St. Ursula (Arlesried)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Ursula is located in Arlesried , a district of the community of Erkheim in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The church is a listed building.
history
A first church in Arlesried was mentioned as early as 1167. In 1472 Erhart Vöhlin had the church rebuilt. The choir of the building from the 15th century is still preserved. In 1683 the nave was built. The church tower was built in the 17th century.
Building description
The nave with a flat ceiling consists of three window axes. Arched windows are installed in the nave. The retracted choir adjoins the nave with a 5/8 end . The choir consists of a yoke and has a ribbed vault on pyramid and mask consoles. Two ogival windows are inserted on the south side of the choir. A round arched portal in the chancel leads to the lower floor of the tower with groin vault on the north side . The portal is surrounded by Ionic half-columns and finished with a triangular gable. Outside the choir there are corner pilaster strips with basket arch friezes. The tower from the 17th century is built in the northern corner of the choir . In contrast to the undivided tower basement, the three upper floors are structured with corner pilasters in front of blind arches. Sound arcades are located on all sides on the upper floor of the tower. The tower is equipped with a gable roof covered. An epitaph plate from 1826 is on the outside of the choir.
Furnishing
Most of the church furnishings are neo-Gothic . The altar and the pulpit were created by the Memmingen carpenter and altar builder Leonhard Vogt and date from 1896. The choir stalls are made of softwood and date from the end of the 17th century. The end cornice is provided with a fretwork ornament. The stable stalls under the gallery are also made of softwood . This comes from the 17th / 18th centuries. Century. In the church there is a memorial plaque made of Solnhofen limestone for the fallen and missing in the wars from 1805 to 1815. The plaque is marked with Reich Sth. designated.
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 68 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-136-12
Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 37.5 ″ N , 10 ° 20 ′ 54.6 ″ E