St. Moritz (Ingolstadt)

The Moritzkirche Ingolstadt

The Moritzkirche , also called the Lower Parish , is a Catholic parish church in Ingolstadt in the Bavarian diocese of Eichstätt .

history

It is a three-aisled Gothic basilica dedicated to Saint Mauritius with Romanesque elements. The oldest part of the church dates back to the 9th century, the time when the city was founded. Its current state dates back to 1234, making it the oldest surviving structure in Ingolstadt. Until the completion of the Minster , the Upper Parish , the Moritzkirche was the only church in Ingolstadt. The beginnings of the school system in the city also go back to the church of St. Moritz, as a parish school is attested for the year 1328 . The rococo elements added by Johann Baptist Zimmermann in the 18th century were removed again in 1880, but attempts were made after 1945 to restore some of the decorations. The church also has chapels in the aisles.

Contrary to the first impression, the church has only one steeple, namely the one to the east of the nave (on the left in the photo). The tower visible on the right is the municipal whistle tower . A tower warden lived there until 1938 and had to report fires and dangers in the city area.

organ

The organ

The organ was built in 1964 by EF Walcker & Cie. built as Opus 4487. It has 51 stops on four manuals and a pedal . The disposition is:

I Rückpositiv C – g 3 Wooden dacked 8th' Quintad 8th' Coupling flute 4 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ overtone 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ + 8 ⁄ 11 ′ Prefix 4 ′ octave 2 ′ Scharff IV 1' Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 Pommer 16 ′ Wooden flute 8th' Gemshorn 8th' Night horn 4 ′ Forest flute 2 ′ Principal 8th' octave 4 ′ Rauschpfeife II Mixture VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ bassoon 16 ′ Trumpet 8th'

III Swell C – g 3 Cane-covered 8th' recorder 4 ′ Schwiegel 2 ′ Nasal fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ None 8 ⁄ 9 ′ Flute principal 8th' Principal 4 ′ Spicy Mixture V 2 ′ Dulcian 16 ′ French oboe 8th' Head trumpet 4 ′ Tremulant

IV Manual C-g 3 Covered while singing 8th' Reed flute 4 ′ Sif flute 1' Terzian II Principal 2 ′ Zimbel III 1 ⁄ 3 ′ Rohrschalmey 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 Sub-bass 16 ′ Pointed flute 8th' Pipe pommer 4 ′ Night horn 2 ′ Principal bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Chorale bass 4 ′ + 2 ′ Backset V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Contrabassoon 32 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 ′

Others

At the back of the choir is the burial place of Franz von Mercy , Commander in Chief of the Imperial Bavarian Army of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years' War . In the church tower (on the left in the photo) there is a bronze bell with the tone sequence h ⁰ , d ¹ , e ¹ , f sharp ¹ , a ¹ , b ¹ . With a height of almost 70 meters, the church, together with the Liebfrauenmünster, is the highest church in Ingolstadt.

Web links

Commons : St. Moritz (Ingolstadt)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stadtmuseum Ingolstadt via the Moritzkirche.
• Bells of the Moritzkirche Information about the ringing with audio sample. The statement that the church has two steeples is incorrect.
• virtual tour through the Moritzkirche

literature

• Hit, Gerd: A small history of the city of Ingolstadt . Regensburg 2004, p. 24 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Walcker-Hausmitteillungen No. 35, pp. 6 and 7

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 49 ″  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 29 ″  E