St. Michael (Burgrain)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Michael in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Burgrain in the Upper Bavarian district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen belongs as part of the parish of the same name in the Zugspitze parish to the Werdenfels deanery of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . The church has the address Kirchweg 1 .
history
After the Second World War , a first emergency church was built for the many new settlers in Burgrain in 1947, roughly in the area of today's Evangelical Church of Peace. The Burgrainer received pastoral care from the chaplains of the Parish Maria Himmelfahrt Partenkirchen . In mid-1961 the first church council for Burgrain was put together and on March 5, 1962, the establishment of the pastoral care community Burgrain was commissioned as a curate . The St. Michael branch church foundation was founded in 1959 .
After a church building association was founded in the spring of 1962 with the aim of collecting donations for the church furnishings , the groundbreaking for the new construction of St. Michaels Church took place on April 1, 1962 by Dean Lorenzer. On July 15, 1962, Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Neuhäusler laid the foundation stone for the building according to plans by Fritz Strunz from Bad Tölz . Five months later, on December 14, 1962, Hebauf was celebrated. In April 1963 the church tower was built and on June 30th the bells were consecrated by Vicar General Matthias Defregger . Finally , on September 8, 1963 , Julius Cardinal Döpfner consecrated the church. Since then, the church has served as the parish church of the St. Michael Burgrain parish, which has been part of the Zugspitze Parish Association since 2016 .
Description and equipment
The simple, modern building in the form of a tent by architect Fritz Strunz from Bad Tölz is oriented to the east-northeast. The rectory joins it to the south. The copper-clad ridge tower in the west is 43 meters high, the roof ridge measures 16 meters. The west facade is dominated by a large stained glass window created by the Munich glass painter Hollman. In addition, the church has only a few window slots.
The limestone high altar is on a simple plinth. In the altar are relics of St. Irenaeus and St. Theophila admitted.
The bronze-clad portal by the local sculptor Johann Leismüller jun. shows symbolizes the church patron Michael . Leismüller also created the baptismal font , the tabernacle on the side wall of the choir and the freely suspended crucifix above the altar. The latter was completed in April 1964 and is 3.8 meters high and wide.
Lower church
A special feature of St. Michael is the lower church , accessible via a spiral staircase in the main nave. The semicircular, unplastered, brick-walled room has wooden ribs on the ceiling. Opposite the altar is the Lord's Supper by the Oberammergau sculptor Hermann Schilcher sen. and jun. incorporated into the bricks in relief.
Bells
| Surname | Chime | Diameter (cm) |
Weight (kg) |
inscription |
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| St. Heinrich | f ′ | 114 | 880 | To heaven be glory and power and honor! St. Heinrich, we recommend our fatherland to you! |
| Our Lady | G' | 101 | 580 | Holy Mary, Mother of God and Virgin, we recommend our mothers, women and girls to you! |
| St. Joseph | b ′ | 85 | 350 | St. Joseph, we recommend fathers, men and boys to you! |
| St. Michael | d ′ ′ | 67 | 200 | St. Michael, lead us all to the glory of the kingdom of God! |
organ
The Munich organ builder Guido Nenninger built an organ with 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal in St. Michael in 1965 . The instrument with slide chests and mechanical play and electrical stop action has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, II / P, I / P
- Playing aids : free combination, tutti, bassoon 16 ′ from
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Chronicle of the parish of St. Michael. In: pv-zugspitze.de. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Alois Schwarzmüller: From laying the foundation stone of the Catholic St. Michaels Church to the establishment of the kindergarten. In: gapgeschichte.de. 1989, accessed October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Bernhard (Ed.): Organ database Bavaria online. Record 8712. 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '4.3 " N , 11 ° 6' 5.5" E