St. Michael (Bad Griesbach)
The Catholic Church of St. Michael is a church building in Bad Griesbach im Rottal . It was a parish church until the town parish church of the Holy Family was built in 1913 and is now used as a cemetery church. It belongs to the parish "To the Holy Family" Bad Griesbach in the deanery of Pocking ( Diocese of Passau ) and was included in the list of architectural monuments in Bavaria under No. D-2-75-124-21 .
history
Griesbach Castle, first mentioned in 1075 , had a castle chapel dedicated to St. Michael was consecrated. The current brick building was built around 1480 in the late Gothic style. This castle church of St. Michael was initially an aristocratic own church and later a branch church of the Karpfham parish, which was subordinate to the Passau cathedral chapter . In 1511 it became a benefice and temporarily exposed cooperative, from 1616 (or 1634) parish vicariate , and when an independent parish was established in Griesbach on July 10, 1805, it became a parish church.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the population of Griesbach had grown to almost 1,300 people, so that the church became too small. In 1911 the construction of the new parish church "Holy Family" began. Since its consecration on July 2, 1913, St. Michael's Church has been used as a cemetery church, where the requiem is usually celebrated at burials .
Church building and equipment
The Michaelskirche is located on the Schlossberg, west of the Bad Griesbach town square above the castle. Around the church of St. Michael lies the upper part of what is now the municipal cemetery, another part lies below the church and a third burial ground south below the Schlossberg.
The church building, a pillar church made of exposed bricks without buttresses, is almost geosted. It is a light, late Gothic hall church with a nave of three bays and the choir with two bays and a 3/8 end . The late Gothic church tower rises on the south side, which was raised by one floor in the Baroque era , the octagonal bell house and an onion crowning .
The altarpiece shows statues of Mary and the apostle John ( Joh 21,26 EU ) in Gothic language on the left and right of the exposure niche , who turn to the crucifix that crowns the altarpiece. On the front of the nave there is a painting on the left of the choir depicting the resurrection of Jesus and on the right a sculpture of the patron saint Michael, on the walls of the nave the stations of the cross . The vault gussets are partially painted with motifs from the Old Testament , such as the sacrifice of Isaac .
organ
The organ on the gallery has five registers , playable on a manual and pedal . It was built by Michael Weise in Plattling .
The disposition is as follows:
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.bistum-passau.de: Parish Association Bad Griesbach 4297.
- ↑ badgriesbach.de: St. Michael cemetery church.
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′ 6 ″ N , 13 ° 11 ′ 29 ″ E