Parish Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Meersburg)

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Parish Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Meersburg

The parish church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church building in Meersburg on Lake Constance. The church is located in the north of the old town, on Stettener Straße. Together with the parish of St. Martin in Seefelden , the parish forms the pastoral care unit of Meersburg in the dean's office in Linzgau (Lake Constance / Hohenzollern region) in the Archdiocese of Freiburg . The pilgrimage church Maria zum Berge Karmel in Baitenhausen and the chapels of St. Martin in Daisendorf and St. Peter and Paul in Stetten are affiliated as branch churches .

Building

City parish church in the city ensemble
The bell tower of the Catholic parish church in Meersburg, Germany was part of the medieval city fortifications: structure
inner space

In terms of architectural history, the church building consists of two parts: On the one hand, the bell tower , which was once part of the medieval city ​​fortifications , and, on the other hand, the nave, which was completed in 1833 - as a replacement for a previous building that was demolished in 1824.

Furnishing

The church interior is built in the classical so-called " Weinbrenner style ". The ceilings were designed in 1939 and 1940 - with a large ceiling painting in the style and zeitgeist of the late 30s.

The high altar consists partly of a late Gothic shrine from the 15th century. This middle section was created near Weimar and only came to Meersburg in 2002. It shows the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus, surrounded by various saints. On the two outer wings indicated are the two patrons of the former diocese of Constance, St. (Bishop) Konrad and St. Pelagius depicted.

The two side altars were created in 1899 by the Mezger (Überlingen) art workshop.

  • The left side altar shows a scenic depiction of the church patronage " Mariä Heimsuchung ", the encounter of the pregnant Mary with Elisabeth; Also shown are Zacharias, Elisabeth's husband, and two angels next to the Mother of God, on whose wings the saints Aloisius of Gonganza and Agnes are painted.
  • The right side altar is dedicated to St. Dedicated to Sebastian , shown in the center of the reredos. Next to him are the saints Gallus and Boniface, Benedict, Francis, Otmar and Fridolin.

Despite the comparatively sparse furnishings, other works of art are important:

  • On the north wall is a painting by the painter Christoph Storer (1611–1671) from Constance. It shows "Flight into Egypt".
  • Above the doors of the side entrances there are two baroque busts created by DH Herberger in 1749. They show St. Peter and St. Paul.
  • Under the organ gallery there is a statue of the painful Mother of God with the dead son in her arms, created in 1920 by the Mezger art workshop in Überlingen.
  • The way of the cross in the rear area of ​​the church comes from the painter Hans Breinlinger from Constance (d. 1963).
  • Next to the southern side entrance, a plaque commemorates the prince-bishops buried in the “old” Meersburg church. Next to it is an epitaph by the artist Domenikus Hermengild Herberger (Immenstaad). It commemorates Baron Balbach von Castell (died 1754).

organ

View of the organ (until 2013)
View of the Maier organ, built in 2014, in the parish church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Meersburg

The organ was technically rebuilt in 2014 by the organ builder Josef Maier (Hergensweiler). The pipe material comes mainly from the previous organ, which was built in 1972 by the organ builder Eugen Pfaff (Überlingen) with 29 registers on two manuals and a pedal in neo-baroque style. 24 registers were taken from this instrument and, as a Rückpositiv and main work, form the baroque core of the instrument. The disposition was expanded by 12 registers, which were mainly accommodated in a third manual as swell. This "Récit expressif" is intended to enable the performance of romantic organ literature. In the interest of a better bass foundation, a 16 'register has been added to the main work and pedal, and an additional 32' register to the pedal. The console, case, wind system and the entire action system were rebuilt; In addition, the organ was equipped with an electronic composer system. Today the instrument has 36 stops on three manual works and a pedal.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
01. Wood-covered 8th'
02. Salicional 8th'
03. Praestant 4 ′
04th Flauto dolce 0 4 ′
05. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
06th Octave 2 ′
07th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
08th. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
09. Scharff III 1'
10. Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
11. Drone 16 ′ (n)
12. Principal 08th'
13. Wooden flute 08th'
14th Gamba 08th'
15th Voce umana 08th' (n)
16. Octave 04 ′
17th Pointed flute 04 ′
18th Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Super octave 0 02 ′
20th Mixture IV 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
21st bassoon 16 ′
22nd Trumpet 08th'
III Récit expressif C – g 3
23. Reed flute 8th' (n)
24. Dolce 8th' (n)
25th Beat 8th' (n)
26th Cornett V 8th' (n)
27. Capstan flute 4 ′ 0 (n)
28. Schalmey oboe 0 8th' (n)
Tremulant (n)
Pedal C – f 1
29 Pedestal 32 ′ (n)
30th Principal 16 ′ (n)
31. Sub bass 16 ′
32. Octavbass 08th'
33. Gemshorn 08th'
34. Choral bass 0 04 ′ 0
35. trombone 16 ′
36. Trumpet 08th'
  • Coupling : I / II, III / I, IIII / II, III / III (sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P, III / P
  • annotation
(n) = New register (2014)

  • High altar

  • left side altar

  • right side altar

  • Ceiling painting

  • Ceiling painting

  • Epitaph Friedrich Willibald Balbach von Gastel

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parishes and pastoral care units , website of the dean's office in Linzgau, accessed on March 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ On the (new) conception of the organ
  3. ↑ To the disposition

Web links

Commons : Parish Church of the Visitation (Meersburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 42.6 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 16.6 ″  E