St. Peter and Paul (Eckarts)
St. Peter and Paul is a Catholic parish church from the late 14th or 15th century in the village of Eckarts , a district of Immenstadt im Allgäu in the Oberallgäu district ( Bavaria ).
history
Eggehartz was first mentioned in 1275 as a parish with a church. This church is presumably a (wooden) predecessor building for the 8 apartments in the small settlement, assessed in 1353. After a siege in 1457, the landlord, who was originally part of the Kempten monastery, had subordinated his rule to the House of Austria.
In the 2nd half of the 14th century at the latest, the Lords of Werdenstein moved into their new castle and built the late Gothic church in its current form in the 15th century, as documented by a master's mark with the date 1483. To the builders Georg d. Ä. von Werdenstein (1425–1475) and his wife Juliana von Freiberg (born 1444) are reminded of the coat of arms in the choir arch.
Rococo redesigns rounded off the previously pointed arch windows on the south side and created three new windows on the north side. In the nave, the Gothic paneled ceiling had to give way to a plastered flat ceiling with paintings. Gothic frescoes were painted over and rediscovered during a renovation in the 20th century, but were not exposed for reasons of cost and style.
The (inaccessible) crypt of the noble family is located in the church.
description
The Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul is a hall with a retracted choir. The nave probably dates from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century, the choir around 1475 to 1483. In the nave, the baroque elements of the redesign from the middle of the 18th century dominate.
The choir is decorated with a magnificent ribbed vault with tendril painting. The coats of arms of the female ancestors are grouped around the alliance coats of arms on the keystones.
The western tower was originally rectangular with a gable roof. It was partially removed in the 17th century and an octagonal superstructure with a clock and onion dome was added. The largest bell in the tower comes from Memmingen from 1662, it has a one-minute aftertaste that is admired by connoisseurs.
Furnishing
The equipment list calls painted Gothic shrine altars a "rare treasure". The octagonal sandstone baptismal font is also from the Gothic period.
For over three hundred years, two wooden figures of Saints Barbara and Katharina have been looking out over the community, they are among the 14 helpers in need.
The marbled wooden structures of the side altars were built around 1740. The original altarpieces and richly gilded figures of saints are in Munich. The pulpit also dates from this time. It was placed in a closed window niche. The putti in the sound cover carry the command plates and symbols of the divine virtues (cross, anchor, heart).
For the high altar, parts of an altar from the 18th century from an abandoned church were used.
The figures of the church patrons Petrus and Paulus on the south wall of the nave come from the previously neo-Gothic high altar from the 19th century, created by Eckarts master carpenter Ludwig Graf. The confessional, communion bench, a small knee bench and the choir bench are still preserved from the neo-Gothic furnishings.
Gothic baptismal font with lowercase letters from the time the church was built
Putti on the pulpit cover
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ^ Entry list of monuments: Catholic parish church St. Peter and Paul, hall building with retracted choir and western tower with onion dome, nave probably 14./15. Century, choir around 1475/80, upper floors of the tower end of the 17th century, remodeling in the middle of the 18th century; with equipment.
Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 43 " N , 10 ° 14 ′ 43" E