St. Otto (Ottobrunn)

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St. Otto Church
inner space
View to the organ gallery

The Catholic parish church of St. Otto is the oldest existing church in Ottobrunn . It was consecrated on April 11, 1937 and is one of the architectural monuments in Ottobrunn .

location

St. Otto is north of Otto Brunner town center at the junction of Beiser road in the peace road opposite the school I . Originally there was a clearing in the forest, since 1921 a wooden emergency church . The address is Friedenstraße 17.

Parish

The St. Otto church forms the center of the parish of the same name , which is responsible for the north and center of Ottobrunn. The border to the neighboring Catholic parishes of St. Magdalena and St. Albertus Magnus runs from north to south along the railway line to the S-Bahn stop, to the west through Ottostrasse, to the north through Rosenheimer Landstrasse and to the west through Edelweißstrasse, which Lindenstrasse and Gutenbergstrasse.

history

construction

In 1935 the preparations for the church building began. Parish Curate Otto Mayer (1929–1939) proposed St. Otto von Bamberg as the new church patron  . The previous name “Holy Family” could not be retained, as it had already been assigned to a parish in Munich-Harlaching . On June 21, 1936, the church administration formally decided to build a new church on the site of the previous emergency church. The costs were borne by the entire parish, which also had the plans drawn up and was the client. The architect was Friedrich Haindl from Munich.

The last service took place in the emergency church on August 5, 1936, then it was canceled. On September 6, 1936, the foundation stone of the new church was laid by Prelate G. Böhmer.

In January 1937 the construction of the church was stopped due to the cold, in March large areas of the external plaster fell off. Because the church are plastered needed and the high altar figures were not ready, which should consecration take place on 13 June, a simple Harrier (benediction), however, as soon as possible because the church wanted a early as possible regarding the church. In a letter of March 20, 1937, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber fixed the consecration on April 11, 1937, regardless of the remaining shortcomings.

On November 8, 1938, the three bells cast by the F. Otto company in Hemelingen were consecrated. Two of them had to be sacrificed to the war; they were in February 1942 by the Reich Office for metals confiscated . On July 8, 1956, two new bells made by the Passau bell foundry Rudolf Perner were consecrated as replacements .

During the Second World War , the church, which is located in a clearing, was given a camouflage to prevent air raids , which was only removed in the early 1950s.

Remodeling and renovations

In 1974 the church was redesigned in line with the liturgical reorganization of the Second Vatican Council . The Ottobrunner architect Erich Heym took over the planning and implementation of the measure in close cooperation with the pastor and after detailed consultation with the archbishop's building department, the church administration and the parish council. Instead of the two confessionals, a confessional extension was built to make room for the round benches glued from oak. The new altar was given a central position on a round altar island. The reworked font got its new place in the middle of the anteroom. The Stations of the Cross and Apostle candlesticks originally distributed on the side walls found a coherent regrouping. The church got a new coat of paint. On November 3, 1974 the solemn consecration of the altar took place by Cardinal Julius Döpfner. In 1986 the church got a copper roof instead of the tin roof damaged by rust scars. The 27.5 meter high tower had already received its copper roofing in 1962 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the parish fair.

In 2015 the facade of the church was renovated. After Easter 2016, the renovation of the interior began and the church was closed. On Palm Sunday 2017, after a palm procession from Rathausplatz to the church, Pastor Markus Moderegger reopened the church. This completes the renovation of the church for its 80th anniversary.

Redesign of the church forecourt

In 2006 it was decided to redesign the church forecourt. The political community expressed great interest in upgrading the 300-meter-long route between the political center with the town hall and the Wolf-Ferrari-Haus on the one hand and St. Otto's Church and the elementary school on Friedenstrasse on the other hand to a clear visual axis. At the northern end of the street near St. Otto, an inviting place with recessed floor spotlights was to be created to illuminate the church at night. At the same time, the forecourt of the primary school was redesigned. Both projects were completed in 2007 for the 70th anniversary of St. Otto.

architecture

The Church of St. Otto consists of five components: a round main room, a likewise round anteroom, a higher, square chancel with a sacristy attached to the side, and a square tower.

Furnishing

Late Romanesque cross

The group of figures above the high altar was created by the Munich sculptor Franz Mikorey . At Christ's feet, St. Otto kneels on the left and Emperor Heinrich II on the right, following the motto: "Secular and spiritual power united in Christ." The unveiling took place on February 20, 1938. During the renovation in 1974, the extensive radiation background was removed and the figure of Christ hung a little lower. The group was taken by the Munich gilding company Schellinger & Schmer.

Further equipment elements are:

  • Angels on the tabernacle doors inside and also on the tabernacle outside by Schellinger junior.
  • Altar cross with fire enamel and ivory Christ by Max Olofs.
  • Plaster relief on the left pillar depicting the healing of the paralyzed man by Peter ( Acts 3: 1-10).
  • Eight angel reliefs on the Rabitz dome ( meaning the eight bliss ), made by Mauritius Pfeiffer.
  • Five pictures with representations from the life of St. Otto on the gallery parapet by Fred Theimer.
  • Pictures of the Way of the Cross after designs by W. Bertram, completed by the painter L. M. Hotter.
  • Cross with late Romanesque Christ in front right, under which there was a wall altar until 1974; was restored in 1948 and dates from the end of the 13th century.
  • Figure group “Maria with Child and Family” in the apse of the Marien Altar; carved in 1960 by the Ottobrunner sculptor Josef Hien. In 1975 this group of figures was painted anew by the church painter H. Götz.
  • Baptismal font with the depictions “ Young Man from Naïn ”, “Christ on the Cross” and “ Wedding at Cana ”, created by the sculptor Konstantin Frick. Until 1974 the font was on the right side wall in the back of the main room.
  • Offering box - Antonius next to the entrance by sculptor H. Frey.
  • External figures of St. Otto and Pope Gregory VII above the entrance by F. Hauck.

organ

Kerssenbrock organ

In 1946 the church got its first organ . It was built as a pneumatic organ by the Schuster company. After this organ had become very fragile, the construction of a new mechanical organ was commissioned from the Hubertus von Kerssenbrock company in 1993 . The new organ was inaugurated on November 20, 1993. It has 14 stops on two manuals and a pedal. In 2006 there was a general overhaul by the Munich organ builder Christoph Kaps .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th octave 2 ′
5. Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Sesquialter V 8th'
7th Dulcian shelf 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
8th. Copl major 8th'
9. Copl minor 4 ′
10. Gemshorn 2 ′
11. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – f 1
12. Sub bass 16 ′
13. Octave bass 8th'
14th bassoon 16 ′

Surroundings

The rectory at Friedenstrasse 15 emerged from the branch office that was built in 1925/26 and has since been renovated .

At the southeast corner of the church square there was a small chapel with the name “Savior in Rest”. In 1959 a memorial plaque for the war dead was attached by the warrior association. When the chapel was demolished in 1968, the memorial plaques were given a new place on the east wall of the church. In 1969 the church wall was also torn down.

The chapel and church wall had to make way for the new parish hall. Pastor Ludwig Krempl (1951–1969) had it built in 1967/68 according to the plans of C. T. Horn.

After Pastor Anton Ferstl (1939–1950) bought a barrack, the kindergarten was opened on August 1, 1945. On September 23, 1948, Pastor Ferstl founded the “Verein Kindergarten Ottobrunn e. V. ". In 1951 a new barrack kindergarten was opened on the site of today's kindergarten, and a caretaker's apartment was built in 1954. In 1971/72 a new kindergarten was built, which replaced the two decades old provisional facility. Architect Erich Heym planned a spacious building with four group rooms and corresponding side rooms that was adapted to the surroundings. The inauguration took place on March 17, 1973 with the regional bishop Ernst Tewes .

Former town center

Until the completion of today's town center with the town hall (1983) and the Wolf-Ferrari-Haus culture and event center (1986), St. Otto and the so-called "Jahnhalle" - the gym of the opposite school I - were the unofficial ones Center of Ottobrunn. Since that time, a bolt attached to the south-east side of the St. Otto tower at a height of 35 centimeters above the ground has marked the official sea level of Ottobrunn ( 555.48  m above sea level ).

literature

  • Catholic parish of St. Otto (ed.): 50 years of St. Otto . Self-published, Ottobrunn 1987 (commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of the parish fair); Text and historical development: Anton Zawadke.
  • Franz Stepan, Czeslaw Lukasz: St. Otto Ottobrunn , Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2012; ISBN 978-3-89870-705-3 .

Web links

Commons : St. Otto (Ottobrunn)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pfarrverband Ottobrunn St. Albertus Magnus - St. Otto (ed.): Parish letter; Pentecost 2012, p. 18.
  2. ↑ Disposition of the Kerssenbrock organ
  3. ↑ Information from the Bavarian Surveying Administration (see also BayernViewer ( memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .: Address : Ottobrunn .) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geodaten.bayern.de

Remarks

  1. ↑ His larger church buildings include St. Jakob am Anger (old town), Maria Immaculata (Harlaching), St. Bernhard ( Fasangarten ) in Munich and near Munich, among others, Erding, Dachau East and South and Karlsfeld. Architect Haindl built over 100 churches.

Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 2.1 ″  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 46 ″  E