St. Wolfgang (Landshut)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Wolfgang (also: Wolfgangskirche ) in Landshut is a modern church building that was built in 1956/57 according to the plans of the Munich architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl . The building largely got its present appearance during a renovation in 1994/95. The patronage of the church gave its name to the entire district, the so-called Wolfgang settlement . Today this forms the most populous urban district of Landshut; The parish of St. Wolfgang is also the largest in the city with over 9,000 Catholics. Since the parish is to the left of the Isar , it belongs to the diocese of Regensburg .
history
As a result of the relocation of Landshut train station to the northern outskirts in 1880, several important industrial companies quickly settled in the area . This led to the emergence of the so-called Wolfgang settlement north of the Munich – Regensburg railway line , originally in the area of the parish of St. Nikola . Their pastor, BGR Joseph Fresisenisen, arranged for a new church to be built in the newly developed settlement in the 1920s. This was very poorly equipped and was therefore sometimes referred to as the "emergency church". The ordination to the diocese patron Wolfgang von Regensburg took place on November 3, 1929 by Archbishop Michael Buchberger . In 1940 the elevation to the parish curate took place , on April 1, 1942 the parish of St. Wolfgang was finally established. During the Allied bombing raids on Landshut Central Station on March 19, 1945, Wolfgang's Church was also damaged, but it was quickly restored. However, March 19 is still celebrated today as the day of eternal adoration before the Holy of Holies .
Due to the large influx of displaced people in the Wolfgangssiedlung, the still young church quickly became too small after the Second World War . For example , a new building had to be built under Prelate Otto Schweiger, who looked after the parish from 1948 to 1980. This was carried out on an area east of the old church, which was then used as a sports area. The drafts were provided by the Munich government architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl, who also built the parish church of St. Konrad in Landshut (1950–51) and the monastery and institute church of St. Jakob am Anger in Munich (1955–57). The latter partly served as a direct model for the Landshut Wolfgang Church, for example the tower cross is almost identical. After the groundbreaking on October 10, 1955 , the Regensburg Vicar General Johann Baptist Baldauf laid the foundation stone on Whit Monday, May 21, 1956 . The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on August 3 of the same year, and the eight-meter-high tower cross was erected on October 5. The benediction (blessing) took place on March 10, 1957, the consecration of bells on May 26 of the same year. The actual church consecration was only carried out on July 29, 1962 by Bishop Rudolf Graber . On a Sunday at the end of July, the church's consecration day is celebrated with the parish festival. After the church was rebuilt, the old church was initially retained and served as a parish hall .
In 1994 and 1995, the only renovation work to date took place in which the interior was also redesigned. In 1995 the church received a new organ from the organ builder Georg Jann from Allkofen near Laberweinting . In 1998, a new kindergarten was built on the square south of the church based on the designs of the Landshut architect Hans-Karl Köhler. Two years later, the tower had to be renovated after falling bricks had endangered passers-by. The tower received an additional brick facing and a new bell cage made of oak . The two large bells were also equipped with a counter pendulum . In 2003 the crypt under the sanctuary had to be renovated due to water damage . The last measure for the time being was the construction of a new wooden parish hall that meets the passive house standard. This was carried out on the free space next to the kindergarten. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on April 15, 2011, and the new parish hall was inaugurated on June 9, 2012. As a result, the dilapidated old church, which served as a parish hall until 2012, was demolished. The vacated area on St.-Wolfgang-Platz was given to residential use .
description
Dimensions
The main dimensions of the nave and church tower are:
- Nave: 18 × 43 meters
- Height of the nave: 16 meters
- Tower: 5.35 × 5.35 meters
- Tower height: 39 meters (with tower cross: 47.5 meters)
- Distance tower to nave: 6 meters
architecture
The east-facing Wolfgangskirche is a modern six-bay hall building in exposed brick, which is intended to be reminiscent of the Landshut brick Gothic. The front side facing St. Wolfgang's Square is the west facade. From a certain distance, the entire building looks symbolic like the miter (nave) and staff (church tower) of the holy bishop and church patron Wolfgang. The four evangelist symbols protrude from the wall above the west portal , works by the local sculptor Karl Reidel from 1956. These are from left to right: the bull ( Luke ), the eagle ( John ), the man ( Matthew ) and the Leo ( Mark ). Above these sculptures there is a rose window with colored glazing . This is only fully visible from the church forecourt, as it is partially covered inside by the organ. The glass window designed by Karl Reidel's wife Marlene in 1994 shows a miter in the middle, also a reference to the church patron.
Another entrance to the church building is on the north side, in the fourth yoke from the east. Above the north portal is a shell - Fries 1956 to see Karl Reidel from the year. It bears the inscription: ST. WOLFGANG ORA PRO NOBIS - “St. Wolfgang, please for us ”. On the opposite side, on the fourth south yoke, there is a side chapel lit by tall windows . On the northeast side is the sacristy house , built in 1956, at the same time as the church , which is connected via a glass connecting structure. This also contains the exit to the crypt below the altar area. In the southwest there is a similar connecting structure to the tower, which also includes handicapped-accessible access to the interior of the church (in the sixth south yoke) and a staircase to the organ gallery. The so-called tower room is located on the first floor of the tower and is used, for example, for confessional discussions . Above it rises the square tower with high sound openings reaching up to the roof, with a discreet gold-plated tower clock on each side . The upper one is an 8.5 meter high tower cross, which is very similar to the tower cross of the Church of St. Jakob am Anger in Munich.
The clear interior has been structured by pilaster strips since the renovation in 1994 ; in between six window axes, with the easternmost pair of windows being extended in three parts in order to additionally illuminate the choir . Also in 1994, an acoustic ceiling was put in, which ends in a flat arch. The presbytery is significantly higher than the parish room and is visually separated by the brass railings that were installed in 1996, mainly for safety reasons . Below is the Wolfgang crypt, which is marked by a row of windows staggered downwards in the east wall. In the fifth yoke from the east, confessionals are housed in flat wall niches on both sides . The war memorial site can be found in a similar niche in the sixth north yoke , opposite in the rearmost south yoke the barrier-free access. Both are under the organ loft, which completely covers the rear yoke. The choir, which occupies the foremost yoke, has not been drawn in; however, the wall on the east side is rounded to form a kind of apse . The counterpart is the convex west facade, which projects into the church forecourt.
Furnishing
The eye-catcher in the otherwise rather simply furnished church is the monumental mural in the flat apse, made using the Secco technique. It was created in 1957 by the Munich artist Franz Nagel and depicts the heavenly Jerusalem as described in the Revelation of John . The city of Jerusalem is located on clouds and is surrounded by a mighty city wall. This contains foundation stones with the portraits and attributes of the twelve apostles . The wall also contains twelve portals - three in each direction - some of which are crowned by angels wielding censer . In the center of the city is a clearly highlighted representation of the enthroned Christ with the open book - surrounded by nine gold stones, which are presumably connected to the nine choirs of angels, the Holy Spirit dove and the slaughtered Easter lamb . The symbolic water of life emanates from this group. The draft for this mural, which was executed in a modified form, is preserved in the rectory . To the right below this representation is the almost inconspicuous mosaic picture of the parish priest Wolfgang with a bishop's staff and a model of the church. It was also designed by Franz Nagel and executed in 1956 by the Bavarian court glass painting Gustav van Treeck .
In the middle of the presbytery is the altar made of Kelheim limestone , which was created by Karl Reidel in 1956. A heavy slab rests on a U-shaped foot, which is open at the top, and a relief can be seen on the front side facing the community . The events on Golgotha during the crucifixion of Christ are shown in 14 fields . The crucified Christ in the central image field is flanked on the left by seven and on the right by further fields in which Roman soldiers, disciples of Jesus and angels are depicted. The ambo , the front of which shows a tree of life bearing blossoms and fruit, and a dove of the Holy Spirit, is also a work by Reidel from the 1950s. Behind it is the tabernacle of bronze , the Reidel, however, in 1994 designed. It is adorned with five glowing rose quartz . The associated eternal light traffic light is attached to the wall . The silver lecture cross , designed by the artist Peter Verburg from Obergangkofen near Kumhausen , also dates from 1994 . The five wounds of Christ are symbolized by hematites which, when exposed to sunlight, create a violet light, the symbolic color of passion .
To the right of the raised presbytery is the baptismal font , an octagonal limestone with a bronze lid with rose quartz at the top. In the side chapel, which is consecrated to the Virgin Mary, there is a bronze statue of Mary with a baby Jesus on a column. This was also designed in 1994 by Karl Reidel. To the left of it is the only tomb in the church. It commemorates its builder, the city pastor, Prelate Otto Schweiger († December 30, 1980) and bears the inscription: RUHT HERE / THE BUILDER OF THIS CHURCH / OTTO SCHWEIGER / PRIOR 1948–1980 . The vestibule doors on the west and north portal, which also come from the church renovation in 1994, deserve special attention . The ends of the long handle bars are designed as mitres, again a reference to the church patron.
organ
After the new construction of the Wolfgangskirche, the organ of the old church, which had been built in 1934 by Michael Weise from Plattling , was taken over. However, with only twelve registers, this was far from appropriate for the size of the new church. This disposition of the two-manual instrument with attached pedal and electro-pneumatic play and stop action was as follows:
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- Coupling : manual coupling
It was not until 1995 that the parish received an instrument corresponding to the size of the church. This was built by Georg Jann as his last work (Opus 211) before the company was handed over to his son Thomas in the same year. The prospect , designed by Hans-Jürgen Reuschel, consists of seven pillars sloping towards the center, which correspond to the opposite rounding of the acoustic vault. The organ with purely mechanical playing and stop action comprises a total of 28 stops and a deduction on two manuals and pedal. The disposition in detail:
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- Coupling : I / II, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Choral pleno on / off, tongues on / off
Bells
The peal of the parish church of St. Wolfgang is rather modest for a church of its size. The main reason for this can be seen in the lack of money during the time of building. The four larger bells (Patrona Bavariae, St. Josef, Brother Konrad, St. Christophorus) were purchased in 1957 to complete the new building, the two smaller bells still come from the roof turret of the old church. Only the St. Wolfgang bell survived the Second World War, while the death knell was purchased in 1947. The six-part ringing with the tone sequence e 1 –f sharp 1 –a 1 –h 1 –c sharp 2 –e 2 results in a melody from the Gloria . The bells in detail:
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Caster | Weight [kg] | Chime | inscription | Relief representation | Chime |
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| 1. | Patrona Bavariae | 1957 | Johann Hahn, Landshut | 935 | e 1 | St. Mary, you patroness of Bavaria, bless our homeland! | St. Maria (based on a design by Josef Henselmann , Munich) | High festivities , strike the hour |
| 2. | St. Joseph | 610 | f sharp 1 | St. Joseph, protect our workers' settlement and our families | St. Josef (based on a design by Josef Henselmann , Munich) | Sunday service at the quarter-hour strike | ||
| 3. | Brother Konrad | 345 | a 1 | Holy Brother Konrad, our Lower Bavarian compatriot, pray for us! | Brother Konrad | Angelus chimes | ||
| 4th | St. Christopher | 252 | h 1 | St. Christophorus, give us a safe journey and crossing! | St. Christophorus (?) | |||
| 5. | St. Wolfgang | 1929 | 175 | c sharp 2 | Cast under HH Bisch. Spiritual Council fresh iron, parish priest | St. Wolfgang (based on the model in the Sankt Emmeram monastery , Regensburg) | ||
| 6th | Death knell | 1947 | 100 | e 2 |
In faithful remembrance of the dead and fallen - donated by Pastor Martin Lehner to all those who are still in captivity / I will return home soon! / All who fell for the fatherland / Let us give the Lord God into your hand |
Rose relief | Death of a parishioner |
literature
- Mathias Baumgartner: Catholic parish church St. Wolfgang - Landshut . Schnell Art Guide No. 2556, Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2004. ISBN 3-7954-6494-3 .
Web links
- Internet presence of the parish Landshut-St. wolfgang
- Recording of the six-part bells on YouTube
- 360 ° panorama of the parish church of St. Wolfgang
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church leaders . Online at swolfgang.de. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Baumgartner, pp. 2–5.
- ^ New rectory - pictures from the construction site . Online at swolfgang.de. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Damage report for the tower renovation . Online at swolfgang.de. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Baumgartner, pp. 6-8.
- ↑ a b Baumgartner, pp. 8-16.
- ↑ Disposition of the Weise organ . Online at swolfgang.de. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Landshut, Germany (Bavaria) - Catholic parish church of Sankt Wolfgang . Online at orgbase.nl. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Baumgartner, p. 15.
- ↑ The Jann organ . Online at swolfgang.de. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Landshut, Germany (Bavaria) - Catholic parish church of Sankt Wolfgang . Online at orgbase.nl. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Baumgartner, p. 7f.
- ↑ bells . Online at swolfgang.de. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '2.3 " N , 12 ° 8' 5.7" E