St. Mauritius (Mintraching)
St. Mauritius is the Roman Catholic parish church of Mintraching in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg . The church with the patronage of St. Mauritius is registered as a monument with the number D-3-75-170-3 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .
History and description
The church was built in the last third of the 17th century on the foundations of a previous building mentioned in a document since the 8th century . The building consists of a 22-meter-long, single-nave church building and a 45-meter-high tower attached to the south side of the choir , crowned by an onion dome with a lantern . The sacristy is located on the north side of the choir . On the north side of the church is the structurally connected chapel of St. Leonhard , built in 1713 .
The church was redesigned several times over the years and was last restored in 1999/2000 .
Furnishing
The high altar in the classical style was erected in 1818 and redesigned in 1953/1954 in the rococo style. During the redesign in 1953, the high altar picture was made by the Freiburg painter Manfred Schmid in a baroque style and shows Saint Mauritius on horseback. The wood-carved side figures next to the altar represent the saints Johannes Nepomuk and Franz Xaver . The picture of the left side altar painted by Johann Gebhard is remarkable . It depicts Mary Immaculate, crowned with roses, enthroned on the globe. The right side altarpiece depicts the Sermon on the Mount . The frescoes in the choir: the Last Supper of Jesus , on the walls the birth of Christ and Jesus as a child friend, in the nave: the keys are handed over to Peter , the saint and Annunciation of the Faith, Petrus Canisius , Franz Xaver, Elisabeth of Thuringia , Vinzenz von Paul , and the wall frescoes of the miraculous multiplication of bread , healing of the lame and the crucifixion are by the Munich painter Josef Wittmann , an important painter of the Neo-Baroque and painted in 1922. The pulpit on the north wall was carved by the sculptor Christoph Ittelsberger (1763–1842). The church stalls and the two confessionals date from 1880.
organ
The organ of the parish church of St. Mauritius was built in 2000 by Johannes Schädler from Donaustauf . The mechanical slider chest instrument comprises 16 registers , divided into two manuals and pedal . The console is free-standing, the main and swellwork are integrated into the parapet of the organ gallery. The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
literature
- Maja Galle: Mintraching. The churches of the parish of St. Mauritius . Peda art guide No. 195/2003. Passau: Kunstverlag Peda 2003. ISBN 3-89643-201-X
Web links
- Homepage of the parish Mintraching
- Twelve bells of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation on September 9, 2018 from the parish church of St. Mauritius in Mintraching
Individual evidence
- ^ St. Mauritius / Mintraching . Online at orgelbau-schaedler.de ; accessed on November 3, 2018.
Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 11.3 " N , 12 ° 14 ′ 25.6" E