St. Peter (Munich)

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St. Peter

Munich - The Alter Peter tower - 7411.jpg

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Patronage : St. Peter, Apostle (June 29)
Consecration date : June 27, 1954
Rank: Parish church
City Pastor : Hans-Georg Platschek
Parish : Parish of St. Peter
Address: Petersplatz 1, 80331 Munich

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 11.2 "  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 33.4"  E

St. Peterskirche with the Heiliggeistkirche in the background
The old Peter (left) in the immediate vicinity of the Marienplatz
Roof of the church
Official building board

The parish church of St. Peter , whose tower is popularly called Alter Peter and is one of Munich's landmarks, is the oldest mentioned parish church in Munich .

location

St. Peter (Petersplatz 1) stands on the Petersbergl, the only notable elevation within the historic old town of Munich. Below the Petersbergl in a north-westerly direction is the Marienplatz , in a south-east direction the Viktualienmarkt , in a south-westerly direction the Rindermarkt .

history

Romanesque predecessor building

On the Petersbergl there was originally a three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica with two integrated western towers. However, it could not be proven whether this church was the foundation building. The Peterskirche is first mentioned in a document from 1225 or 1226 on the occasion of a visit by Duke Ludwig the Kelheimer as ecclesia sancti Petri Muonichen.

A square room found under the northern part of the choir, commonly referred to as the “Old Room”, was at times dated before Munich was founded. According to more recent information, however, these are more of the remains of a ducal customs post built around 1158.

Construction of the Gothic church

The Petersbergl in the 16th century. Drawing by Gustav Steinlein based on Sandtner's model

From 1278 the Romanesque basilica was replaced by a more splendid Gothic basilica. A larger church would actually not have been necessary, as the parish of St. Peter had shrunk to the southern half of the city when the second Munich parish from the Marienkapelle was founded on November 24, 1271 . Rather, the new building, consecrated on May 17, 1294 by Bishop Emicho von Freising , was intended to counteract a possible loss of importance. The three-aisled nave, which did not yet have side chapels, was divided by external buttresses.

On February 14, 1327, almost a third of Munich fell victim to a fire disaster . The east choir of St. Peter burned down to the outer wall, the nave could be saved, the towers burned out. A wall was probably drawn in at the end of the nave so that services could continue. During the reconstruction the church was extended by two bays. The walls of the nave were moved to the outside so that side chapels could be created between the buttresses incorporated into the interior of the church. These were mostly donated by patricians, had their own clergy and also served the donor family as burial places. In 1365 or 1368 the new Gothic high choir was consecrated by the Freising Prince-Bishop Paul . In 1378/79 he received two Gothic vault coverings. From 1379 to 1386 the westwork was redesigned, consciously abandoning the Gothic two-tower complex. The two burned-out towers were beveled and a single tower was built between the two stumps, which today is a popular vantage point with its open, all-round viewing gallery. Around 1407 the two upstream stair turrets were added to the west portal.

In the 15th century (1487) St. Peter's own cemetery ( “gotzacker” ) and a poor house - “daz pruderhaws sant Peters den poor läwtten” - are documented.

High baroque renovation and expansion

"Old Peter" received his new crowning of the tower (with an open tempietto , probably according to plans by Heinrich Schön the Elder) after a lightning bolt destroyed the two pointed helmets of the westwork on July 24th, 1607.

In order to alleviate the shortage of space, the decision was made to expand to the east before the Thirty Years War , which Isaak Bader was probably planning. In 1630 the demolition of the gothic east choir began in order to enable it to be expanded with a baroque triangular choir . Due to the chaos of the war, it could not be vaulted until 1636. Thereafter, the redesign of the nave was tackled by Hans Heiß , which was completed in 1654 (sheathing of the previous octagonal pillars, new vaulting, installation of the organ gallery, installation of the oratorios above the aisles, side portals instead of the Gothic west portal).

Late baroque remodeling

In the 18th century, the choir including the high altar (from 1730) and later the nave (1752–1756) were redesigned in the late Baroque style. Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber designed the new high altar inspired by Bernini's Cathedra Petri in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and realized it with Egid Quirin Asam . The choir was newly vaulted by Ignaz Anton Gunetzrhainer . Johann Baptist Zimmermann took on the artistic stucco work and Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber did the painting for the choir. In the nave, on the other hand, both the stucco work and the frescoes in the arched window and on the ceiling, which show scenes from the life of the apostle Peter, were made by Zimmermann.

Restorations in the 19th and early 20th centuries

There were three restorations in the 19th and early 20th centuries:

  • Green renovation in 1844: Discovery of the late Gothic Schrenck Altar, the only remaining Gothic sandstone altar in Munich
  • Yellow renovation 1882
  • Gray renovation 1911/1912

War destruction and reconstruction

Aerial view of St. Peter's Church in 1945

In 1944/1945 St. Peter was largely destroyed. In particular, the direct hits of two high explosive bombs during the air raid on February 25, 1945 in the area of ​​the Corpus Christi altar caused severe damage: in fact, only the burned-out tower stump and the outer walls of the high choir remained. Reconstruction seemed impossible. The construction office of the Archbishop's Ordinariate and the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments initially planned - also for financial reasons - to preserve the choir and the landmark tower. After the end of the Second World War , the church ruins were therefore approved for demolition and the blast holes had already been drilled. On the initiative of the two parish priests of St. Peter, Max Stritter (1937–1949) and Max Zistl (1949–1983), Michael Cardinal Faulhaber saved the church. The reconstruction began in 1946. Through the generosity of the citizens of Munich from all faiths and political views, which was founded in 1950 "reconstruction club St. Peter", but also financial support from around the world for. B. from Cincinnati / USA, the reconstruction could already be started in 1946. On September 8, 1951, the cross was placed on the spire and on October 28, the first solemn completion of the reconstruction, which is commemorated by a plaque in the tower room, was celebrated. Three years later, on June 27, 1954, Joseph Cardinal Wendel was able to consecrate the high altar. At this point in time, the reconstruction of the oldest church in Munich was completed in its external form.

The reconstruction of the interior, for which Rudolf Esterer and Erwin Schleich made a particular contribution , was only completed with the reconstruction of the ceiling frescoes in the nave by the fresco artist Hermenegild Peiker in 2000.

architecture

Exterior

Peterskirche is a three-aisled basilica with chapels on both sides of the side aisles between the buttresses. On the ground floor the sacred building is illuminated by arched windows, in the side aisles and the nave walls by round windows. While all walls and the tower are plastered, the mighty three-conch choir is a bare brick masonry building. Here, too, the walls are pierced by arched and round windows. In the two eastern corners of the Konchen there is a round stair tower with a Welscher hood. The central conche is surrounded by a single-storey sacristy extension. The tower with a total height of 92 m is flanked by two early Gothic tower stumps of the original two-tower facade. Two polygonal corner turrets accompany the central portal of the tower. Arched friezes and serrations decorate the tower facade. The clock tower of the Peterskirche was first mentioned in writing in 1371. Above the bell floor with its ogival sound windows there is a surrounding tower gallery at a height of 57 m. The gallery runs around the former tower keeper's room for the fire guard of the city of Munich, who served here until 1936.

Church interior

Interior

Between the Gothic tower stumps there is a front yoke, above which the double gallery rises. The vault of the gallery is 8.70 m high. The three-aisled pillar basilica is divided into nine bays. The 22 m high and 9.22 m wide central nave is divided into two floors by pilasters. The ground floor zone is opened by arcades with an intercolumnium of 4 m. Obergaden with blind arcades and round windows rise above a cranked, surrounding cornice. The barrel vault with stitch caps , reconstructed as a wooden structure, has been adorned with a ceiling painting since 2000. The associated stucco was painted illusionistically.

the main fresco in the nave

The nine-bay side aisles are vaulted at a height of 9 m with lance-cap barrels and were provided with reconstructed rocaille stucco in the years 1996 to 1997 instead of simpler profile frames from 1953/1954. In the first and eighth yoke of the 5.45 m wide side aisles, side entrances lead into the interior of the church. The ceiling frescoes of the twelve aisle chapels (varying depths 2.20–2.35 m, length approx. 4 m), which were destroyed in the Second World War, have not yet been restored. The two side aisles lead to side altars on the eastern front sides. The square choir area continues the width of the central nave and is increased by steps. To the side are the sacristy and treasury, above oratorios whose ceiling frescoes, destroyed in the Second World War (the fall of the magician Simon ; Peter heals a lame man) from the years 1730/1731 have not yet been restored. The crossing fresco destroyed in 1944 was recreated in 1985. The splendid high altar is located in the lighted apse.

Works of art and furnishings

High altar

The high altar

One of the most important works of art by St. Peter is the baroque high altar , which was created in the years 1730–1734 by Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber , Johann Georg Greiff and Egid Quirin Asam .

The center of the central group of figures is a late Gothic figure of St. Peter created by Erasmus Grasser during the interpretation of the scriptures. At his feet are four church fathers, two occidental and two oriental, Ambrosius and Augustine (in front - "west"), Athanasius and Johannes Chrysostomos (behind - "east") by Egid Quirin Asam (1732/33), whose gaze on Peter are directed; they hold closed books in their hands. The tiara (triple crown) of the Peter figure is a baroque addition by the Munich goldsmith Johann Michael Ernst (1732). It can be removed. Traditionally, this happens during a sedis vacancy . On the day of the inauguration of the newly elected Pope, the figure's tiara is put back on. The figure of Peter was the subject of special veneration and is the only element that was carried over from the earlier Gothic altar.

Altars in the rear south side chapels

The splendid rococo tabernacle is the work of the Munich goldsmith Joseph Friedrich I Chanzler (1749/50) with later parts by Peter Streissel (1785/86); Franz Jakob Schwanthaler's two worshiping angels were added in 1804. The two Roman-looking gold-shining cartouches on both sides of the altar table with their trophy-like arrangement of the papal-Petrine symbols tiara, key, oar, fishing net and dolphin as well as the two coats of arms of the Bavarian Elector Karl Albrecht and his Austrian wife Maria Amalie are creations of the Munich baroque sculptor Johann Georg Greiff . The collaboration of the most important artists of the time resulted in one of the greatest altar creations of the Bavarian Baroque.

More works of art

baroque annunciation group
the so-called "Schrenck Altar"
  • Life of the Apostle Peter . Ceiling frescoes with iconographic motifs ( Johann Baptist Zimmermann , 1753–1756); Reconstruction by Hermenegild Peiker, 1999–2000.
  • Apostle figures Andreas and Paulus ( Andreas Faistenberger , around 1710), all the rest ( Joseph Prötzner , around 1753/55) (central nave pillar )
  • Joseph and Joachim and John the Baptist , painting on the St. Anne's Altar ( Joachim von Sandrart , 1647)
  • St. Catherine of Alexandria , and St. Margaret of Antioch , rococo figures on the St. Eligius Altar ( Ignaz Günther , around 1765) (northern tower chapel)
  • St. Martin's Altar (so-called "Schrenck Altar") (around 1400) (north side, 1st side chapel / Schrenck chapel)
  • Six panel paintings of the Gothic high altar ( Jan Polack , 1492–1495) in the presbytery, on the north and south walls;
three more are on permanent loan in the Bavarian National Museum, two are in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, one is missing.
  • Pötschner Altar , late Gothic three- king triptych (unknown, 1477) (north side 1st side chapel, west wall)
  • Epitaph of Balthasar Pötschner (patrician) (Werkkreis der Haldner, 1505, red marble)
  • Aresinger epitaph ( Erasmus Grasser , 1482) (left from entrance to north tower chapel)
  • Holy Family , rococo figures (Ignaz Günther's workshop, 2nd half of the 18th century) (north side, 3rd side chapel)
  • Mariahilf-Gnadenbild ( Johann Carl Loth , 1653), frame based on a design by Joh. Bapt. Straub made of silver and gilded copper ( Joseph Friedrich I Chancellor , 1775/78) (south side of the first altar)
  • Pest image , late Gothic altarpiece ( Jan Polack , 1517) (south side 6th side chapel, west wall)
  • carved Ölberggruppe , figure of Christ ( Franz Jakob Schwanthaler , 1795), figures of disciples ( Joseph Otto Entres , 1846) (northern tower chapel)
  • St. Anna Selbdritt , baroque carving group (unknown, around 1640/50) (south side, 1st side chapel)
  • Red marble baptismal font ( Hans Krumpper , 1620), carved lid with Johannes d. Baptist ( Joseph Prötzner , 1753) (baptistery)
  • Annunciation group , baroque carving group, painted in silver (Ignaz Günther's workshop, 1st half of the 18th century) (south side, to the right of the Mariahilf altar)
  • Rococo pulpit ( Joseph Prötzner , around 1753/55) (central nave 4th pillar south side)
  • St. Munditia reliquary , black-framed baroque shrine with silver ornaments ( Franz Keßler , 1677) (north side of the 5th chapel)
  • Wachsenstein epitaph , rococo grave monument for Johann Egid Courcelles von Wachsenstein ( Ignaz Günther , 1755)
  • Choir stalls ( Johann Joachim Dietrich , 1750) (presbytery, north side)
  • Priest's seat ( Ignaz Günther , 1767) (presbytery, south side)
  • Epitaph for Johannes Wilhelm von Rechberg von Hohenrechberg , † 1620 (south aisle on the west wall of the second side chapel)
  • Epitaph for Johanna Eva von Martinitz , † 1619 (on the wall behind the left choir pillar)

  • Holy Walburga (north side, Munditia chapel)

  • The Pötschner Altar

  • Ceiling fresco in the chancel

Organs

The organ

The main organ of St. Peter was built in 2003 by Orgelbau Klais from Bonn. It has 58 stops on 4 manuals and pedal , mechanical action actions and electrical stop action . The console is also set up for coupling the choir organ. The arrangement of the entire organ system was developed in cooperation with the organ expert Prof. Karl Maureen and organist Dr. Berndt Hunter.

I main work C – a 3
1. Praestant 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Double flute 8th'
4th viola 8th'
5. Drone 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th recorder 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Super octave 2 ′
10. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
11. Mixtura maior 2 ′
12. Mixtura minor 1'
13. Bombard 16 ′
14th Trumpets 8th'
Zimbelstern
II Solo work C – a 3
(swellable)
15th Flauto amabilis 8th'
16. Salicional 8th'
17th Unda maris 8th'
18th Dumped 8th'
19th Principal 4 ′
20th Gemshorn 4 ′
21st Flageolet 2 ′
22nd Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Mixture IV 2 ′
24. Tromba 8th'
25th Clarinet 8th'
Carillon
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
26th Bourdon 16 ′
27. Principal 8th'
28. Flûte harm. 8th'
29 Viola da gamba 8th'
31. Vox coelestis 8th'
32. Reed flute 8th'
33. Octava 4 ′
34. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
35. Nazard harm. 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
36. Octavine 2 ′
37. Tierce harm. 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
38. Plein jeu 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Basson 16 ′
40. Trumpet harm. 8th'
41. Hautbois 8th'
42. Clairon harm. 4 ′
Tremulant
IV Bombardment Plant C – a 3
43. Grand Cornet III-V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
44. Tuba magna 16 ′
45. Tuba mirabilis 8th'
46. Tuba alta 4 ′

Pedal C – g 1
47. Pedestal 32 ′
48. Principal bass 16 ′
49. Violon bass 16 ′
50. Sub bass 16 ′
51. Octavbass 8th'
52. violoncello 8th'
53. Super octave 4 ′
54. Mixture V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
55. Contraposaune 32 ′
56. trombone 16 ′
57. Trumpet 8th'
58. Clarine 4 ′
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, IV / I, III / II, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: III / III, III / I
    • Super octave coupling: III / III, III / I, III / P

Intonation: Andreas Brehm (Klais)

The choir organ is on the north gallery of the choir room. The two-manual instrument was also built by the organ builder Johannes Klais (Bonn) and completed at the end of June 2011. It has 16 stops on two manuals and a pedal, which are housed in an overall swell. A special feature of the organ are the tubular bell chimes and the “Nachtigall” (“Rossignol chasseur”) bird song register. The organ is also equipped with its own electronic composer system.

The choir organ can be freely connected to each manual of the console of the main organ and then has the function of a "remote control". Due to its special construction on rails, the organ is designed to be manually mobile in order to be able to use it as diverse as possible and both sonically directly for accompaniment and ensemble purposes and as a completely indirect sounding remote control in the room.

I main work C – a 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Gemshorn 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Reed flute 4 ′
5. Forest flute 2 ′
6th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Trumpet 8th'
Carillon
Rossignol
II Swell C – a 3
8th. Dumped 8th'
9. Aeoline 8th'
10. Beat 8th'
11. Dolce 4 ′
12. Harmonia aetheria IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
14th Sub bass 16 ′
15th Open bass 8th'
16. bassoon 16 ′
  • Couple
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
    • Sub- and super-octave coupling: II / I, II / II each (can only be operated electrically from the main console of the large organ)

Intonation: Dominik Haubrichs (Klais)

Burial place of important people

Full body relic of St. Munditia
  • Holy Munditia from the Cyriaka catacomb in Rome

Tower and viewing platform

Viewing platform at a height of 56 meters
Church tower with viewing platform

The "Old Peter" is 91 meters high to the top of the papal tower cross. A viewing platform is located outside the tower watchman's room (which was occupied by a fire watch until November 1, 1901) at a height of 56 meters above the ground; it can be reached via 306 steps past the bell chamber. With foehn you can enjoy a distant view of up to 100 kilometers from there. The platform is accessible all year round.

Bells

Sound sample: full peal with angelus bell (including ringing in; end faded out)
Duration: 02:01

Eight bells hang in the tower of St. Peter's Church , including four historical ones . The oldest and at the same time smallest bell is the provision bell (also poor sinner bell ). It dates from the time after the city ​​fire of 1327 and was rung during the so-called Versehgang (Provisur) of the priest to the dying or during executions on Marienplatz. Today it hangs behind a barred window in the basement of the old north tower. It is not part of the seven-part chime.

The other seven bells can be rung and form the lowest and one of the largest ringing in Munich. The smallest bell of the ring, the so-called twelve , is slightly younger than the provision bell . It dates from 1382 and has a beehive-like shape, which creates the characteristic sound of this bell, which is enhanced by the heavy rib construction. Its name suggests that this bell was rung earlier at noon at noon. Two other bell bells come from the Baroque period: the Elferin , which was rung earlier at 11 a.m., was cast in 1665 by Johann Kippo, the Petrus bell in 1720 by the Munich foundry Johann Christoph Daller. The remaining four chime bells were cast in the 1950s.

The bell with the lowest pitch, the big anniversary bell, is the second largest bell in Munich and was cast in the Czudnochowsky bell foundry in Erdingen. It is considered their main work. Until the Christ Salvator Bell was cast for the Abbey Church in Scheyern, it was the deepest bell in Bavaria. Cast in 1958 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the state capital, and given to the parish of St. Peter by the Prince Regent Luitpold Foundation as an anniversary bell . It rings individually every Sunday at 6 p.m. in memory of the deceased and the victims of the war in the city. It is only used on high feasts or special parish festivals, at the annual closing office and on New Year's Eve when the full bells are on. In the course of a renovation, all bells received wooden yokes, some new clappers and some new chime motors. At the beginning of May 2014, the anniversary bell had to be shut down due to a crack. On April 4, 2018 it was dismantled and the Zwölferin for welding to Nördlingen about laughter Meyer brought. On May 29, 2018, the bells were returned to the tower. After being hung again, the anniversary bell also received a new clapper. The bell could be heard again for the first time at the patronage festival of St. Peter on June 29, 2018.

No.
 		 Surname
 		 Casting year
 		 Caster
 		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Chime
 
1 Anniversary bell 1958 Karl Czudnochowsky 7000 f 0
2 Peter Bell 1720 Johann Christoph Daller 2250 c 1
3 Maximilian Bell 1957 Karl Czudnochowsky 1600 d 1
4th Angelus bell 1951 Karl Czudnochowsky 1100 e 1
5 Mary Help Bell 1958 Karl Czudnochowsky 0900 f 1
6th Elferin 1665 Johann Kippo 0800 g 1
7th Twelve 1382 <unknown> 0650 a 1

In 2019, a new ringing order was created, which uses the countless possibilities of partial motifs to underline the character of liturgical celebrations and especially the church seasons. A distinction is made in all seasons between Sunday and working day and on Sundays again between the main and secondary services.

occasion Number of
bells 		motive 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
high Strength 7th plenum f 0 c 1 d 1 e 1 f 1 g 1 a 1
Main service time in the annual cycle 4th Normal quartet (low) c 1 d 1 f 1 g 1
Main Advent service 4th Normal quartet (high) d 1 e 1 g 1 a 1
Lent main service 4th Dies irae (extended) d 1 e 1 f 1 g 1
Main church service Christmas / Easter 5 Westminster (extended) f 0 c 1 f 1 g 1 a 1
other Sunday services at Christmas / Easter 4th Westminster c 1 f 1 g 1 a 1
Maria-Hilf-Office 4th Salve Regina c 1 e 1 g 1 a 1
Corporis Christi Office 3 Tantum ergo c 1 f 1 a 1
baptism 2 Lumen Christi d 1 f 1
Funeral service 2 requiem c 1 d 1
to the Te Deum 3 Te Deum d 1 f 1 g 1

  • Anniversary bell

  • Peter Bell

  • Petrus Bell
    (before the renovation)

  • Maximilian Bell

  • Angelus bell
    (above: Elferin)

  • Zwölferin
    (oldest bell of the ringing bell. Its shape-related characteristic sound pattern characterizes the entire ringing)

liturgy

After the Second Vatican Council, no people's altar was erected in St. Peter ; Holy Mass is still celebrated at the high altar ad orientem or versus Deum . At Holy Mass, priests use chasubles in the shape of a Roman bass violin as their liturgical robe .

The parish sees its special task in maintaining the solemn liturgy, festive church music with choir and orchestra, as well as elaborate decorations during the church year. The parish service is held every Sunday and public holidays as a Latin office.

Brotherhoods

St. Peter is home to three brotherhoods, the Corporis-Christi Arch-Brotherhood, the Maria-Hilf-Brotherhood, and the St.-Isidor-und-Notburga-Brotherhood:

  • Corporis Christi Arch Brotherhood , established in 1609, cultivates the veneration of the altar sacrament in a special way. The main festival is on January 6th.
  • Maria-Hilf-Brotherhood , established in 1684, especially cherishes the Marian days of remembrance and feast days. The main festival is on the Sunday after the birth of Mary.
  • St. Isidor and Notburga Brotherhood , founded in 1426, to comfort the poor souls. Brotherhood Church is the All Saints Church on the Cross. The main festival is on the Sunday after Epiphany, the feast of the baptism of the Lord, and is celebrated in St. Peter.

Branch churches

The following branch churches are assigned to the parish of St. Peter:

Daughter parishes

Curiosities

St. Peter from the cattle market saw ⊙
St. Peter with Christkindlmarkt seen from the town hall tower
  • The signature melody of the BR - traffic radio is the first line of the song Solang der alten Peter . It was introduced on January 13, 1948 as a new pause symbol on the radio station of the American military government, Radio Munich . At first it was played in a version shortened by the last note, so it broke off in the middle of the word "Peter" to remind of the destruction of the church and the need for donations for the reconstruction. From October 28, 1951, Bayerischer Rundfunk, which had replaced Radio Munich in the meantime, played the full pause signal.
  • Karl Valentin answered the question why eight dials were attached to the tower with the words "Yes, so that eight people can look at the clock at the same time."
  • Lightning strikes frequently in the 91-meter-high tower, most recently on July 27, 1995.
  • A legend says that the tower cross turned 90 ° when the devil kicked it. In reality, the prevailing westerly wind had inclined the cross more and more, until its point had shifted about 45 cm to the east compared to the base, whereby there was the risk of the cross falling onto the nave. For this reason it was renewed under King Ludwig II during a tower renovation and set up across the wind to prevent it from bending again.
  • At the topping-out ceremony on Ludwig II's birthday and name day on August 25, 1876, the plumber's journeyman Lorenz Wach threw the glass from the tower that had been emptied after the toast, it landed undamaged on the floor and is still kept today in the church treasury of St. Peter.
  • An Austrian cannonball is walled into a window portal of the choir apse. It had been fired at the church from Gasteig during the coalition wars, had broken through a church window and landed inside the church.
  • When Pope Pius VI. In 1782, as part of his trip to Vienna to see Emperor Joseph II. visited the city of Munich to set up a nunciature (→ Emser punctuation ) and held a pontifical office in St. Peter, he left the church with a pompous stole, which is still in the possession of the Parish is. A large gilded plaque to the left of the Corporis-Christi altar (north side, frontmost altar) commemorates this Pope's visit.

literature

  • Lothar Altmann: Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Munich (Schnell, Art Guide No. 604), 6th edition, Regensburg 2008 (Schnell & Steiner; ISBN 978-3-7954-4377-1 ); English edition: 4th ed., Regensburg 2008 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-4257-6 ); Italian edition: Regensburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-6887-3 ).
  • Christian Behrer: The underground Munich . City core archeology in the Bavarian capital. Buchendorfer Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-934036-40-6 , chap. 4.2.1: St. Peter, S. 61-83 .
  • Klaus Gallas : Munich. From the Guelph foundation of Henry the Lion to the present: art, culture, history . DuMont, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 (DuMont documents: DuMont art travel guide).
  • Roland Götz, Carolin Weichselgartner: Church in ruins - the destruction of Munich churches in the Second World War. Catalog for the exhibition of the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising on March 3, 2012, Munich 2012. Available online
  • Norbert Knopp: The Frauenkirche in Munich and St. Peter . Müller & Schindler, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-87560-000-2 (Great Buildings in Europe; Vol. 3).
  • Winfried Nerdinger , Inez Florschütz (Hrsg.): Architecture of the child prodigies. Awakening and displacement in Bavaria 1945–1960 , catalog volume, Architekturmuseum der TU München, Anton Pustet, Salzburg-München 2005.
  • Erwin Schleich : The St. Peters Church in Munich. Its building history and its relationship to the city in the Middle Ages, presented on the basis of the results of the excavations . (Diss.) Munich 1958.

Web links

Commons : St. Peter (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmuth Stahleder : Chronicle of the City of Munich . Ed .: Richard Bauer for the Munich City Archives. tape 1 : Duke and citizen city. The years 1157–1505. Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-88034-835-9 , p. 28-29 .
  2. ↑ Altmann, Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Munich , p. 4.
  3. ^ A b c Anne Wermescher: The Schrenk altar in St. Peter in Munich - structure, material and historical revision. In the series From the parish archives of St. Peter in Munich , Issue 10, Munich 2005, p. 7.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Altmann, Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Munich , p. 6.
  5. ↑ Altmann, Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Munich , p. 5. Cf. also Wermescher, Munich 2005, note 5 on p. 7.
  6. ^ Josef H. Biller, Hans-Peter Rasp: Munich Art & Culture. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7787-5125-5 , p. 351.
  7. ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 2 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8 , p. 193, no.1322 .
  8. ^ According to Altmann, the redesign of the tower was already completed in 1614, after Biller / Rasp it was not completed until 1621. See Altmann, Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Munich , p. 6, or Biller and Rasp, Munich 2003, p. 351.
  9. ^ Josef H. Biller, Hans-Peter Rasp: Munich Art & Culture. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7787-5125-5 , p. 352.
  10. ^ A b Daniela Crescenzio: Italian Walks in Munich, Volume I - Florence Venice Rome , 2nd ed., IT-INERARIO, Unterhaching 2009, ISBN 978-3-9813046-0-2 , pp. 76-81.
  11. ↑ www.erzbistum-muenchen.de (2012): Church in Trümmern ( pdf, 15 MB, p. 23 ff.)
  12. ↑ Stadtchronik 1951. Remarkable, curious and everyday things. In: muenchen.de. State capital Munich, accessed on July 19, 2013 : "On October 28, the completed reconstruction of St. Peter's Church was celebrated."
  13. ^ Lothar Altmann: Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter, Munich (Schnell, art guide no. 604).
  14. ↑ Information on the choir organ at Die Orgelseite and on the website of the builder company.
  15. ↑ Munich (D) St. Peter's Jubilee Bell (June 1, 2012) on YouTube .
  16. ^ Description of the bells on the website of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
  17. ↑ Second-tone lowest church bell in Bavaria must be silent ; wamsiedler.de; June 14, 2014.
  18. ↑ The bells from Old Peter in Munich are removed (April 8, 2018) on YouTube .
  19. ↑ Heavy transport and precision work: The anniversary bell of "Old Peter" becomes a repair set ... (April 9, 2018) on YouTube .
  20. ↑ Bells from "Old Peter" repaired (April 24, 2018) on YouTube .
  21. ↑ Old Peter has his bells back , sueddeutsche.de, May 30, 2018.
  22. ↑ Old Peter has his anniversary bell again (May 30, 2018) on YouTube .
  23. ↑ Old Peter: The anniversary bell is installed again (June 15, 2018) on YouTube .
  24. ↑ Kath. Stadtpfarramt St. Peter (Ed.): Parish letter . Issue 1, 2019, pp. 12-13.
  25. ^ Johannes Alexander Haidn, Die Corporis Christi Erzbruderschaft bei St. Peter in Munich. 1609 - 2009. 400 years of history, belief and tradition (= from the parish archive of St. Peter in Munich, issue 13), Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-029035-0 .
  26. ^ The BR chronicle at a glance. In: Historical archive. Bayerischer Rundfunk, February 20, 2013, accessed on July 19, 2013 .
  27. ^ Parish letter St. Peter July / August 2004.