St. Thomas of Canterbury (Edenhausen)
St. Thomas von Canterbury is the Catholic parish church in the village of Edenhausen in the Bavarian district of Günzburg .
Previous buildings
The Edenhauser Church was mentioned for the first time in 1209 and its patron is Thomas Becket to this day . This first stone church was built in the Gothic style that was current at the time . Nothing is known about the appearance of this Gothic church, although it was only demolished in 1735 after a fire and replaced by the current structure.
Baroque church from 1735
The new baroque church was built by Simpert Kraemer in just six months in 1735 , although only parts of the church tower of the old church were probably used again. This new church was not consecrated until eleven years later.
Three years after the church was inaugurated, a so-called "cold lightning" struck the building, which destroyed almost all of the interior. Only the portrait of Maria Schnee from 1665 remained intact. That this miraculous image remained intact was viewed as a miracle and led to a pilgrimage to Edenhausen being formed.
After the secularization, the Edenhauser church was to be demolished in 1805 and the parish was to be merged with the neighboring Attenhausen , but this could be prevented.
Remodeling of the church in the 19th and 20th centuries
In 1867 the tower was raised 60 feet and a pointed roof was added. In the period between 1874 and 1893, the interior of the church was gradually rebuilt in the then modern style of neo-Romanesque as part of the renovation . Almost everything from the original baroque furnishings was thrown away at the time. The miraculous image with the portrait of Maria Schnee, for example, was preserved. A copy of this picture is still in the church today.
In the years 1947 to 1966 the church was rebuilt again. During this reconstruction, an attempt was made to restore the church's originally baroque style. Some parts of the neo-Romanesque interior furnishings that match the now baroque furnishings were reused; For example, parts of the former neo-Romanesque altar have been reused for the people's altar . So you can see a neo-baroque interior with some neo-Romanesque elements in the church today.
Furnishing
The high altar was recreated by Anton Hörmann from Babenhausen in 1949. The altarpiece shows Christ crucified who brings the righteous into the heavenly kingdom. Interestingly, he raised the fingers of his right hand to the victory sign, which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill used again and again during the Second World War to motivate the people of Great Britain to fight against the Third Reich.
The church was painted in 1948 by the painter Sebastian Hausinger from Ottobeuren . The fresco above the choir shows the Annunciation , the ceiling painting of the nave shows the coronation of Mary. These motifs of the frescoes, statues of Mary and the miraculous image of Maria Major on the south side altar indicate that the Edenhauser Church is a St. Mary's Church, in which Mary is venerated in addition to the church patron Thomas Becket.
In the ceiling painting of the nave, reference is also made to Edenhausen and the diocese of Augsburg . The place Edenhausen, the patron of the church, Thomas Becket, and the patron saint of the diocese of Augsburg, St. Ulrich , are shown.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ Page about the predecessor church of today's Edenhauser church on "mariahilf-krumbach.de"
- ↑ Ullmann, FG, (photos: Huber, M. & Huber, M.) 1992: Krumbach - Images from the city and the countryside in Central Swabia. - Müller Druck und Verlag, Krumbach, 157 pp.
- ↑ Page about the history of Edenhausen from the Middle Ages to the modern age on "mariahilf-krumbach.de"
- ↑ Page about the interior fittings from 1735 of today's Edenhauser Church on "mariahilf-krumbach.de"
- ↑ a b c page about the history of the Edenhauser Church from secularization to after the 2nd World War on "mariahilf-krumbach.de"
- ↑ a b c page about today's neo-baroque interior of the Edenhauser church on "mariahilf-krumbach.de"
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 56.8 " N , 10 ° 25 ′ 3.1" E