St. Sebastian (Derching)

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St. Sebastian in Derching

The former parish church of St. Sebastian is a monument from the Romanesque period in Derching near Friedberg .

history

The building was erected in the first half of the 13th century. It was changed slightly in the middle of the 15th century and in 1765/66; among other things, the roofs were raised and the windows enlarged. The altarpieces and frescoes in the interior date from that time. The church is one of the best preserved Romanesque buildings in the area.

After the Second World War , the church became too small, which is why the new parish church of the Immaculate Conception was built, which was consecrated in 1965. However, St. Sebastian is still used for various occasions. Part of the historical furnishings, including the pulpit basket and two figures of the hll. Sebastian and Leonhard were transferred to the new parish church.

Building description

The church is a Romanesque, flat-roofed hall building with a retracted groin-vaulted choir . A tower with a gable roof stands on the north side between the choir and the nave . There are arched friezes on the long sides and five serrated bands on the east wall .

The ceiling frescoes represent the martyrdom of St. Sebastian , scenes from his life and the church fathers. These come, like the side altar leaves, from the hand of the Friedberg painter Sigismund Reis . The right shows the scene “ Anna teaches Mary to read ”, the left shows “Mary teaches Jesus to read”. The church has two bells, one of which is over 300 years old.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Friedberg architectural monuments. (PDF) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, April 14, 2018, accessed on April 14, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Raab, Hubert: Friedberg experience: [with all parts of the city] . Kulturverlag Holzheu, Mering 2010, ISBN 978-3-938330-10-4 .
  3. ↑ Parish letter. (PDF) Parish Community Stätzling, 2018, accessed on April 14, 2018 .
  4. ^ Stadt Friedberg (Ed.): Stadtbuch Friedberg . tape 2 . Friedberg 1991, ISBN 3-9802818-0-9 .
  5. ↑ Andreas Schmidt: You pull on bell ropes like Quasimodo . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . March 23, 2016 ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed April 14, 2018]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 31.1 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 15.5 ″  E