St. Michael (Arlach)
The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Michael is a chapel in Arlach, a suburb of Tannheim in the Biberach district in Upper Swabia , built under Abbot Romuald Welt in 1781 in the early classical style . The patronage of the chapel is on September 11th in honor of the former church patrons, Saints Felix and Regula .
History and location
Arlach, located directly on the Iller opposite Buxheim , was first mentioned as Arla in 1157 . In Arlach, the territories of the Waldburg-Zeil rule, the Buxheim monastery, the Ochsenhausen and Rot an der Rot monasteries and the imperial city of Memmingen used to border each other. The reason was probably the low water level of the Iller in summer, which made it possible for the population to cross the river with dry feet. There has also been a customs post and a ferry across the Iller since the early Middle Ages . Already in 1157 a parish church was mentioned in papal documents in Arlach. In the papal confirmation bull of 1173 the Ecclesia Arla , i.e. the church of Arlach, was named. In 1353 only two residential buildings belonged to the parish of Arlach. Around 1370 the parish lost its independence and was incorporated as a branch in Tannheim. In the letter of resignation from St. Blasien from 1404, Tannheim Cum Kapella Arlach only appears with one chapel. In 1830 Arlach was deserted.
The chapel
The current St. Michael Chapel was built in 1781 under Abbot Romuald Weltin by the local bricklayer S. Zachäi from Ochsenhausen in an early classical style. The stones came from the broken church of Oy (now Oyhof ). The origin of the chapel is recorded in the pressed choir arch with the coat of arms of the builder Abbot Romuald of the Ochsenhausen monastery and the inscription that Abbot Romuald built the Arlach chapel from the stones of the church of Oy. The Roman numerals add up to the year of construction 1781. To the left of the exit there is an Arma-Christi cross .
The chapel has oval windows. Its interior is adorned by three classical altars. In the choir is the three-part high altar with the Mother of Sorrows under the cross above the tabernacle . An angel sits above each of the stylized hearts of Jesus and Mary on curved frames.
On the walls of the choir room there is an angel with a cross on the right on consoles from the time it was built, and on the left is today's church patron St. Michael. One can safely assume that St. Michael became the church patron because he was also the church patron of the parish church in Oy, which was demolished in 1780. The left of the two side altars with the laurel wreath in the top and the angels sitting on the cornice is dedicated to the late Gothic group of the Adoration of the Magi.
The middle group shows Mary with a broad oval head and high forehead, small eyes and a pointed mouth and the naked newborn Jesus on her left knee. This group probably dates from the time before 1500. The classical group in front of the right side altar is said to be a work by the artist Michael Schuster from Dettingen . It shows the parents of Mary, St. Anna, St. Joachim and St. Mary (smaller figure). On the side walls, the veneration of Mary by St. Benedict and St. Scholastica are depicted in a rococo frame, and there are also images of the companions in suffering in the Diocletian persecution, Saints Felix and Regula.
Martinusweg
The chapel has been the starting point of the Martinusweg since April 15, 2011 . This path connects the birthplace of St. Martin, Szombathely, with his tomb in Tours .
literature
- Günter Hütter: Church and chapels in Tannheim / Württ. , Schnell, Art Guide No. 2033, 1st edition 1992; Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich and Zurich, without ISBN;
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '38 " N , 10 ° 7' 0.7" E
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Hütter: Church and chapels in Tannheim / Württ. , Schnell, Art Guide No. 2033, 1st edition 1992; Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich and Zurich, without ISBN; P. 11