St. Vitus (Grucking)

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Filial church of St. Vitus
Bell tower
inner space

The Catholic branch church St. Vitus in Grucking , a district of the Fraunberg community in the Upper Bavarian district of Erding , was built in 1670 on the site of a much older predecessor church. The church is dedicated to St. Vitus , until the 18th century St. Aegidius was venerated as a secondary patron.

history

The church was first mentioned in 1315 as a branch church of Langengeisling . Today's church was built in 1670 by the Erdingen master mason Hans Kogler in the Baroque style; the church was consecrated in 1674. In 1680 a new bell tower was built, which was replaced in 1749 by the current tower of the master mason Johann Baptist Lethner .

architecture

Exterior construction

The tower , which is covered with a double bulb, rises up on the west facade . Round arch niches with loopholes-like openings are cut into the lower floors. The sacristy is attached to the choir in the east .

inner space

The single nave nave is divided into three bays , the retracted choir is closed rectangular. The choir and nave are covered by barrels with lancet caps that rest on pilasters that clearly protrude from the wall . In the nave, the pilasters are crowned with entablature, in the choir they are decorated with Corinthian capitals . The stucco decor with geometric shapes and monograms dates back to the time the church was built.

Gallery

Double gallery

The western end of the nave forms a double empore , on the upper gallery, there is organ installed. The lower gallery is supported by a wooden pillar to which a crucifix is attached. The wood-carved parapet is divided into fields with shed pilasters, which are provided with the representations of the twelve apostles . The paintings are dated around 1680.

  • Apostles James, Bartholomew, Simon

  • Apostles Andreas, Paulus, Johannes

  • Apostles John and Peter, in the middle Jesus

Furnishing

High altar
pulpit
  • The high altar dates from around 1770. It is framed by four columns, the altar panel depicts the martyrdom of St. Vitus, the patron saint of the church. The side figures of St. Florian and St. Stephen , like the entablature angels, were made by the sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder executed.
  • The two side altars in the early Rococo style were originally made around 1740 for the pilgrimage church of Maria Thalheim . On the north side altar, in the central niche, there is the figure of St. Ursula , who is dressed in precious robes and wears a crown on her head, and in the extension niche, St. Odilia , with the abbess's staff in her right hand and a book in her left hand holds, on which two eyes lie. In the middle niche of the south altar stands St. Leonhard with abbot's staff and cattle chain, in the excerpt you can see St. Nicholas .
  • The pulpit also dates from the early Rococo period . The sound cover has putti on the edge and is crowned by the Lamb of God . On the back wall of the pulpit are the tablets of the law and on the pulpit you can see the sculptures of the apostles Peter and Paul on the right and left and in the middle on the left John the Baptist and on the right the apostle John .
  • The baroque Madonna of the Rosary hanging in front of the choir arch is dated to the late 17th century.
  • The votive picture on the north wall of the nave depicts St. Leonhard as the patron of the cattle, the town of Grucking can be seen in the background. The painting is dated with the year 1728.

  • Ursula Altar

  • Leonhard Altar

  • Rosary Madonna

  • Votive picture

literature

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 30.6 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 15.9 ″  E