St. Martin in Moosach, part of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, is the name of a Roman Catholic parish which has two churches dedicated to Martin of Tours, the old Alte Pfarrkirche St. Martin, one of Munich's oldest churches, and the new Neue Pfarrkirche St. Martin. The new church was dedicated in 1924.
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 Alt-St. Martin | |
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| Coordinates: 48°10′48″N 11°31′07″E / 48.18000°N 11.51861°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Diocese | Munich |
| District | Moosach |
| Named for | Martin of Tours |
| Website | www |
History edit
Alte Pfarrkirche edit
Moosach was an independent community and parish until 1913, when it became part of Munich. A church was mentioned in 815 as a proprietary church of Count Cundhart. The present building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. It was dedicated to Martin of Tours. The Romanesque origin is only preserved in the walls of the foundation and a Romanesque structure.[1] Around 1500, the church was changed to late-Gothic style. It was damaged during the Thirty Years' War, and at times used as a stable for horses. A sacristy was added around 1700. The interior features were then modernised; the present pulpit dates back to that time. St. Martin was a filial church of Feldmoching, becoming independent again in 1909.[1] The church is surrounded by a cemetery, with the oldest gravestone dated 1619.[2]
Furnishings edit
The main altar is in rococo style, created by Josef Anton Fröhlich around 1764/67. It features the patron saint and above him the Trinity. On the side panels, St. Joseph is depicted left with a staff of lilies, and John the Baptist right with a cross staff and a lamb. The left side altar is dedicated to St. Helena who was depicted by Adalbert Kromer in Nazarene style in 1867. The right side altar is dedicated to St. George, with a 1867 altar painting showing Michael the archangel (1867). The altar includes a copy of the Black Madonna from Einsiedeln Abbey. It was made around 1700 and is the oldest surviving copy of the Gnadenbild in Germany. The Annakapelle (St. Anna's chapel), left of the main aisle, features Baroque wood-carved group around St. Anna, possibly by Tobias Bader.[2]
The choir has a ceiling fresco created by Franz Leopold Hager in 1763, depicting the officer of Capernaum requesting that Jesus heals his servant (Matthew 8,5). The fresco in the nave by Martin Heigl in 1758, showing St. Martin, dressed as bishop, praying for the donors of the church. A crucifix and a pietá on the right side of the nave date back to the first half of the 18th century. A pipe organ was built in 1997 by Josef Maier.[3]
Neue Pfarrkirche edit
After Moosach became part of Munich, a larger church was needed because the old one became too small for a growing parish. The new church was built from 1921 to 1924, designed by the Munich architect Hermann Leitenstorfer. He included neo-Romanesque elements in his design in the style of New Objectivity. A relief of St. Martin dividing his coat was created by Karl Knappe.[4]
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Ratzinger, the later Pope Benedict XVI, began his career as a chaplain at St. Martin in 1951.[5]
The church had an organ built in 1975 by Guido Nenninger.[6] It was transferred to Poland in 2015,[7][8] when a new instrument was built by Orgelbau Goll from Lucerne with 40 stops on three manuals and pedal.[9]
A group of star singers from St. Martin, Moosach, was received by then chancellor Angela Merkel in 2012.[10] In 2020, Annette Thoma's Bauernmesse (Peasants' Mass) was performed by choir, woodwind ensemble and strings for Epiphany when the star singers were sent to bless houses.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Alt-St. Martin". muenchen.im-bild.org (in German).
- ^ a b Naujokat, Anita: Hagel von oben, Schimmel von innen (in German) Süddeutsche Zeitung 28 April 2020
- ^ München, Deutschland (Bayern) – Alte Pfarrkirche Sankt Martin (Moosach) Organ database, retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Neu-St. Martin". muenchen.im-bild.org (in German).
- ^ Esteves, Junno Arocho (29 June 2021). "The Turning Point". Catholic Review. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Disposition (in German) st-martin-moosach.de
- ^ "Biłgoraj ( Kościół św. Jana Pawła II )" (in Polish).
- ^ "Organy – Parafia pw. Św. Jana Pawła II w Biłgoraju" (in Polish).
- ^ Pfarrkirche St. Martin/Moosach in München (in German) Diocese of Munich
- ^ "Moosach/Berlin · Kinder pochen bei Kanzlerin auf ihre Rechte". Münchner Wochen-Anzeiger (in German). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Legner, Katrin. "Oster_Pfarrbrief_2020". st-martin-moosach.de (in German). p. 14. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
Further reading edit
- Lothar Altmann: Alte St. Martinskirche München-Moosach. Verlag J. Fink, Lindenberg 2001, ISBN 3-89870-011-9.
- Klaus-Martin Bresgott: Neue Pfarrkirche St. Martin München-Moosach, in: Neue Sakrale Räume. 100 Kirchen der Klassischen Moderne. Zürich 2019. p. 34
- Alexander Langheiter: Die schönsten Münchner Kirchen entdecken. (in German) J. Berg, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7658-4214-6.
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