St. Ulrich (Gisseltshausen)

Exterior view of the St. Ulrich branch church

The Roman Catholic branch church St. Ulrich in Gisseltshausen , a district of the town of Rottenburg an der Laaber in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut , has been structurally changed several times over the years. The choir , which is remarkable for the size of the church , was built in the second half of the 15th century by the Landshut master builder Peter Westermeier, a member of the famous Landshut construction works. The church, which is located on a hill above the valley of the Große Laber , is dedicated to St. Ulrich von Augsburg (memorial day: July 4th). It is a branch church of the parish of St. Georg in Rottenburg.

history

The church in Gisseltshausen has existed since the High Middle Ages , as the nave is still essentially Romanesque today. In the meantime, around the 14th and 15th centuries, Gisseltshausen was a parish church after the early church in Münster had to give up its parish seat. It was not until the 15th century that it was moved to the newly founded Rottenburg market. The late Gothic choir was probably added in the second half of the 15th century and is now attributed to the Landshut master builder Peter Westermeier. In 1590 the church of St. Ulrich already had a cemetery and three altars, which were consecrated to Saints Ulrich, Sebastian and Maria . Around 1685 the church received its current tower , which was equipped with two bells. In the first half of the 18th century, the church was redesigned in Baroque style and essentially received its current fittings. Major maintenance work on the church building was carried out in 1844 and 1874/1875. In 1931 and 1935 the church received a new bell from Landshut Johann Hahn ; these replaced the bells from the time the tower was built. The postwar years brought to the filial community large financial sacrifices with it: in 1949, the cemetery was expanded and built a morgue, in 1952 the church roof had to be repaired, 1955, the pews renewed and in 1958 a new organ built. A lot was also invested in the 1970s: the exterior of the church building was renovated in 1975, four new bells and an electric bell were purchased in the same year, the morgue was enlarged in 1976 and the cemetery was again expanded to the west in 1979. The last structural measure so far was the repair of the roof structure and tower between 2003 and 2005.

description

Interior view of the St. Ulrich branch church

The Church of St. Ulrich is essentially a Romanesque hall church with two window axes and largely unstructured exterior, to which a barely retracted late Gothic choir is built in the east. This comprises three narrow window axes and a three-sided windowless choir closure. The sacristy is located in the square basement of the north tower attached to the choir. The tower floor above is structured by narrow pointed arches. The octagonal superstructure is built on this and merges into the copper-covered pointed helmet by means of eight small triangular gables . While the nave has a flat roof , the choir has a barrel vault with stitch caps , which is decorated with stucco in the style of the early Rococo . In the rear part of the nave a double gallery has been installed . While the upper parapet is decorated with ornaments similar to the stucco work in the choir, eight of the fourteen cross-way panels from 1769 are attached to the lower parapet.

The high altar from around 1680 is a baroque four-column structure with a two-column top. Above the classical tabernacle is the central altar panel with a depiction of St. Ulrich. Paintings of Saints Wolfgang and Sebastian can be found between the outer pillars . In the upper picture the poor souls are shown in purgatory . In 1982 the branch church received a people's altar and an ambo from the Steininger company from Dingolfing . The two side altars are also baroque, but were probably not built until around 1700. The altars, which are placed next to the choir arch on the side walls of the nave for lack of space , each have two columns and two volute pilasters. The left side altar shows a plastic Pietà from the 14th century and Saint Anne in the upper picture . The right side altar includes a depiction of Saint Joseph with baby Jesus and Saint Gertraud in the upper picture. Right next to the left side altar is the baroque pulpit, on the wooden body of which Jesus Christ and the four evangelists are painted. On the opposite wall of the nave one depends mission cross of the Redemptorists from 1851, including a wooden relief of the Lamentation of Christ , a sechsfigurige group from the 16th century. In addition, the baroque Rosary Madonna on the choir arch, the many sacrificial candles in the choir room that testify to a formerly blooming pilgrimage to Gisseltshausen , the red marble epitaph for the Rottenburg caretaker Christoph Viepeckh zu Habelsbach († 1610) and the 29 memorial stones on the southern outer wall are of importance. Of the last-mentioned grave monuments, the oldest commemorates the pastor Hans Pluemhofer († 1488).

organ

A new building by Johann Ehrlich from Landshut from 1855, which was originally in Gisseltshausen, is now in the St. Florian branch in Helchenbach . There the organ was restored in 1970 by Hermann Kloss from Kelheim . The mechanical slider chest instrument behind a classicist prospect comprises seven registers on a manual and a firmly coupled pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I Manual CDEFGA – c ³
1.	Gamba	8th'
2.	Copel	8th'
3.	Principal	4 ′
4th	Piffara	4 ′
5.	Fifth	6 ¹ ⁄ ₂  ′
6th	Mixture III	2 ′

Pedal CDEFGA-a
7th	Sub-bass	16 ′

In 1958 a new organ was installed in the Gisseltshausen branch church - an instrument with 23 registers on two manuals and a pedal from 1930, which was previously located in the parish church of St. Konrad in Landshut , which was built in 1950/51 . Nothing is known about the current whereabouts of the organ.