St. Vitus (Iffeldorf)
The Catholic parish church St. Vitus is in Iffeldorf in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau .
history
In a major fire in 1699, which destroyed a large part of the village, the Gothic church was also largely destroyed. Under the pastor Urban Schweiger, the baroque reconstruction began immediately , partly using old components, especially the substructure of the tower. It is assumed that the building plans come from Caspar Feichtmayr , one of the most important Wessobrunn builders and plasterers . On July 10, 1708, the rebuilt church was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Kasimir , at that time without most of the jewelry. The church was gradually decorated.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Waldherr siblings donated new side altars and a new main altar, and in 1807 a gallery was built. The latter was rebuilt in 1835. In 1870 the slate roofing of the church tower was renewed. The Maffei family, who had owned the Staltach estate since 1861 , acquired the right to use the oratorio around 1880 for 250 guilders. During the restoration from 1888 to 1890, the bright church was fitted with dark glass windows and the walls were whitewashed with dark colors. Again a new main altar and a new pulpit were donated: Hugo von Maffei provided the financial means for the new acquisition of the neo-baroque furnishings. This is also evidenced by the initials HVM on the main altar and the Maffeis family coat of arms. A little later, new bells were procured and installed in the church tower on Christmas Eve 1907. In addition, in 1909 the parish acquired a new organ.
In 1937 Pastor Detzel carried out another extensive restoration. The dark paintwork and the gloomy glass windows were replaced by light ones, and the nave was extended by a yoke to the west in order to provide space for the growing population , previously it only reached as far as the third side window after the side altars. In addition, the organ was overhauled and the church was electrified, and the church tower dome was also repaired in 1948. In 1984 the original first version was restored during a tower renovation. Since the extensive renovation outside and inside from 1995 to 2000, the parish church shines in new splendor.
Description and equipment
The outer wall is structured by plaster strips with set arcades . There is an open sign in front of the entrance .
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The simple hall church with double pilasters in the interior and basket arch vault appears spacious and bright. The elongated, drawn-in choir with a five- eighth end still shows the proportions of the Gothic previous building. The interior decoration was only added a few decades after it was built. The delicate, fine rocaille stucco Wessobrunn school , subtly colored with golden decorations, is attributed to Franz Xaver Schmuzer . Other parts of the interior from the 18th century are the carved wooden baluster columns under the gallery, the pews and the image of the Sacred Heart Brotherhood from around 1755 in the choir. The copy of the Innsbruck Mariahilf miraculous image by Lucas Cranach the Elder with a wreath of flowers in an opulent gold frame is said to come from his workshop on the north wall . The main altar is decorated with semi-sculptural wood carvings depicting the birth and death of Jesus, which could have come from the Tölzer Fröhlich workshop.
Frescoes
The frescoes , dated and signed 1755, come from the Tyrolean painter Johann Jakob Zeiller . The ceiling fresco in the nave shows the martyrdom of St. Vitus (Veit) , who emerges safely from a kettle with boiling oil. Around him there are wildly gesticulating torturers. An old man points to a faded statue of Jupiter in the background . The dimly depicted main Roman god stands on a crumbling base. In the right half of the picture there is a large portal , in front of which the horrified persecutor Diocletian sits on a throne . The upper half is dominated by the symbol of the Trinity , the rays from a gloriole is surrounded. Angels hold palm branches, crowns and wreaths as a sign of Christianity's victory over the Gentiles . At the bottom left of the screen sit three soldiers who watch the event, beside them, among other things SPQR - standard .
Surrounded is the ceiling painting of four monochrome designed Emblemata with representations of lily , rose , vine and pomegranate , which point to the virtue and grace during the holy Vitus. Furthermore, these plants reflect the four seasons .
| motive | inscription | symbolized season |
|---|---|---|
| pomegranate | A tenero diadema 'The delicate gives birth to the beautiful (the crown)' | winter |
| Rose bush | Nullo mea purpura constitit auro 'My purple does not weigh gold' | summer |
| lily | Mereor candore coronam 'I own the crown of purity' | spring |
| Vine | Sicut vitis abundans 'Like the lush vines' | autumn |
The fresco in the choir shows a host of angels venerating the Sacred Heart of Jesus . This motif refers to the Iffeldorfer Herz-Jesu Brotherhood , founded in 1706 , which was one of the first of its kind in the diocese of Augsburg . Like the Vitus fresco, the ceiling painting in the choir is also surrounded by four symbols, here they indicate the devotion of Jesus Christ to the people and at the same time symbolize the four elements fire , water , air and earth .
| motive | inscription | symbolized element |
|---|---|---|
| burning volcano | ardet ut erumpat 'He pours himself out in order to be able to reveal himself' | Fire |
| stag hit by arrow | auxit plaga amorem 'pain increases love' | earth |
| Pelican who gives his young to drink his heart's blood | patulum cor testis amoris 'An open heart as a witness of love' | air |
| opened shell with pearl | Intus pretiosa recondit 'Deep within, she hides the treasure' | water |
The chronogram in the choir arch indicates the year 1755. Next to the coat of arms of the Wessobrunn abbot Beda you can see a banner with the following Latin inscription: “ HæC æDes saCra sVb BeDa præsVLe VVessofontano hVIVs LoCIto parCha gIpso aVro aC pICtVra reno aVro aC pICtVra reno ” under Abbot Beda von Wessobrunn, the lord of this place, renewed with plaster stucco, gold and paintings ”).
The altar leaves in the side altars, signed in 1822, are by Joseph Hauber . The left side altar shows how Saint Anne teaches her daughter Maria to read , the right a guardian angel motif, perhaps Raphael with the young Tobias .
Chronogram in the choir arch
St. Anna teaches Mary to read
Guardian angel motif
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tower
The richly decorated octagonal tower tower is located on the substructure of the tower, consisting of components from the previous Gothic building. During renovation work in 1984, the date of origin "1749" of the first tower clock as well as the slogan "To benefit us, to fall in love with St. Veith" carved into the plaster were rediscovered and exposed.
Bells
After the bells, which were cast during the reconstruction in 1708, were recast or expanded in 1907, Berthold Kellermann, professor of piano and music history at the Munich Academy of Music , declared it to be free of confiscation for the First World War in 1917 . In 1942, during World War II , all bells except the smallest were confiscated and melted down.
The church today has a five-part bell that has been rung electrically since 1954:
| No. | Surname | Caster | Casting location | Casting year | Chime | Weight (approx. In kg) |
inscription | Function / ringing order | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christ the King | Karl Czudnochowsky | Erding | 1950 | cis 1 | 3000 |
The parish Iffeldorf her fallen sons Mich poured Karl Czudnochowsky J. Bachmair successor AD 1950 to Erding OBB |
Death knell ; Thursdays after the angelus bell at 7pm; Chime | Height 137 cm, diameter 140 cm |
| 2 | Maria | Karl Czudnochowsky | Erding | 1950 | e 1 | Protector of Bavaria please for us | Avebell (Angelus chimes at 12 and 7 p.m.); Conversion bell ; Ringing together | ||
| 3 | Vitus | Karl Czudnochowsky | Erding | 1950 | f sharp 1 | A FULGURE ET TEMPESTATE LIBERA NOS DOMINE (Lord, deliver us from lightning and thunderstorms) | Weather bell; Quarter-hour strike ; 11 o'clock ringing; Ringing together | Donated by Ponholz and Rettenberg | |
| 4th | Leonhard | Karl Czudnochowsky | Erding | 1950 | g sharp 1 | St. Leonhard pray for us | during the Leonhardiritts; Angelus chimes at 7 p.m. (with Mary's bell); Ringing together | Donated by Eitzenberg | |
| 5 | Barbara | Ulrich Kortler | Munich | 1907 | h 1 |
St. Barbara pray for us Markus Jochner let me pour 1705 recast 1907 |
Height 77 cm, diameter 82 cm; Casting of a bell from 1705, in front of which St. Margaretha was consecrated |
organ
The organ builder Michael Weise from Plattling built a new organ in St. Vitus in 1909 with 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The instrument with pocket drawer and pneumatic performance and stop action has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, upper octave coupling II / I, lower octave coupling II / I, II / P, I / P
- Playing aids : automatic pedal, pedal off
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literature
- Karl Exner, Kornelia Bukovec, Iffeldorf municipality (ed.): Iffeldorf. History of a village. 1994.
- Brigitte Roßbeck , parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen (ed.): Parish church of St. Vitus in Iffeldorf. a chronicle. 2008.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ^ A b Kornelia Bukovec, Cornelia Zachenhuber: Iffeldorf - history of a village. In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land e. V. (Ed.): Lech-Isar-Land. Local history yearbook 2017 . Weilheim 2016.
- ^ A b Brigitte Roßbeck: Parish Church of St. Vitus in Iffeldorf. a chronicle . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2008, p. 24 .
- ^ Karl Exner, Kornelia Bukovec: Iffeldorf. History of a village . Ed .: Municipality of Iffeldorf. 1994, p. 93-95 .
- ↑ renovation. In: stvitus.de. Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e Brigitte Roßbeck: Parish Church. In: stvitus.de. Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
- ^ Brigitte Roßbeck: Parish Church of St. Vitus in Iffeldorf. a chronicle . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2008, p. 20 .
- ↑ a b Brigitte Roßbeck: A short guided tour through our parish church ( Memento from January 27, 2017 in the web archive archive.today ). In: bistum-augsburg.de . Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ A b Kornelia Bukovec, Karl Exner: Iffeldorf. History of a village . Ed .: Municipality of Iffeldorf. 1994, p. 94-95 .
- ^ Iffeldorf St. Vitus Teilgeläut (bells 2-5) on YouTube , accessed on March 30, 2015.
- ^ Brigitte Roßbeck: Parish Church of St. Vitus in Iffeldorf. a chronicle . Ed .: Parish of St. Vitus, Iffeldorf ad Osterseen. 1st edition. 2008, p. 30 .
- ↑ The bells of the parish of St. Vitus. (PDF; 65.8 MB) In: Pfingstpfarrbrief 2016. pp. 12–13 , accessed on April 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Bernhard (Ed.): Organ database Bavaria online. Record 12350. 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 16.2 " N , 11 ° 19 ′ 4.4" E