St. Valentin (Percha)

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St. Valentine's Church
Choir

The Catholic branch church St. Valentin in Percha , a district of Starnberg in the Upper Bavarian district of the same name , was built at the end of the 15th century in Gothic style on the site of a previous church from the 8th century. The Valentine's Church is the oldest verifiable church in the Starnberg urban area and is one of the protected architectural monuments in Bavaria.

history

The Church of St. Valentine was founded as a separate church in the second half of the 8th century and consecrated to St. Valentine of Raetia , the patron saint of the Diocese of Passau . The church of Percha is mentioned for the first time in a document from the year 785, in which the donation of aristocratic property including the Valentine's Church to the Schäftlarn monastery is documented. This first church building was probably not made of stone, but a wooden structure. In 1172 a new building was consecrated by the Freising Bishop Albert I von Harthausen , from which the nave walls of today's church may still come. The choir was built between 1490 and 1510.

Leaded glass window

On the south side of the nave there is a stained glass window that is dated 1492. On the disc, Anna herself is shown in third . At the lower left of the picture, the founder, Leonhard Schmid, kneels from 1490 to 1527 provost of the Schäftlarn monastery. On the right is his coat of arms, a hammer with two gold stars on a brown background. Only the remainder of an inscription is left on the lower edge: “Scheftlern anno dni 1492”.

  • Tracery windows

  • Lead glass window with the year 1492

Furnishing

Rosary Madonna
  • The three altars were created in the course of the extensive renovation in the years 1873/74 in the neo-Gothic style. The side figures, St. Isidore of Madrid (left) and St. Sebastian (right), date from this period . The central figure, which represents the church patron, St. Valentine, is dated to around 1440/45 and is one of the oldest works of art that have survived in the Starnberg churches. The two angels at its feet were added in the late 15th century.
  • An early baroque sculpture of St. Margaretha has been preserved in the choir.
  • The late Gothic figure of St. Achatius of Armenia , the second patron of the church, is dated to around 1520 and is attributed to the workshop of the master von Rabenden . Achatius holds a branch of thorns in his hand, with which he was tortured according to legend.
  • The small late Gothic tabernacle dates from the 15th century. It is decorated with the coat of arms of the Thorer of Eurasburg.
  • The seated Mother of God on the north wall of the nave was created around 1720.
  • The oil painting on the south side of the nave is a work from the 16th century. It is painted on wood and depicts the martyrdom of St. Achatius of Armenia.
  • A rosary Madonna from around 1700 hangs above the choir arch, probably from a Wolfratshauser workshop.

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Valentin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Starnberg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  2. ↑ Susanne Fischer: The Munich School of Glass Painting. Studies of the glass paintings of the late 15th and early 16th centuries in the Munich area . (Workbooks of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, Volume 90) Munich 1997, ISBN 3-87490-652-3 , pp. 83-84.

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 55.4 "  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 52.2"  E