St. Valentin (Allmannshausen)

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St. Valentin Church in Allmannshausen

The Catholic branch church St. Valentin in Allmannshausen , a district of the municipality Berg in the Upper Bavarian district of Starnberg , was built in 1651. The former pilgrimage church (until the 19th century) at Zieglerweg 4 is a protected monument .

history

St. Valentin was mentioned for the first time in 1524. After changing owners, Hofmark Allmannshausen came into the possession of the Barons von Hörwarth in 1611, who owned it until 1800. In 1651, Hans Georg Hörwarth zu Hohenburg had the new baroque church of St. Valentin built, with the tower basement from the 15th century being preserved.

description

The hall building with basket arch vaults is adorned with bead stucco strips and acanthus rosettes . In the middle niche of the baroque high altar are the late Gothic wooden statues of St. Valentine and St. Ottilie . The pulpit dates from the end of the 17th century. The church holds votive tablets from the 17th to the 19th century and was previously the destination of pilgrimages by the raftsmen of Wolfratshausen .

literature

  • Gerhard Schober: District of Starnberg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.21 ). 2nd Edition. Munich / Zurich 1991, p. 46-48 .
  • Ernst Götz u. a. (Editor): Georg Dehio (founder): Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bavaria IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich and Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 11.

Web links

Commons : St. Valentin (Allmannshausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 56 ′ 14.4 "  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 46.4"  E