St. Nicholas (Egglhausen)

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Exterior view of the St. Nicholas branch church from the north-west

The Roman Catholic subsidiary church St. Nikolaus in Egglhausen , a district of the market town of Pfeffenhausen in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , is a late Gothic , plastered brick building from the 15th century. The church, consecrated to St. Nicholas (December 6th) is a branch church of the parish of St. Martin in Pfeffenhausen. It is registered as a monument with the number D-2-74-172-34 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

history

Already in the 15th century is an annual Bittgang the Pfeffenhausener after Egglhausen to St. Nicholas testified. The late Gothic church complex was built at that time. After the devastation of the Thirty Years' War , the building was Baroque and new in typical contemporary style equipped . For example, from 1697 it is known that the Pfeffenhausen carpenter Michael Schauer made a new high altar for 37 guilders ; this is no longer available today. Only two years later, the altar was supplemented with figures by the Landshut sculptor Mathias Nay, who represented the church patron Nicholas and the Roman martyrs St. Sebastian and St. Florian . These are integrated into today's rococo altar .

architecture

The simple, whitewashed exterior is only structured by the window openings, which close with slightly drawn-in round arches , and the west portal with roofing . The nave , which includes three window axes , and the slightly drawn-in choir , which is closed off on three sides, are united under a shared saddle roof . On the north side, in the angle between the choir and the nave, the roughly 25-meter-high tower is built over a square floor plan . The sacristy is located on the first floor of the tower . By means of a water hammer , the square substructure changes into an octagonal attachment with four arched sound openings . A cranked pointed helmet clad with copper forms the upper end .

Furnishing

The high altar dates from the Rococo period and was created around 1750. It contains three figures by the Landshut sculptor Mathias Nay from 1699, depicting the saints Nikolaus, Sebastian and Florian. The two side altars designed as counterparts are Baroque and were made at the end of the 17th century. The structure is supported by two columns and is decorated with foliage carvings on the sides . A segmented gable acts as an extract from the altar , which is enlivened by foliage carvings and bears the name of the patron in a cartouche . On the left side altar is the oldest piece of equipment in the church, a high-quality late Gothic carved figure of Anna the third from the period between 1510 and 1520.

In the nave there is also a baroque group of figures of the Holy Family and a votive panel from 1861. The latter is reminiscent of the floods in the Labertal that struck Egglhausen and Pfeffenhausen on the night of July 18, 1860. He lost a human life and around 200 head of cattle . The view of Egglhausen on the votive plaque is interesting. Here you can see that the church tower still had a gable roof with double-sided Gothic stepped gables at that time. A little later this was replaced by today's pointed helmet.

Two bells are ringing from the tower today . The smaller one dates from 1921 and was made by Johann Hahn from Landshut. It bears - still under the impression of the past First World War , for which the previous bell had to be delivered - the inscription: “What the war broke up, peace returns”. Said previous bell was possibly repaired after the First World War and wound up again in the Pfeffenhausen Klausenkirche . The larger bell in Egglhausen weighs about four hundredweight and was cast in 1952 by Karl Czudnochowsky from Erding . It bears the inscription “Saint Nicholas pray for us”.

literature

  • Kath. Pfarramt Pfeffenhausen (Ed.): A guide for the churches of the parish community Pfeffenhausen-Niederhornbach-Pfaffendorf-Rainertshausen . Self-published, Pfeffenhausen 2013.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e A guide for the churches of the Pfeffenhausen-Niederhornbach-Pfaffendorf-Rainertshausen parish community, pp. 22-25.

Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '23.7 "  N , 11 ° 56' 8.6"  E