St. Stephan (Mörlbach)

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The church from the west
South side

St. Stephan is a Roman Catholic branch church of the Parish of the Assumption in Aufkirchen . It is located in the Mörlbach district of Berg in the Upper Bavarian district of Starnberg .

history

As burial mounds show, there was already settlement in Mörlbach in prehistoric times. The place is mentioned as a ministerial seat in 1115 and has been a court mark since the late Middle Ages . The core of the building structure of the church goes back to the early Gothic , and was renovated in 1978/79 .

church

The church consists of a nave , probably originally laid flat , but later with a baroque lunette ton and a gallery in the west provided nave , to the order 1500 of the chorus in the width of the aisle with a Gothic arch without power ribs (also Baroque style) and tracery windows grown that carries a pointed roof turret from the 19th century. The sacristy from around 1700 protrudes from the structure .

Furnishing

The church is known for its rich late Gothic furnishings . This can be traced back to the family of Thorer von Eurasburg , of whom coats of arms from 1510 can be found in the windows of the choir. There are also stained glass (St. Stephen and St. Andrew , the latter with the donor Caspar Thorer) in the choir, which also houses wall paintings ( martyrdom of St. Stephen and Sebastian and the resurrection of Christ from the 16th century). The west gallery stands on a stand. The pulpit with ornamental carvings dates from around 1600, the choir stalls with flat carvings from around 1500. The church has a paving made of fired tiles .

The high altar (originally perhaps from St. Stephen's Church in Landsham ) from around 1510 to 1520, which has probably only been erected in Mörlbach since 1607 and was newly painted around 1900, is a winged altar . It is assigned to the school of the master von Rabenden and has a fine crack with a crucifix . In the shrine of the altar there are carved figures of St. Stephen, Sebastian and James . The inner sides of the wings bear bas-reliefs of the Twelve Apostles , the outer sides painted depictions of the Passion . The representations of the inactive leaves show the painful Mother of God and John the Baptist . The predella depicts the burial of Christ , the lamentation and the resurrection.

Annunciation tablet

On the north wall of the nave there is an Annunciation altar from around 1490 with a high-quality carved Annunciation and the handkerchief on the predella , possibly a work from Nuremberg or from a Munich workshop from around 1460. On the wings there are Flemish-influenced, painted depictions of the life of Mary, the one with the provisional names master of Mörlbach be assigned designated artist. Two panel paintings also date from this time : Joachim's rejection and Joachim's marriage to Anna .

Appreciation

"... one of the most atmospheric rooms of old Bavarian late Gothic ..." (Schindler)

literature

  • Ernst Götz u. a. (Editor): Georg Dehio (founder): Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bavaria IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. 3rd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-422-03115-9 , pp. 700–701.
  • Herbert Schindler : Great Bavarian Art History. Volume 1. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1963, without ISBN, p. 366, p. 301 with illustration of an altar panel p. 299.
  • Michael Meier (ed.): The art and cultural monuments in the Munich region, 1st volume: Western perimeter. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-422-00349-5 , p. 94.
  • Alexander von Reitzenstein , Herbert Brunner: Reclam's art guide Germany I. 8th edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-15-008055-X , p. 553.
  • Lydia L. Dewiel: Upper Bavaria: art travel guide, land between Altmühltal and the Alps. 6th edition. DuMont, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-77013335-2 , pp. 205 f., With illustration of the high altar.
  • Katja Sebald: The Gothic one. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. Online version from August 18, 2017.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to: The art and cultural monuments in the Munich - West region, p. 96 "certainly created for this place"

Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 50.4 "  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 25.2"  E