church of St. Mauritius is located in the center of Mindelaltheim , a district of the Swabian community of Dürrlauingen, elevated on the slope of the vineyard.
history
The church in its current form goes back to a new building or renovation from the years 1712 to 1730, which is probably based on a medieval previous building. The north wall of the building could still be preserved, as paintings from the beginning of the 17th century were discovered there in 1979. However, roots as far back as the Roman or early medieval era are conceivable, which is indicated by the discovery of almost two meter thick limestone blocks in the foundation of the church.
As the church is on sandy ground, cracks formed in the nave. For this reason, an angular retaining wall was erected in the west of the sacred building in 1996 .
architecture
The nave , which is provided with a gable roof , merges into a retracted choir , which is flanked in the north by the onion tower , which first runs from a square to an octagon . This is a quote from the St. Ulrich and Afra Church in Augsburg and was originally provided with a gable roof. While the strikingly high nave is adorned with geometric stucco stucco in white, the vaulted choir also impresses with its simplicity. In addition, two pictures restored in 1911 adorn the church ceiling; the Holy Trinity in the nave and the Assumption in the choir .
Altars
As a contrast to this, the four-column main altar catches the eye, the retable of which shows the martyrdom of the church patron together with the Thebaic legion . In the extract from the altar there is a painting of God the Father and the Holy Spirit . The figures of St. Mauritius and Georgs are probably made by the Dillinger sculptor Stephan Luidl .
While the side altar to the right of the viewer deals thematically with the Holy Family , its counterpart shows the motif of Maria Immaculata . The three altars date from the beginning of the 18th century and are architecturally “a little too heavy and too densely populated”.
Selection of noteworthy art treasures
The wealth of furnishings in the Mindelaltheim churches is probably due to its affiliation to the Dominican convent of St. Katharina in Augsburg .
- a double epitaph of the then Mindelaltheim pastor Ulrich Ahauser and his father Johannes from 1483 in Gothic minuscule
- a late Gothic Pietà from the Ulm School from 1500 to 1510
- an octagonal font from the same period
- an eleven-part Antonius cycle based on a copper engraving by Andreas Matthäus Wolffgang from 1693 and attached to the upper gallery of the church
- a vestry cabinet decorated with carved tendrils , which is dated around 1700
- Canvas prints of St. Wendelin and St. Radegundis
- a silver baroque chalice , presumably made by the Augsburg goldsmith Wolfgang Caspar Kolb
- a group of Mounts of Olives , which could also come from the sculptor Stephan Luidl and is currently housed in a niche in the south of the church
Old graveyard
The so-called "old cemetery" of Mindelaltheim is located on the slope in the south of the parish church. The area, which was expanded in 1924, was reduced again in 1998 for structural reasons. In this context, the cemetery wall was adapted to the new conditions by a new building and graves were dissolved.
The cemetery, which was abandoned at the end of the 20th century due to lack of space, was replaced by a new churchyard in the northeast of the Holy Cross Church .
War memorial
Below the parish church there is a newly built war memorial because the previous building from 1924 was demolished. Inside there is a statue of the Archangel Michael , armed with a sword and shield, triumphing over the devil in the form of a lindworm-like being. Next to it is the inscription “They were ready to die for the fatherland”, as well as two plaques with the fallen and missing Mindelaltheimers of both world wars.
See also
- List of architectural monuments of the community of Dürrlauingen
- Holy Cross Church Mindelaltheim
- Saint Mauritius
- Mauritius Church
literature
- Karl Bader, Bent Jörgensen, Anton H. Konrad , Philibert Magin, Emil Neuhäusler, Monika Rappöhn, Dieter Rappöhn: Dürrlauingen Mindelaltheim Mönstetten. Community between Mindel and Glött . Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2011, ISBN 978-3-87437-553-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 712-713 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: District of Günzburg. Ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological monuments (= monuments in Bavaria: independent cities and districts in Bavaria . Volume 91,1 , 7 (Swabia, districts)). Lipp, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-87490-589-6 , pp. 118-119 .
- ↑ a b c d Anton H. Konrad: Mindelaltheim, parish church St. Mauritius . In: Anton H. Konrad (Ed.): Dürrlauingen Mindelaltheim Mönstetten. Community between Mindel and Glött . Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2011, ISBN 978-3-87437-553-5 , p. 430 .
- ↑ a b c d e Karl Bader: In the middle of the village or out of the way and unknown - that too is Mindelaltheim . In: Dürrlauingen Mindelaltheim Mönstetten. Community between Mindel and Glött.Verlag = Anton H. Konrad Verlag . Weißenhorn 2011, ISBN 978-3-87437-553-5 , pp. 509-518 .
- ↑ Anton Steichele (. Cont Alfred Schroeder): The diocese of Augsburg. historically and statistically described . 5; The land chapters: Ichenhausen and Jettingen. Augsburg 1895, p. 703 .
- ↑ The Mindelaltheim war memorial in the online project war memorials
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '49.9 " N , 10 ° 24' 31.9" E