St. Peter and Paul (Haberskirch)

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Church of St. Peter and Paul

St. Peter and Paul is a Catholic parish church in Haberskirch near Friedberg .

history

The transfer of patronage rights for the Church of Peter and Paul from the Benedictine monastery in Monheim to the cathedral chapter in Augsburg was documented as early as 1298 . The base of the tower and the choir are late Gothic ; the sacristy was added in the 18th century. The nave with a western gallery was renewed around 1910 according to plans by the Augsburg architect Albert Kirchmayer.

Building description

The Church of St. Peter and Paul is a massive, flat-roofed hall building with a retracted polygonal choir with a three-eighth end . The tower on the south side of the choir has a square five-story substructure and an octagonal two-story structure with a pointed dome. On the north side of the choir there is a sacristy extension with a mansard roof . The nave has three large window axes and a two-storey transverse oval window axis. The tower has eight ogival slotted windows and two round arched sound arcades .

Interior

Sanctuary

The decorative paintings in Art Nouveau style by the Weißenhorn painter Anton Bischof around 1910 were completely removed in the period after the Second World War . The fresco by Johann Thurner from Lauingen from 1861 is still preserved on the choir ceiling . The red marble holy water stoup dates back to around 1600. The figures of the two church patrons Peter and Paul on the choir altar are considered high-quality works and were created around 1720.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Raab, Hubert: Friedberg experience: [with all parts of the city] . Kulturverlag Holzheu, Mering 2010, ISBN 978-3-938330-10-4 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Stadt Friedberg (Ed.): Stadtbuch Friedberg . tape 2 . Friedberg 1991, ISBN 3-9802818-0-9 .
  3. ^ Architectural monuments Friedberg. (PDF) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, April 14, 2018, accessed on April 15, 2018 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '43.2 "  N , 10 ° 59' 49.2"  E