St. Vitus (Wolfertschwenden)

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St. Vitus, Modestus and Kreszentia in Wolfertschwenden
Tower detail with the coat of arms of the Ottobeuren monastery

St. Vitus, Modestus and Kreszentia is a Catholic parish church in Wolfertschwenden in the parish community of Bad Grönenbach in the Unterallgäu district in Bavaria . The church is a listed building and bears the patronage of the 4th century martyr St. Vitus and his companions Modestus and Crescentia .

history

The church in Wolfertschwenden was built in its present form in essential parts in the 15th century. The core of the tower is likely to be older. In 1713 the church was restored. During this time the windows and the choir vault were changed. At the end of the 18th century, in 1773 and 1774, the church was restored again.

Building description

The plastered church has a retracted choir with two window axes and a 3/8 end. The choir arch was originally ogival and was rounded off in the 18th century. The nave contains four window axes with a flat ceiling. The gallery in the west stands on marbled wooden columns. The undivided tower is covered with a gable roof. The sacristy is built on the east side. The entrance to the church leads through a porch with a gable roof. A mount of olives scene is located above the entrance. The coat of arms of the Ottobeuren monastery under Abbot Honorat Göhl (1767–1802) and the coat of arms of Abbot Anselm Erb (1740–1767) are attached to the dial on the east side of the church tower .

Furnishing

inside view

The tabernacle of the wooden marbled high altar was created around 1800. Relics are embedded on both sides of the tabernacle. The high altar is bordered by two wooden figures. These are St. Sebastian on the right and the figure of a standing Madonna on the left. The side altars are also superstructures made of marbled wood from the 18th century.

The wooden pulpit was created around 1800 and painted white and gold. In the foreground of the pulpit is a gilded relief depicting the calling of the Apostle Peter . Below the gallery are three paintings from the 18th century depicting Saints Clemens, Georg and Michael.

  • Saint Clement

  • Saint George

  • Saint Michael

The organ was made in 1912 by the Hindelang brothers from Ebenhofen. The organ has 13 registers on manuals and pedal .

See also

Web links

Commons : St. Vitus (Wolfertschwenden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Alfons Kasper: Art hikes all over the Iller - Oberschwaben / Allgäu VI . Dr. Alfons Kasper, Bad Schussenried 1967, p. 28, 29 .
  • Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 234-235 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
  2. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-218-5 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / geodaten.bayern.de
  3. ^ Tilmann Breuer; Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn (eds.): City and district of Memmingen . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 234
  4. ↑ Information on the organ: Christian Kohler: Orgeln und Organbauer im Allgäu from 1850 to the present . Diploma thesis 2007, Musikhochschule Augsburg / Nürnberg.

Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '36.11 "  N , 10 ° 15' 54.26"  E