St. Stephan (Hohenzell)

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Church of St. Stephan in Hohenzell, interior view

The Catholic parish church of St. Stephan in Hohenzell , a district of the Altomünster community in the Upper Bavarian district of Dachau , was originally built in the Middle Ages . The church on Pfarrer-Marz-Weg is a protected architectural monument .

architecture

The hall with a retracted choir closed on five sides has a tower with an octagon and an onion dome in the northern corner . The choir dates from the 15th century. The nave was renewed in 1926 and the 28 meter high tower was built in 1927. The design of the new building comes from the Munich architect Joseph Elsner junior .

Leaded glass window

The lead glass windows were made by the Georg Schneider court glass painting company from Regensburg. Two windows in the chancel show St. Joseph with the baby Jesus and a lily in his hand and St. Anne with her daughter Maria in her arms.

Furnishing

The equipment with three altars comes from the baroque period . The Munich painters Oswald Völkel and W. Lessig created the ceiling paintings .

  • Window with St. Joseph with baby Jesus

  • Saint Anne with Mary

  • Ceiling painting: Stoning of St. Stephen

literature

  • Stefan Schleipfer, Michael Heitmeir (ed.): Chronicle of the parish of Hohenzell 1926–1933. Edition of the manuscript by Pastor Georg Marz. Norderstedt 2019, ISBN 9783750412118 . (not evaluated)

Web links

Commons : St. Stephan (Hohenzell)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg

Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 57 ″  N , 11 ° 11 ′ 9 ″  E