St. Nikolaus (Oberndorf am Lech)
The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf am Lech , a municipality in the Donau-Ries district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built at the end of the 18th century in the late Rococo style. The choir and the tower substructure have been preserved from the previous church from the 16th century .
history
The parish of Oberndorf already existed around 1180 . Until the 16th century, the local noble family of the gentlemen had the Oberndorf manorial held. In 1533, their last descendant sold the castle and all of its possessions to Anton Fugger (1493–1560), whose descendants still have the right of patronage . Under Markus Fugger (1529–1597), son of Anton Fugger, a new church with three altars was built, which were consecrated to Mary , St. Nicholas and St. George . This church, which was largely destroyed during the Thirty Years War , was not restored until the end of the 17th century. In 1772/74, a new nave was built according to plans by Joseph Dossenberger , which was a little higher and a yoke longer than the previous building. 1781 took place the consecration of the new church. The onion hood was put on in 1837. In 1980 an interior renovation took place.
architecture
In the northern corner of the choir rises the 38 meter high onion dome, whose simple, square substructure is broken up on the top floor by twin arcades, under which large dials are attached. The octagonal structure is reinforced by corner pilasters and provided with smaller arched openings. A wide profiled cornice runs under the tower dome . The attic storey has transversely oval openings.
The nave has a single nave , divided into four axes and is covered by a flat ceiling over a high valley . The corners of the nave are bevelled towards the choir, behind which there are oratorios on both sides . A also bevelled, strongly flattened choir arch opens to the drawn-in, three-sided closed choir. The walls of the choir and nave are structured by pilasters with volute capitals and a powerful cornice protruding far , which is only broken through by the large arched windows. The latter are supplemented in the choir by quadruple- shaped upper windows.
In the west the nave closes with a double gallery . The pictures on the gallery parapet date from the 20th century and depict biblical scenes.
Piece
The stucco decoration made of rich shellwork corresponds to the late rococo style of the Wessobrunn school . The name of the plasterer is not known, perhaps it was carried out by the builder of the church Joseph Dossenberger himself. Above the choir arch is the alliance coat of arms Fugger-Glött / Firmian in a stucco cartouche , which reminds of Sebastian Graf Fugger-Glött († 1763) and his wife Elisabeth Gabriele (1722–1782).
Frescoes
The ceiling frescoes were made around 1776 by Joseph Leitkrath (1738–1811). The choir fresco is founded on the occasion of the church new building Brotherhood of the Very Reverend Good dedicated and represents the worship of the Eucharist . The great nave fresco depicts St Nicholas as a helper of the needy, the sick and the dying is, as a bishop and patron saint of sailors and the parish church, is shown in a side scene next to Oberndorf Castle . The cartouches on the side contain emblematic representations, allegories of the cardinal virtues , the four evangelists and episodes from the legend of St. Nicholas like the salvation of the scholars cured in a salt barrel . The murals on the two oratorios make left Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well and left the disciples of Emmaus is.
Leaded glass window
Maria
Saint Joseph
Holy seriousness
The lead glass windows were installed around 1900 and donated by the Fugger family. They were designed and executed by the Munich glass painting company Joseph Peter Bockhorni (1903) and the Royal Bavarian Court Glass Painting Franz Xaver Zettler (1902). The windows with the depictions of St. Fidelis von Sigmaringen , St. Teresa of Ávila , St. Joseph and Aloisius von Gonzaga come from the glass painting by Franz Xaver Zettler . The windows of the Bockhorni stained glass depict Mary with the baby Jesus, St. Karl Borromeo , St. Franziska, St. Elisabeth of Thuringia and St. Ernst.
Furnishing
- The pulpit was created around 1776 in the late Rococo style. A trumpet angel crowns the sound cover . The female figures on the body of the pulpit embody the Christian virtues of faith (with a chalice and cross), love (with a heart) and hope (with an anchor).
Trumpet angel on the sound cover
Allegory of love
Allegory of Faith
Allegory of Hope
- The high altar from 1781 is the work of the Dillingen sculptor Johann Michael Fischer . The altarpiece by Joseph Leitkrath is dedicated to the patron saint of the church, St. Nicholas. The archangel Michael is shown on the extract . The two life-size figures represent Saint Joseph and Saint Joachim .
- The north side altar, the so-called women's altar, was also created around 1776. The two side figures represent the plague saints Sebastian and Rochus of Montpellier . The Madonna in the halo is a neo-baroque work.
- The south side altar probably comes from the previous church. The central image shows the stigmatization of St. Francis of Assisi . It is dated to the end of the 17th century and is surrounded by 30 wooden reliefs with scenes from the life of Jesus from the second half of the 16th century. St. Francis Xavier is shown on the extract . The coats of arms suggest a foundation by Count Ernst Fugger and his wife Maria Theresa from the House of Oettingen (both † 1710).
- The paintings of the Stations of the Cross are attributed to Joseph Leitkrath and dated around 1776.
- The figures of the procession bars represent the St. Nicholas and Pope Urban I. represents.
organ
The organ prospectus dates from 1776. In 1877 the old organ was replaced and expanded in 1964/66.
literature
- Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula (arr.): Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bayern III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , p. 809-810 .
- Hans Habermann: The churches in Oberndorf am Lech, Eggelstetten and Flein (= Small Art Guide No. 1757). Schnell and Steiner publishing house, Munich and Zurich 1990.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 10 ° 52 ′ 13.7 ″ E