St. Paul (Passau)
The parish church of St. Paul is the oldest parish church in Passau .
The first church was dedicated to St. Consecrated to Paul . After being destroyed by fires in 1512 and 1662, the current building was built in 1678.
At the Paulusbogen, the north gate to the old town, a flight of stairs leads up to the single-tower church, which is divided into cream and pink. The builder is Carlo Antonio Carlone . The original, very flat spire of the 17th / 18th centuries. Century was replaced by a high pointed helmet in the second half of the 19th century. This was demolished in 1950 because of alleged dilapidation and only rebuilt with about a third of the height. Since then, the tower has only been the second highest church tower in Passau after the cathedral . In the interior, the black, gilded altars and the equally colored pulpit stand out from the light walls. The large high altar from around 1700 has a painting by Franz Werner Tamm showing the beheading of the apostle Paul. The side altars and the pulpit were made between 1678 and 1689. The painting Lamentation of Christ (1689) is by Johann Michael Rottmayr . The economical stucco was not installed until 1909.
Views
St. Paul with the cathedral in the background
Interior of St. Paul
Cityscape in the 1860s; St. Paul and St. Stephan with the original, flat tower roofs.
The cattle market around 1900; St. Paul with a high pointed helmet.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '31.8 " N , 13 ° 27' 45.5" E