St. Sebastian (Affaltern)

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St. Sebastian Church in Affaltern

The Catholic parish church of St. Sebastian in Affaltern , a district of the market town of Biberbach in the Augsburg district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built in 1698. The church at Pfarrer-Brümmer-Straße 16, consecrated to St. Sebastian , is a protected architectural monument .

history

Affaltern was a branch of the Salmannshofen parish until the middle of the 18th century . According to a note in the land register of the former parish, a church was built there as early as 1262.

Today's church building was built in 1697/98 according to plans by the builder Valerian Brenner from Günzburg and replaced a previous building on the same site, the existence of which has already been proven for 1617. The foundation stone was laid by the treasurer and pastor Anton Ginter from Biberbach on July 16, 1697. The building owner was pastor Jakob Hörmann, who is commemorated by a memorial stone in the church. In the first construction phase, the tower and choir of the church were completed on October 3, 1697. The nave was built in a second construction phase. In 1724 a new high altar was purchased that no longer exists. The founding of a St. Albans brotherhood is documented in 1732.

In 1758, the Salmannshofen parish was transferred to Affaltern and the St. Sebastian branch church was elevated to a parish church. With the transfer of the parish seat, a cemetery was laid out next to the church in Affaltern and a new parsonage was built which was demolished in the 1960s. In 1779, according to a report, the church was in "a miserable condition, completely smoky and coal-black". On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the parish, a comprehensive renovation of the church took place in 2007/08.

description

The single-aisled baroque hall building facing west has a retracted choir and a southern tower with a bent pointed helmet .

Furnishing

inner space

The high altar was created in 2008 based on designs by Friedrich Brenner and a color version by Johannes Riggenmann. The side altars were also renewed. The altarpiece and the ceiling painting are a new creation by the painter Franz Kugelmann.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ^ Norbert Lieb: The Vorarlberg Baroque Master Builders . Schnell & Steiner, 1976 ( google.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Hans Jakob Wörner: Former district of Wertingen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1973 ( google.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).
  4. ^ Bavarian art monuments . Deutscher Kunstverlag., 1973 ( google.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk Georg Impler: Zwölfuhrluten: Affaltern in Swabia . July 5, 2009 ( br.de [accessed on May 18, 2019]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 54 ″  N , 11 ° 31 ′ 47 ″  E