St. Vitus (Mauerstetten)
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St. Vitus in Mauerstetten , Upper Swabia, is a Catholic parish church in the diocese of Augsburg . It belongs to the dean's office in Kaufbeuren in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu .
location
The geostete church stands on the southwestern outskirts south of State Road 2014 . It is enclosed with an unplastered brick wall, which is broken through in the west for access to the new cemetery area. On the northwest corner is a Lourdes grotto.
history
In 1480 a new building was consecrated on the site of a previous church , from which the cores of the choir and the tower have been preserved. The nave was rebuilt around 1696. At the same time the sacristy and portico were added, and the consecration took place in 1704. In 1712 the church received a gallery , in 1746 the upper floor of the tower was added. Major restorations took place from 1871 to 1877 and 2004.
Building description
The uniaxial choir has a five-eighth closure and a stab cap barrel . The windows have recessed round arches . In the western axis of the choir there are blind windows , each with a rectangular oratorio window . The doors to the tower staircase and the sacristy are kept simple and have cranked frames on the wings. The choir is structured with two-tier cranked pilasters . The Solnhofer panels in the floor form a star pattern. The choir arch is round, the nave with a mirror vault consists of three window axes, the east corners are rounded. It is structured with double pilasters. There is a double gallery on the west wall.
The windows of the nave, which are shortened in the western axis, have drawn-in round arches. The colored glasses of the semicircular windows in the lower part of the west wall are marked with the year 1843, in the upper part the windows are longitudinally oval. The oak door on the arched south portal has four wooden reliefs from around 1872 on the outside.
The choir has simple buttresses on the outside with water hammer , which reach up to about two thirds of the window height. There are Tuscan corner pilasters above. The structure of the nave is achieved by means of Tuscan pilasters. The west gable is divided into three floors by strongly profiled cornices .
In contrast to the upper floors, the basement of the tower in the northern choir corner is not structured. The three upper floors have corner pilaster strips and clover-leaf arch friezes . The top floor has beveled corners and corner pilasters. Except in the west, all sides have two-part, round arched sound arcades . The curved dome is made of sheet metal. There is a knob under the tip. The basement of the tower has a groin vault with a glass keystone . The Kehl fins are cut off halfway. With the exception of the south side, there are ogival screens. On the fourth floor of the tower, apart from the west side, remains of three-part, round-arched sound arcades can be seen.
The sacristy is located in the southern corner of the choir and has two floors. There is an oratory on the upper floor . The extension has a pent roof. On both floors there is a barred window with a retracted round arch to the south and east. The sacristy has a groin vault, the oratory with a flat ceiling.
The sign with a hipped roof is on the south side of the nave . It is strongly structured with pilasters, the entrances in the south and east are arched. Inside it has a groin vault. On the west side there is a mount of olives niche .
Furnishing
The church is richly decorated in baroque style. The communion bench has strong, marbled balusters , it was erected in 1738 and set in 1742. The baptismal font dates from 1873. On it is a wooden figure of John the Baptist from the second half of the 17th century, which was reworked by Josef Beyrer . The holy water font was created in the same year. On it is a figure of St. Lawrence from the second half of the 17th century, which was also revised by Josef Beyrer. The four choir stalls date from 1738 and were taken in 1742. They are made of marbled wood. There are templates on the convex parapets. The concave back walls are flanked by volutes . Latticework can be found on the curved crowns. The two confessionals were created in 1738 and taken in 1742. The lay stalls date from around 1720 and have curved oak wood pegs with a leaf carving. The wooden stand cross was created around 1770 to 1780. The two epitaphs , consisting of Solnhofer plates, were made for former pastors of the community, the first for Johann Georg Heel, who died in 1789, and the other for Johann Baptist Hueber, who died in 1747. A memorial plaque for those who fell in the war from 1805 to 1815 consists of a Solnhofer plaque with etched writing and was made around 1830. There are also two wooden statues of Saints Joachim and Anna in the church . They are in a rich Rocailles frame and were created around 1750-1760. Under the gallery there are seven stations on each side of a Way of the Cross painted on wood by Waldemar Kolmsperger in 1926 .
Frescoes
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The ceiling paintings of the church from 1738 are by Johann Heel . The main field in the choir shows the intercession of St. Vitus before the Holy Trinity and a view of the church. In the adjacent fields, the artist painted Jesus' handing over the keys to Peter and the evangelist John . Above the choir arch on the east side is a portrait of Pastor Johann Baptist Hueber with a chronogram of the year 1738. In addition, two cartouches contain the same year as a chronogram.
The main field in the nave shows the refusal of St. Vitus to the Roman emperor Diocletian to give up his faith and to sacrifice to the pagan gods. It's with Jo. Heel pinx called. Our Lady and Saints can be seen in the eastern field, and Saints Sebastian , Ottilie and Martha in the western field . The side panels above the choir arch bear the coat of arms of Abbot Bernhard Beck from the Irsee Monastery as well as depictions of St. John, the Bishop of Tungers and St. John of Vrisica . Saints John Marcus , Bishop of Biriso , John the Almsgiver , Patriarch of Alexandria, John, Priest and Martyr, and John in Pretanne are shown in the side panels on the south side. The fields on the north side show Saint John, Bishop of Teroan, Johannes Cantius , Doctor and Pastor, John, Priest and Martyr, John I , Pope and Martyr, and John, Bishop of Bergae and Martyr.
The wall paintings on the side walls of the choir from 1749 probably originate from Franz Joseph Degle and on the north side in the eastern field they contain the Virgin and Saints Benedict of Nursia , Scholastica of Nursia , Faustus , Candidus and Eugenius with a view of Mauerstetten western field above the oratory Saint Bernard of Clairvaux . Opposite on the south side there is a picture of St. Maurus .
Piece
The stucco was installed in the church in 1738 under the direction of Ignaz Finsterwalder . The artists Jakob Rauch , Christian Greinwald , Hans Michael Schütz , Hans Michael Hötzel , Peter Braun and Johann Sedelmaier were involved . Shell and latticework in the vaulted fields of the choir, on the choir arch and framing the ceiling paintings are interspersed with colored leaves, twigs and flowers. Shellwork cartouches with putti heads are located above the windows of the choir . In the eastern corners of the nave there are flower vases above the beams. The Apostle candlesticks on the walls are surrounded by rich shell and latticework.
Altars
High altar
The high altar of a carpenter from Türkheim comes from the beginning of the 18th century. The structure consists of marbled wood with gilded acanthus decor . The canteen is concave, the tabernacle has full twisted columns and angel statuettes on the side panels. Instead of an altar sheet, there is a relief of the 14 helpers by Josef Beyrer on the altar . It is flanked by pairs of twisted half-columns. In front of it are golden wooden figures of Saints Ulrich of Augsburg and Nikolaus . There are angel figures on the round gable legs. In Altar extract represents a relief by Josef Beyrer God the Father; it is surrounded by pairs of twisted free columns. The entablature is cranked and covered with putti. A cartouche with the heart of Jesus forms the crown.
Side altars
The two side altars, created around 1711 and 1714, consist of marbled wooden structures. The cafeterias are concave, and between the rotated free columns there are reliefs by J. Beyrer created around 1872. Twisted half-columns form the side ends. The extracts with the hearts of Jesus and Mary are flanked by volutes with putti.
pulpit
The pulpit from 1725 consists of a marbled wooden structure. Above a curved lower part there is a round pulpit with scroll patterns and wooden figures of the four evangelists in silver and gold . The Good Shepherd on the back wall, flanked by volutes with putti, was created by Josef Beyrer in 1872. The sound cover attachment with strong volutes is crowned by the figure of an angel blowing trombone.
literature
- Tilman Breuer: City and District of Kaufbeuren . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn (= Bayerische Kunstdenkmale . Volume 9 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1960, p. 158 to 160 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Augsburg
- ↑ Mention of the restoration in 2004 by plasterer Höck. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 8, 2005 ; Retrieved November 19, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '30.1 " N , 10 ° 40' 11.1" E