St. Peter (Petersglaim)

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Exterior view of the St. Peter's branch church from the southwest

The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Peter in Petersglaim , a district of the municipality of Hohenthann in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , is a small hall church that was built in the 12th or 13th century in the Romanesque style. In 1691, the Mallersdorfer master mason Georg Pohner gave it a baroque style and later changed its structure again. The church tower was built in 1736 by the Rottenburg master mason Franz Pichlmayr.

The church, consecrated to the holy apostle Peter (feast day: June 29th) is a branch church of the parish of St. Laurentius in Hohenthann. It is registered as a monument with the number D-2-74-141-29 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

history

In his parish description from 1619, the then pastor of Hohenthann, Kaspar Haydt, also reports on the Petersglaim branch. At that time there were two altars in the Petersglaimer Church , which were consecrated to St. Peter and St. Mary . He also reports on the expansion of the branch community, which - then as now - included not only Petersglaim but also the surrounding hamlets of Windham and Mainzendorf as well as the desert areas of Bergham and Oberndorf. Finally, he turns to the lively pilgrimage to Petersglaim. On the day of St. Mark's remembrance (April 25), the entire parish of Hohenthann and the neighboring parish of Oberglaim (formerly Frauenglaim ) made a pilgrimage to Petersglaim, where both pastors together held Holy Mass with sung litany and sermon . In addition, the pilgrims from Oberergoldsbach always came to Petersglaim on the Monday of praying week .

description

The branch church of St. Peter is a single-nave , east-facing hall building, the floor plan of which indicates a Romanesque origin. In addition to the great thickness of the wall, the apse in the form of a stilted round arch is an indication of this. This is noticeably drawn in opposite the three-bay nave . Except for the arched window openings and the sundial on the south side of the rear nave yoke, the exterior is largely undivided. The sacristy is added to the south of the apse . The west tower with an octagonal attachment and a strongly constricted onion dome jumps slightly into the nave . The church interior is accessed through the tower ground floor.

There, the choir area stands out from the simple design of the flat-roofed nave , primarily through the wide, arched choir arch and the surrounding, profiled cornice . A neo-Romanesque high altar is located under the dome-like ceiling of the presbytery, which was covered with stucco during the Baroque era . The baroque pulpit dates from around 1700 and has twisted columns on the edges of the polygonal body and gilded acanthus carvings . In addition, there is a painted Gothic wooden group of figures from around 1430, which depicts the adoration of the Magi , as well as a late Gothic figure of Mary from around 1500, with the baby Jesus on the left and a scepter on the right .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rupert Forster, Hohenthann: Historical data of the Petersglaim church ( Memento from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: Association for Archeology City and District Landshut eV: Petersglaim - Church of St. Petrus ( Memento from February 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Online at www.arlan.de ; Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ A b Association for Archeology City and District Landshut eV: Petersglaim - Church of St. Petrus ( Memento from February 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Online at www.arlan.de ; Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ A b Anton Eckardt (ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut. Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, pp. 183-185 ( digitized version ).

Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 20 ″  E