Ortisei (Seeg)

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St. Ulrich church in Seeg

St. Ulrich is the Catholic parish church in Seeg in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu . It belongs to the deanery of Marktoberdorf in the diocese of Augsburg and is one of the most important Rococo churches in Bavaria. Because of its similarity to the Wieskirche near Steingaden , it is also known as the "Kleine Wies". The church is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.

Building history

In the Seeweiler chapel, an early depiction shows the old Seeg parish church before 1635 with a gable roof in the Gothic style. It received its current form from Johann Jakob Herkomer , whose father and grandfather came from Seeg. Balthasar Riepp and Johann Baptist Enderle designed the frescoes and paintings.

Furnishing

inner space
Main fresco by Enderle with the Trinity scene

Mainly the theology of the God image of the Trinity is shown in a vivid way. The exit of the main altar shows the eye of God in a halo. The halos are repeated in all three altars; at the radiant lamb of God in the left side altar and at the right altar, where the dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit . The swing anticipates later stylistic devices. The development of the Trinity is repeated in the main fresco and in the altarpieces on the two side altars, which underlines the idea of ​​the Trinity. The main fresco shows the battle of Lepanto in defense of Christian Europe. Mary in blue hovers in front of Jesus Christ with a red robe. Also in the background, God the Father is depicted in yellowish tones. Everything is based on the pigeon in the center. A little angel intervenes in the war by sending lightning bolts onto the Turkish ships. Pope and Emperor watch the battle.

window

The stained glass windows from the 19th century were expanded in 1942. The style of painting corresponds to that of the late Nazarenes . Eleven of the windows found by chance in 1994 can be viewed in the Seeg local history museum.

Restorations

Interior restorations took place in 1905, 1942/43 and 1982. In 1906/07 a new organ was built on the west gallery. The roof structure was statically secured in 2000/2001 after two square meters of the plastering of the ceiling in the nave fell down in 1999. In 2004, the uncovering of the wall and ceiling surfaces and the stucco ornaments began; The wall plaster in the base area was renewed and the statics of the gallery reinforced. In 2005, the restoration of the shell of the wall panels made of natural stone and the church window began. In 2006 the pulpit, organ and altars were restored. During the work of 1906 a fresco by Enderle was also destroyed. During the current general renovation, the destroyed fresco was exposed again and restored.

The restoration of the choir stalls, communion bench and confessionals was completed in 2007. The last restoration was carried out by Pastor Alois Meisburger († 2007) with the support of the State of Bavaria, the German Foundation for Monument Protection and private donations.

Renewed restoration work became necessary after parts of the ceiling fresco with the Battle of Lepanto had come loose at the end of February 2016 and fell into the church.

Web links

Commons : Ortisei  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ↑ List of monuments for Munich (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-7-77-170-1
  3. ↑ Description of the property on the website of the "German Foundation for Monument Protection"
  4. ↑ St. Ulrich Church: Parts of the ceiling fresco fall to the ground , March 2, 2016 on www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 ′ 12.3 "  N , 10 ° 36 ′ 16.4"  E