St. Vitus (Mettenbach)
The Roman Catholic side church St. Vitus (also St. Veit ) is a baroque hall building on the Veitsberg ( 458 m above sea level ) near Mettenbach , a district of the market town of Essenbach in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut . The church was built between 1680 and 1700 instead of a late Gothic previous building from the 15th century. The church dedicated to St. Vitus (Memorial Day: June 15) is registered as a monument with the number D-2-74-128-22 at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .
history
St. Veit bei Mettenbach is mentioned for the first time in a document from Obermünster Abbey from 1442. In the Bavarian land description by Philipp Apian from the 16th century, the church appears as “St. Viti Gottshaus aufm Perq ob Metenpach ”. From the late Gothic previous building from the 15th century, only the substructure of the choir flank tower has been preserved. This is structured by typical pointed arches. A late Gothic reticulated vault has been preserved in the sacristy , which is located on the tower ground floor .
Between 1680 and 1700, the St. Vitus Church was redesigned in Baroque style under the direction of master mason Hans Widtmann and master carpenter Simon Hunglinger, both from Pfeffenhausen . The required building material was brought in from a wide area by the Mettenbach parishioners and the children of the surrounding communities. In the course of the construction work, the old choir and the old nave were put down and rebuilt in an enlarged form. Around 1740 the tower was sheathed for reinforcement and received an octagonal , baroque superstructure with an onion dome .
In earlier times the Vitusberg was a popular pilgrimage destination . The patronage in particular was celebrated on June 15 with a festive service , which was celebrated by up to eight priests , and a two-day market , at which up to 60 traders offered their goods for sale. In 1861 around 10,000 visitors came to the celebrations on the Vitusberg, before the market was closed in 1912 because of haywork .
Until secularization , the St. Vitus Church, like the Mettenbach parish, was owned by the Obermünster Abbey in Regensburg . In 1804 it was to be canceled by order of the Electoral Administration, a state administrative authority. This could be prevented by the resistance of the community Mettenbach and its citizens, the pastor and above all the fair traders.
In 1913, the Mettenbach pastor Johann Kronschnabl established a brotherhood of the precious blood of Jesus Christ in St. Vitus's Church . To this day , the brotherhood festival is celebrated in the St. Vitus Church on the first Sunday in July .
After a church renovation in 1864/65, the building was completely restored in the second half of the 20th century over a total of 25 years . The work began with the restoration of the Rococo - Organ by Kaufbeurer company Orgelbau Schmid in 1961. In the following years the church roof and tower roof were renewed, new construction plastered and the equipment returned to its original state. On the day of the patronage, June 15, 1986, the building was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger .
Another exterior renovation took place between 2014 and 2016. Above all, the tower including the onion dome and the walls of the nave were repaired. The construction work ended on May 16, 2016 with a solemn divine service, which was celebrated by Cathedral Chapter Thomas Pinzer.
architecture
Exterior construction
The Veitskirche zu Mettenbach, an east-facing hall building with a uniform pilaster structure , comprises a four-axis nave and a slightly retracted choir, which includes two window axes and an end on three octagonal sides. A flank tower with a late Gothic four-storey substructure is attached to the south side of the choir . The two lower floors are divided by pointed arches. A tower shaft rises up, except for slits of light, which merges into the baroque, octagonal superstructure by means of a cornice . This is structured by corner pilasters, houses the bell cage and has sound openings that are rounded off on all sides . A strongly constricted onion dome with a tower ball and cross forms the upper end .
inner space
The nave is spanned by a barrel vault stitching that rests on simple pilasters and belt arches . It is structured by stucco-framed fields. Flat stitches branch off from the main vault on both sides . The chancel separated by a round chancel arch is also vaulted by a barrel cap, the pilasters here have cranked capitals . The sacristy on the tower ground floor has a late Gothic reticulated vault with pear-shaped ribs that rest on beveled pillars with simple pointed consoles . The vault has pointed arches .
Furnishing
Choir room
The high altar from around 1680 has a structure that is supported by four columns and two side half-columns. The martyrdom of St. Vitus is depicted on the altarpiece, which is rich in figures . The saints George and Anthony of Padua act as side figures . The tabernacle was set in 1784 with cut marble and good gold . It is flanked by two angel figures that were transferred from the chapel of the dead in the cemetery to the St. Vitus Church in 1914 . The earlier side altar leaves (before 1864/65) are attached to the walls of the chancel. These show the adoration of the shepherds and the group of Saints Florian , Sebastian and Barbara . There are also figures of St. Nicholas and New Year's Eve in the presbytery . The ceiling painting from 1738/39 is executed in the early Rococo style. It shows the assumption of St. Vitus into heaven.
Other equipment
The two side altars, as the high altar created in around 1680 were in 1750 taken and 1864/65 with new altar leaves. The pulpit with its polygonal body and corner pillars was created around 1660 by the Landshut carpenter Hans Zier. Also noteworthy are the well-preserved cheeks with acanthus framing from around 1700. In addition, there are rococo wooden figures of the Saints Isidor , Notburga , Sebastian and Florian in the style of the Landshut sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder in the St. Vitus Church . Ä. from the time between 1780 and 1800. These were purchased in 1906/07 and were originally housed in the Wörnstorf branch church near Altfraunhofen . The Way of the Cross was purchased as part of the church renovation in 1864/65. A larger than life Pietà , at that time already around 350 years old , probably from the school of Hans Leinberger , came to the St. Vitus Church in 1916.
organ
The Rococo organ of the St. Vitus Church, a monument organ with a baroque prospect , was built in 1730 by Franz Mitterreither from Landshut. It is the only surviving organ of its type. The originally purely mechanical slider chest instrument was partially converted to a pneumatic action in 1961 by the organ builder Gerhard Schmid from Kaufbeuren . At the same time some registers were renewed. Further renovations were carried out in 1789 by Johann Schweinacher from Landshut, in 1859 by Johann Anton Breil from Regensburg and in 2005 by Hubert Sandtner from Dillingen . It comprises ten registers on a manual and a permanently coupled pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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- ↑ a b 1961 by Gerhard Schmid renewed
- ↑ 1961 renewed by Gerhard Schmid and converted to pneumatic action
Bells
The smallest bell is named after the year 1500. It has a diameter of 64 centimeters and bears the inscription O King of Glory, come with your peace in late Gothic, Latin lowercase letters . The second largest bell with a diameter of 70 centimeters bears an inscription in Renaissance letters and is marked with the year 1554.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h St. Veitskirche Mettenbach . Online at www.pfarramt-essenbach.de ; accessed on December 7, 2018.
- ↑ Construction work in Mettenbach - exterior renovation of the side church St. Vitus (St. Vitus Church) . Online at www.pfarramt-essenbach.de ; accessed on December 7, 2018.
- ↑ a b Mettenbach - St. Veit . Online at kirchturm.net ; accessed on December 7, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Anton Eckardt (Ed.): Art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria - District Office Landshut . Oldenbourg, Munich 1914, pp. 157-159 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online .
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 33.9 ″ N , 12 ° 16 ′ 19.3 ″ E