St. Michael (Tondorf)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Michael in Tondorf , a district of the municipality of Bruckberg in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , has a remarkable mix of different architectural styles and artistic directions. The church was built around 1300 in the early Gothic style; the choir was built around 1450 and is therefore late Gothic. In the Baroque or Rococo era, the church was redesigned, recognizable to this day by the magnificent interior and the so-called "bass violin windows" of the nave . Finally, the top of the tower in the form of a pointed helmet is modern . The church building is registered as a monument with the number D-2-74-194-22 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation . The parish of Tondorf is now part of the Bruckberg - Gündlkofen parish association .
description
Exterior construction
The early Gothic, saddle-roofed nave is the oldest part of the church. This can be recognized, for example, by the stilted pointed arch frieze that can be seen in the rear area of the south facade , or by the German band on the west facade . The initially very small and narrow window openings, on the other hand, were significantly enlarged in the Baroque period; Since then they have had the curved, so-called "bass violin shape". The only slightly drawn-in choir is slightly lower than the nave and therefore has a separate gable roof. It comprises two yokes and ends in three octagonal sides. In contrast to the nave, its exterior is structured by pointed arch windows, triangular struts and a roof frieze, all of which date from the time this component was created in the late Gothic period. The sacristy is attached to the south of the choir .
The slightly protruding west tower of the parish church has a small porch on the north side through which you can get into the interior of the church. Otherwise, the substructure is largely undivided over a square floor plan to just below the ridge height . Then upwards on each side there are two rounded sound openings , each located in a rectangular glare field with a rounded arch frieze, a clock tower and the transition to the octagonal superstructure mediated by a small roof at the four corners. This in turn contains a round-arched sound opening on four sides. While the substructure dates from when the church was built around 1300, the octagonal tower was added later. The concluding pointed helmet with tower ball and patriarchal cross dates from the 19th century.
inner space
The interior is divided into a flat-roofed nave with a rear gallery and a vaulted choir. The ceiling construction is designed as a ribbed vault with pointed shield arches that arise from flat, beveled pilasters . Semicircular, profiled pointed consoles serve to accommodate the pear-shaped vault ribs. On the top line are in round keystones two arms , the year 1517 and some broader Holy reliefs . The transition between the nave and the presbytery is mediated by the pointed choir arch , bevelled on both sides . In the older part of the sacristy there is also a late Gothic ribbed vault .
Furnishing
The three altars of the parish church - the high altar in the presbytery and the two side altars to the left and right of the choir arch - date from the mid-18th century and are kept in the Rococo style typical of the time. The central representation of the high altar, a wooden figure of the church patron Michael with a lance , is supported by a total of four round columns and two flat pilasters with Corinthian capitals . These carry a top arched forwards on the sides with far cantilevered entablature. In the middle is the Christ monogram IHS , flanked by two angel figures seated on volutes . A cartouche with the inscription St. Michael forms the upper end . The two side altars are somewhat more reserved in their design. For example, they each have only two winding columns with Corinthian capitals. The left (north) side altar is dedicated to St. Sebastian ; an oil painting of his martyrdom can be seen on the altar panel . The right (southern) side altar, on the other hand, contains an oil painting of St. Mary .
The baroque pulpit is somewhat older than the three altars; it is likely to date from the early 18th century. The polygonal basket has rich acanthus carvings and is provided with winding corner pillars. In the fields in between there are small figures of the four evangelists . On the back wall of the pulpit is a late Gothic, framed wooden relief of the death of Mary with the twelve apostles . Similar to the pulpit, the baroque cheeks from around 1700 also have rich acanthus carvings.
Bells
Of the three bells that Pascolini cast in Ingolstadt in 1853 , two had to be handed in during the First World War . The bells cast by Johann Hahn in Landshut in 1942 to replace them were again confiscated during World War II . Today's three-part bell was finally cast in 1951 by Karl Czudnochowsky in Erding .
graveyard
The parish church is surrounded by a small cemetery, which is completely surrounded by a wall at least as high as a man. In the northeast corner of the cemetery, the Built in 1950 is Friedhofskapelle with a gable roof and a small, ausspringendem from the west facade roof turret . The latter is crowned by an onion dome with a ball and cross. The west facade is adorned with a mosaic depicting the Holy Trinity . Inside the chapel contains an approximately 2.50 meter high figure of Maria Immaculata , which is attributed to the rococo sculptor Ignaz Günther or his school. It is said to come from the Franciscan Church in Landshut, which was demolished in 1803 in the course of secularization .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bayerischer Rundfunk : 12th of April 2018 from the parish church of St. Michael in Tondorf . Online at www.br.de ; accessed on April 15, 2018.
- ↑ List of monuments for Bruckberg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- ↑ a b c d e f Tondorf, St. Michael . Online at kirchturm.net ; accessed on April 15, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e Anton Eckardt (Ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut. Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, pp. 208f. ( Digitized version ).
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '30.4 " N , 12 ° 1' 43.2" E