St. Stephan (Stephansried)

St. Stephan

The Filialkirche St. Stephan is a baroque church in Stephansried in Upper Swabia , the birthplace of Sebastian Kneipp . A saddle roof tower rises on the west gable of the church built in 1687. The single nave nave has a flat barrel vault . There is a vestibule under the gallery on the west wall. The choir has a three-sided end and a groin vault . The painting Stoning of St. Stephen is by Johann Friedrich Sichelbein , who painted it in 1687. The painting is based on a Rembrandt etching from 1625, which Sichelbein took over the wrong way round. Earlier sources suspect that the picture was taken in 1891. A wooden Pietà was created between 1550 and 1560. The vestibule contains a descent from the cross with several figures from the second half of the 18th century.

See also

• List of churches and chapels in the Ottobeuren administrative community

literature

• Tilmann Breuer : City and district of Memmingen (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 4 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959, ISSN  0522-5264 , p. 225 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günther Bayer: The Sichelbein family of painters. 1580-1758. Life pictures and works. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2003, ISBN 3-89870-142-5 , p. 193.

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 47 "  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 25.5"  E