Moosach
Moosach is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg (district), Ebersberg and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (administrative community) of Glonn.
Geography
The community lies in a pictur ...
, part of
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, 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.
History
Alte Pfarrkirche
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
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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Ratzinger, the later
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the soverei ...
, began his career as a chaplain at St. Martin in 1951.
The church had an organ built in 1975 by . It was transferred to Poland in 2015, when a new instrument was built by Orgelbau Goll from Lucerne with 40 stops on three manuals and pedal.
A group of star singers from St. Martin, Moosach, was received by then chancellor
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opp ...
in 2012. In 2020, Annette Thoma's ''Bauernmesse'' (''Peasants' Mass'') was performed by choir, woodwind ensemble and strings for
Epiphany
Epiphany may refer to:
* Epiphany (feeling), an experience of sudden and striking insight
Religion
* Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday celebrating the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ
** Epiphany season, or Epiph ...
when the star singers were sent to bless houses.
References
Further reading
* Lothar Altmann: ''Alte St. Martinskirche München-Moosach''. Verlag J. Fink, Lindenberg 2001, .
* : ''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, .