St. Nikolaus (Mittenwald)
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The Catholic cemetery church of St. Nikolaus is located slightly away from the northeastern edge of the historic center of Mittenwald , in the town's cemetery . It was built in 1447 as a raftsman's church and is a branch of the parish of St. Peter and Paul Mittenwald.
history
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In 1447 the council and community of the market initiated the building of the church for the raftsmen, whose raft landing was east of St. Nikolaus, as the Isar ran further west than it is today. During the construction of the new parish church between 1738 and 1748, the first dead were buried at the church. From 1836 the Flößerkirche finally became a cemetery church, as the old cemetery around St. Peter and Paul was abandoned and moved to the Nikolauskirche. The tower with its characteristic octagon upper floor and the soaring double-onion dome dates from the first half of the 18th century. The last interior and exterior renovation took place in 1988.
description
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The late Gothic building with a three-bay nave and a retracted two-bay choir with a three-eighth end is divided by triangular struts on the outside and a console cornice running all around. A tracery window has been preserved on the east wall.
The interior is richly structured by ceilings with reticulated vaults, which start from grooved wall templates and round services. On the vault ribs there are isolated multi-colored picture relief keystones.
Furnishing
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The two-column high altar dates from 1672 with an altar sheet supposedly from Hartwig in Innsbruck, which shows St. Nicholas as the patron of the raftsmen in front of an evening scene. The saints Leonhard and Blasius are provided as assistant figures.
On the left and right of the first choir bay wall are the figures of Saints Antonius and Johann Nepomuk (both around 1750) and on the choir arch on the left a crescent Madonna (after 1500) and on the right a Sacred Heart (2nd half of the 19th century).
On the north wall of the nave there is a large panel painting Lament under the Cross (around 1780), in the middle the figure of the Archangel Michael (2nd half of the 18th century) and on the right the large expressive crucifix with angels carrying Mater Dolorosa and the tools of suffering (2nd half of the 18th century) Half of the 18th century).
On the south wall of the nave, in the middle yoke, there is a figure of St. George from the second half of the 18th century. The high-quality furnishings are completed by the 14 stations of the cross (around 1800) and the six guild poles accompanying the rows of church stalls (around 1800).
In front of the altar steps, the grave slab of Johann Ludwig Haydorn († August 16, 1703), renewed in 1988, is set into the floor.
Memorial plaques
There are several memorial plaques on the outer walls, including one for Matthias Klotz (1653–1743), the founder of Mittenwald violin making.
literature
- Ingo Seufert: Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul Mittenwald. Kunstverlag Josef Fink , Lindenberg, 2nd edition 2013, pp. 23–26.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 26 ′ 37.1 ″ N , 11 ° 15 ′ 51.9 ″ E