St. Vitus (Maisach)
The Catholic parish church of St. Vitus in Maisach , a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Fürstenfeldbruck , has a late Gothic choir that was converted to Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century . The current nave was built in 1909/10 according to plans by Joseph Elsner . The patron saint of the church, which was originally consecrated to St. Lawrence , is St. Vitus , who is venerated as a martyr and as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers .
architecture
The 33 meter high tower, which was built in 1759 and raised in 1929, rises in the northern choir corner. The entrance is on the south side of the church. It is integrated into an open sign with a curved gable ending in volutes .
The choir vault has a rich stucco decoration with acanthus and garlands . It was created in 1722 by Benedikt Heiss. The frescoes in the medallions carried by putti were done by Joseph Krenauer. They depict scenes from the legend of St. Vitus.
The choir yoke and the nave, which is covered with a flat needle cap barrel, are designed in the neo-baroque style. The ceiling paintings are dedicated to St. Vitus.
Choir stucco
Choir stucco
Furnishing
- The high altar from 1725 is flanked by the figures of the apostles Peter and Paul . The altar panel represents the martyrdom of St. Vitus.
- The two figures on the choir arch , St. Benno , the patron saint of Munich, and St. Korbinian , who is venerated as the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising , are dated around 1700.
- The side altars were created in 1674. On the north side altar, the Marien Altar, the figures of Archangel Michael and St. Sebastian frame a Madonna and Child. On the southern side altar, the Catherine altar, St. Catherine of Alexandria is depicted in the middle with her attributes , the wheel and the sword, and on the side St. Rochus and St. Barbara .
- The pulpit dates from 1665. On the pulpit are the evangelists Matthew , Mark , Luke and John and in the middle the patron saint of the church, St. Vitus.
- The large crucifix with the figure of Mater Dolorosa is dated to 1730.
archangel Michael
Catherine Altar
pulpit
Mater dolorosa
Crucifixion group
The large crucifixion group in a niche at the back of the choir dates from 1753. In addition to the crucifixion of Christ, the two thieves on the cross are depicted on the side, Mary Magdalene kneels at the feet of the cross of Christ .
organ
The organ was built in 1910 by Willibald Siemann with 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal . In 1980 it was rebuilt by Wilhelm Stöberl . Since then she has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, II / P, I / P
- Playing aids : 1 free combination, tutti, shutter release, piano pedal, crescendo
- Comments: cone drawer , electric game and stop mechanism, free-standing game table
Priest gravestones
Numerous priest tombstones are set into the outer wall of the church.
literature
- Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: District Fürstenfeldbruck (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.12 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 , p. 154 .
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 367-368 .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 6.1 ″ N , 11 ° 15 ′ 30.7 ″ E