Theklakapelle (Landshut)

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Exterior view of the Theklakapelle
Interior view of the Theklakapelle
Ceiling fresco with scenes from the life of St. Thekla

The Thekla chapel is an addition to the parish church of St. Martin in the Lower Bavarian town of Landshut .

history

Knight Wilhelm von Fraunhofen , court master of the Bavarian Duke Heinrich the Rich , had the chapel built in 1426 above the southern old town on the ascent to Trausnitz Castle on the Hofberg . It was initially built in the late Gothic style and consecrated under the name Maria Ach to the Holy Virgin Mary . Over time, a pilgrimage to the church developed, which only came to a standstill with the secularization at the beginning of the 19th century. Between 1754 and 1759 it was redesigned in the Baroque style under the direction of the famous Landshut sculptor Christian Jorhan (the elder) . In the course of this she received the patronage of St. Thekla (feast day: September 23). Since the church was owned by the von Soden-Fraunhofen family until 1957, it escaped demolition in the course of secularization.

description

The Theklakapelle is a simple three-bay hall building , the one-bay, east-facing choir closes on three sides. The choir, to the north the sacristy is attached, has an encircling roof fries . This is painted with a pattern typical of the Landshut construction works and dates from the late Gothic period. The superstructure of the west tower and the windows, on the other hand, were redesigned in Baroque style.

The high altar was based on a design drawing by Christian Jorhans the Elder. Ä. Made in 1754, it contains the original Gothic statue of the Virgin, which was donated by Wilhelm von Fraunhofen, in a central position. The side figures of the Evangelist John and St. Thekla (right) were made personally by Jorhan. Also noteworthy is the decorative painting, which is dominated by the large ceiling fresco in the nave . It shows scenes from the life of the church patroness Thekla. One motif shows her baptism ; in another one recognizes an interrogation before the judge after she had refused to marry a pagan. On the choir arch there is a richly decorated heraldic cartouche with the inscription "CF MDCCLIX" (= Carl [von] Fraunhofen, 1759).

organ

The single-manual instrument was built in 1759 by the local organ builder Johann Schweinacher . It is the oldest surviving organ in Landshut. It comprises five registers that are housed in a baroque positive on the gallery parapet. This organ case Christian Jorhan d. Ä. designed. The instrument was restored in 1976 by the Landshut organ builder Ekkehard Simon and has the following disposition :

Manual C – c 3
Copel 8th'
flute 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Octav 2 ′
Mixture II 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′

literature

  • Stephan Kaupe, Edith Mayrhofer-Hildmann: Landshut - The organs of the parish of St. Martin. Peda art guide No. 943/2014. Art Publishing House Peda, Passau 2014. ISBN 978-3-89643-943-7 .

Web links

Commons : Theklakapelle (Landshut)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kaupe / Mayrhofer-Hildmann, p. 18f.
  2. ↑ Landshut, Germany (Bavaria) - Theklakapelle . Online at orgbase.nl. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '52.3 "  N , 12 ° 9' 0.7"  E