St. Ulrich (Regensburg)

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Ortisei with Roman tower (2018)
St. Ulrich south facade (2006)
before facade renovation

The former cathedral parish church of St. Ulrich in Regensburg stands east of Regensburg Cathedral where the southern cathedral square merges into the Alter Kornmarkt , with a flying buttress that connects the Roman tower with the former ducal palace of the Agilolfinger family . The church and the exhibition in the church are now part of the Regensburg diocese museums .

history

Cathedral with Dompfarrkirche St. Ulrich (back)
(1600 with no longer existing church tower)

There are no building files on the construction of the Ulrichskirche, but the church was first mentioned in a document in 1238. The location of the church in the immediate vicinity of the Bavarian ducal palace and many other facts suggest that the construction of the church began around 1225 as the palatine chapel of the Bavarian dukes and was later converted into the parish church. This makes the building one of the oldest Gothic structures in Germany. Frescoes from the time of origin are on the east side. After the neighboring Romanesque Regensburg Cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1273, the Ulrichskirche took over the function of a parish church for the entire city area until 1456. After the district was then divided into two urban areas, only the eastern districts belonged to the cathedral parish. At the time of the Reformation, the church showed severe structural damage, the extent and removal of which is only sparse. In 1571, repair work was carried out which, on behalf of the cathedral chapter, involved painting the central area of ​​the church. In 1688 the windows of the side aisles were enlarged to a transversely oval shape, the medieval vestibule was replaced by a new baroque building, wall paintings were whitewashed and the ceiling of the central room was painted white to make the church appear brighter.

Cathedral with Ulrichskirche (rear with baroque vestibule) Jakob Alt , 1837
Interior as a museum (1910) for Roman finds

In 1824 the church was profaned and the cathedral parish moved to the Niedermünsterkirche . In 1859 the baroque vestibule was removed. The tower built on to the southwest of the church was also demolished around 1860 because it was in disrepair. The former church tower can still be seen in old photos. In contrast, the four-storey so-called Roman tower , which stands further to the east, does not belong to the church and is not located on the cathedral square .

From 1880 to 1936 the church room served as a museum for the collections of the Regensburg Historical Society. When part of the ceiling collapsed during this time, a coffered ceiling was installed and in the following years up to 1975 further building security measures and in 1973 excavations were carried out.

A fundamental interior renovation with exposure, cleaning and fixing of the wall and ceiling paintings as well as the reconstruction of the color of the room shell took place in the years 1975 to 1984. In the course of this work, significant Gothic wall paintings from the time the church was built were found on the east wall. In 1986 the church was consecrated again , since then it has served the Regensburg diocese museums as an exhibition space and is also the station church of the Regensburg cathedral chapter . In today's museum you can see medieval goldsmithing as well as exhibits from the Renaissance , Baroque and Rococo periods .

After 2000 years of renovation work took place on the outer facade, which led to a drastic brightening of the facade.

Rose window west facade St. Ulrich

literature

To architecture

  • Christof Hangkofer: St. Ulrich in Regensburg. Architecture in a city upheaval. Diss., Lindenberg 1998, ISBN 3-931820-95-5 .
  • Achim Hubel: The Ulrich Church in Regensburg. State of Research Considerations. In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. 140 (2000), pp. 85-104 ( online ; PDF).

To the picture program

  • Christine Riedl-Valder: The former parish church of St. Ulrich in Regensburg and its image program . In: Negotiations of the historical association Regensburg. 151, Verlag des Historisches Verein für Oberpfalz and Regensburg, Regensburg 2011, ISSN  0342-2518 , pp. 71-108.

To the museum

  • Achim Hubel, Genoveva Nitz, Friedrich Fuchs: Museum St. Ulrich Regensburg (= Small Art Guide. 1587). 2., rework. Edition. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-7954-5295-3 .

Web links

Commons : St. Ulrich (Regensburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Christine Riedl-Valder: The former parish church of St. Ulrich in Regensburg and its picture program . In: Negotiations of the historical association Regensburg . tape 151 . Verlag des Historisches Verein für Oberpfalz and Regensburg, 2011, ISSN  0342-2518 , p. 71-80 .
  2. ↑ Achim Hubel: The Ulrich Church in Regensburg. State of Research Considerations. In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. 140 (2000), pp. 85-104, here pp. 101 f. ( online ; PDF).
  3. ↑ Flyer for the exhibition 150 years of cathedral towers , PDF, accessed on October 16, 2019

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 9.3 "  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 56.9"  E