St. Michael (Oberbechingen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Michael in Oberbechingen , a district of the Bachhagel community in the Dillingen an der Donau district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built around 1600. The tower is still from the previous church from the 13th / 14th. Century preserved. In the middle of the 18th century, the church was redesigned in the Rococo style and decorated with frescoes by Johann Anwander .
history
The patronage of St. Michael indicates a very old parish . A "plebanus de Bechingen" (resident of Bechingen) is mentioned in a document from the Kaisheim monastery from 1216. The church patronage , which had previously been held by the Staufer Vogtei Hagel, came to the Dominican convent of Obermedlingen in 1370 and, after the dissolution of the monastery during the Reformation, to the Ulm patrician family of Roth von Schreckenstein . The latter had the builder Gilg Vältin rebuild the choir and nave in 1595/96 . Until the reinstatement of the Obermedlingen Monastery, St. Michael was a branch church of Bachhagel .
architecture
Exterior construction
On the north side of the nave rises the seven-story tower crowned with an onion dome, the four -story substructure with a square floor plan from the 13th / 14th centuries. Century. The three-story, octagonal structure was probably added around 1790. On the penultimate floor it is pierced on four sides by segmented arched sound arcades and on the top floor on eight sides by small round windows. The sacristy , which is covered with a hipped roof , adjoins the northern corner of the choir . The portal is on the west facade.
inner space
The nave is single-nave , divided into three axes and covered with a flat ceiling over a valley . The retracted, three-sided closed choir is vaulted by a dome with stitch caps . An oratorio box opens on its north wall . The western end of the nave is formed by an organ loft resting on two wooden pillars with a curved parapet .
Piece
The stucco decor dates from the same time as the frescoes. Gilded Rocailles frames surround the ceiling paintings and grisaille . Three cartouches above the choir arch contain the coats of arms of the Tänzl von Tratzberg, Zindt families and the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt .
Frescoes
The frescoes were made by Johann Anwander in 1766. The ceiling picture of the choir represents St. Sebastian , who, according to legend, told a Christian in a dream where to find his body. The lower part of the picture shows the lifeless body of the saint in the Cloaca Maxima , into which he was thrown after he was killed. The fresco bears the signature: Joh. Anwander .
The entire ceiling of the nave is covered by the fresco depicting the Last Judgment . In the middle Jesus is enthroned on a rainbow, at his feet St. Michael the blessed. A chalice with a host, a book, the tiara , the papal cross and a key are depicted under a mighty dome , the symbols of the papacy and the Catholic Church . The scenes in the side grisaille relate to the work of St. Michael and are inscribed ( this place is protected , the angels He falls , Adam persecutes , cares for the sick ).
Choir fresco
this place is protected
the angels He falls
persecutes Adam
worried the sick
The stucco frescoes on the balustrade show angels playing music in the middle. The left picture shows King David playing the harp, the right picture St. Cecilia at the organ.
Furnishing
- The oil paintings of the Stations of the Cross were made by FA Wassermann in 1754. The 14th station bears the artist's signature.
- The high altar was created in 1759/60 by the master joiner Joseph Mayerhofer from Ballmertshofen , the figures come from Franz Karl Schwertle. In the middle of the altar is a wood-carved crucifixion group in which an older crucifix (around 1600) was reused. The two wooden figures on the side of the altar represent St. John Nepomuk and St. Francis Xavier .
- The pulpit (around 1760) is attributed to the workshop of Franz Karl Schwertle. It is decorated with shell decorations and putti heads. The sound cover is crowned by two putti and an angel, the base of the pulpit is designed in the shape of a pine nut .
- The oil painting on canvas depicting three poor saints: Herenneus, Archus and Quartanus , also called the three miserable saints , dates from around 1790 and was the destination of a pilgrimage in the 18th and 19th centuries .
literature
- The art monuments of the district of Dillingen an der Donau , edited by Werner Meyer , in the series: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 768-776.
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Ed. Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 140–141.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 6.9 ″ N , 10 ° 20 ′ 48.2 ″ E