St. Stephanus (Hainhofen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Stephanus in Hainhofen , a district of Neusäß in the Augsburg district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , was built at the beginning of the 18th century. From the previous church, a former choir tower church , late Gothic frescoes from the 14th century have been preserved.
location
The church consecrated to St. Stephen is located on a small hill above the village, in the middle of the cemetery.
history
The place Hainhofen was first mentioned in 1276. He belonged to the Bishopric of Augsburg and was designed by the bishops of Augsburg patrician families like the port agents, the long coat that Fugger or the barons of Rehlingen to fief given.
From the original choir tower church from the 14th century, only the lower part of the tower is preserved. In 1500 the increase and vaulting of the old chancel was performed with a stellar vault whose keystone , the coat of arms of local and patronage Lord carries Hans Walter and his wife Magdalena Langenmantel. The tower structure was redesigned towards the end of the 16th century. In 1718 a new nave was built and a year later a new choir . The builder was the master bricklayer Johann Holzapfel from Bobingen . Matthias Lotter from Augsburg was entrusted with the stucco work, and the (no longer existing) ceiling frescoes were created by Hans Georg Kuen from Diedorf . On September 21, 1723 the consecration of the new church took place by the auxiliary bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr .
In 1850/60 the frescoes in the nave were painted over and in 1910, when the church was extended by a yoke to the west, they were again replaced by new ceiling paintings by Otto Hämmerle from Munich . In 1898 the late Gothic frescoes were discovered on the lower floor of the tower, which is now used as a sacristy .
architecture
The entrance to the church is on the north side. The nave has a single nave and extends over three bays. The western end is a double gallery , which rests on four columns with decorated capitals and carries the organ . In the east, the nave joins the retracted, semicircular closed choir, to which the former choir tower adjoins. The lower storey of the tower is pierced with a pointed arch window, the sound openings on the upper storey are designed as twin windows.
Stucco decor
The stucco decoration dates from 1719 and was carried out by Matthias Lotter. It was added to the nave yoke added to the west in 1910. Common motifs are tendrils, reed stems, panicles and sickle-shaped leaves. A stucco drapery is held by putti above the high altar . The stitch caps are provided with oval medallions , which are framed by foliage and contain stuccoed emblems with inscriptions. The words "Sursum corda" (lift up the hearts) are written under the representation of a sunflower and "Constanter" (steadfast) under a reed.
The oval medallions in the nave are decorated with stucco reliefs of busts of saints. Saint Stephen, Saint Barbara with her attributes tower and chalice, Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the wheel and Saint Laurentius with a grate are shown.
Saint Lawrence
Saint Catherine
Ceiling pictures
Today's ceiling paintings come from Otto Hämmerle from Munich . They are dedicated to the patron saint of the church and represent the stoning of St. Stephen in the choir, and the saint preaches and heals a sick person in the nave. The images of the twelve apostles in the medallions of the stitch caps probably date from 1850/60.
Apostle James
apostle
apostle
Apostle Paul
Late Gothic frescoes
In today's sacristy on the ground floor of the tower, the choir of the Gothic predecessor church, a fresco cycle from the late 14th century has been preserved. The scenes in which the Passion of Christ and the saints are depicted were probably painted over as early as 1500. On the north side Christ is depicted on the Mount of Olives , above him the hand of God , in the background the sleeping disciples and a stylized tree. Further scenes are: the capture of Jesus with the kiss of Judas and Peter cutting off an ear from Malchus , Christ before Herod Antipas , flagellation and crowning of thorns . On the south side the following are depicted: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross, Jesus is nailed to the cross, Mary and John under the cross, deposition and resurrection of Christ. On the east side, saints are depicted, such as St. Ulrich , who holds a fish in his hand, and St. Afra , the patron of the diocese of Augsburg .
Jesus with Herod
Crowning of thorns
crucifixion
Descent from the Cross
resurrection
Furnishing
The altars, the pulpit and the choir stalls , like the communion bench, were created around 1720 in the late baroque style.
- The high altar picture depicts the crucifixion of Christ and was executed in 1856 by Andreas Merkle. St. Lawrence is shown in the extract.
- At the pulpit, in niches divided by slender columns with Corinthian capitals, the four occidental church fathers Ambrose of Milan , Augustine of Hippo , Jerome and Pope Gregory the Great are depicted. The sound cover is set with two putti , one holds a monstrance .
organ
The organ from 1878 by the organ building company GF Steinmeyer & Co. was restored by Robert Knöpfler, who continues the organ building workshop of Rudolf Kubak in Augsburg, and inaugurated on December 13, 2009.
Epitaphs
In the church are early classical epitaphs of the family get Rehlingen from the late 18th century.
Epitaph for Karl Anton Baron von Rehling († 1773)
Epitaph for Johann Franz Freiherr von Rehling († 1777)
Epitaph for Maria Franziska Eleonora von Rehling († 1775)
literature
- Georg Dehio (edited by Bruno Bushart and Georg Paula): Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Art monuments Bavaria III: Swabia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 408.
- Martin Kluger: St. Stephan Hainhofen. context Verlag Augsburg , Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-939645-46-7 . [not evaluated]
- Information sheet from the parish of St. Stephanus Hainhofen
Web links
- Hainhofen
- Steinmeyer Organ Opus 171 Association of German Master Organ Builders (BDO)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hainhofen: St. Stephanus. Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ List of monuments for Neusäß (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-7-72-184-2 .
- ↑ Steinmeyer sound can be heard again. Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine on December 9, 2009
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 13.8 " N , 10 ° 47 ′ 45.5" E