To Our Lady of Sorrows (Waalhaupten)
The Catholic parish church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Waalhaupten , a district of Waal in the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu , was built at the beginning of the 18th century on the site of a previous Gothic church. The builder was probably Joseph Schmuzer . The ceiling frescoes are the last work by Matthäus Günther . The church is a protected architectural monument .
history
In addition to the mountain church of St. Michael , which is elevated above the village , the former parish church and today's cemetery church, there was a village church in Waalhaupten as early as the late Middle Ages, of which only the bell tower has survived. It was a branch church until today's church was built . Construction began in 1713 and the new church was consecrated in 1722.
architecture
In the northern corner of the choir stands the bell tower covered with a gable roof, which dates from the second half of the 15th century. The upper floors are divided into blinding fields with clover-leaf arch friezes , the bell storey is broken through on all four sides by round-arched twin arcades.
The single-nave nave is covered by a needle cap barrel that rests on pilasters with capitals and entablature pieces. The retracted choir is closed in a semicircle. A double gallery with curved balustrades forms the western end of the nave .
Piece
The stucco decor in the late Rococo style was created by Johann Michael Gigl in 1787. Stucco cartouches frame the smaller frescoes in tone-on-tone painting in the choir and nave. The chandeliers of the apostles , on which one can recognize the symbols of the apostles, are also set in stucco frames.
Stucco cartouche and evangelist Luke
Stucco cartouche and Evangelist Johannes
Apostle candlestick with keys, symbol of the apostle Peter
Wall frescoes in the choir
The wall frescoes in the choir date from the middle of the 18th century. Jacob's ladder is depicted on the north side, Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well on the south side .
Ceiling frescoes
The ceiling frescoes were made by Matthäus Günther in 1787. They were his last work and refer to his earlier work. For the large choir fresco depicting the Descent from the Cross, a ceiling picture painted by Matthäus Günther in 1770 in the Mentlberg pilgrimage church in Innsbruck served as a template. The two side pictures in tone-on-tone painting, Mary on the left and the Archangel Gabriel on the right , represent the Annunciation . The evangelists with their symbols are depicted on the side medallions of the nave in tone-on-tone painting .
The large nave fresco on which Judith holds the severed head of Holofernes in her hands is based on a ceiling painting by Matthäus Günther in the Wilten basilica in Innsbruck from 1754/55.
Descent from the Cross
Judith with the head of Holofernes
Holofernes
Furnishing
- Figures from around 1720 are placed on the neo-baroque altars, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret on the northern side altar, and Saint Apollonia and Saint Barbara on the southern side altar .
- The pulpit was made around 1770/80.
- The Stations of the Cross are from 1741.
- The paintings on the gallery parapet were made in the middle of the 18th century. In the middle of the upper gallery you can see King David with the harp and Saint Cecilia at the organ. The other scenes show the raising of Lazarus and the healing of the bloody woman. The scenes on the lower gallery represent the banquet with Simon the Pharisee and Christ with Mary and Martha. The central image with the Lord's Supper is dated around 1787 and is ascribed to Matthäus Günther.
Saint Catherine
Saint Margaret
Holy Apollonia
Saint Barbara
literature
- Georg Dehio (arranged by: Bruno Bushart , Georg Paula ): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03116-2 , p. 1034.
Web links
- History of Waalhaupten administrative community Buchloe
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 13.7 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 26.9 ″ E