Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul, Baroque church in Buxheim, Germany.
Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul is a Baroque church built in 1727 by Dominikus Zimmermann. Its pale yellow west facade with white trim ends in a volute gable, and a square tower with a dark pyramidal spire stands at the southwest corner. Inside, the nave has three bays under a barrel vault, with broad wall pillars and a two-story gallery; the choir closes in a half-round apse.
Dominikus Zimmermann built the church in 1727 after the previous structure was demolished in 1725, with consecration following in 1729. The construction took place during the height of the Baroque period in Bavaria, shaping the village's character ever since.
The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul; the high altarpiece depicts the handing of the keys to Peter, and a painting of Paul crowns the altar. The left side altar holds a terracotta Madonna with Child made around 1420, probably in Augsburg, from the same workshop as the clay Madonna of St. Peter in Augsburg.
The church stands in Buxheim in the Unterallgäu district of Bavaria. The entrance is through a porch at the west end of the nave, covered by a hipped roof and opened toward the north by a basket-arched doorway. Inside, the choir with its semi-circular apse lies east of the three-bay nave, and the sacristy adjoins the choir's apex.
The left side altar holds a painted terracotta Madonna and Child made around 1420, probably in Augsburg, from the same workshop as the clay Madonna of St. Peter in Augsburg. The high altar's altarpiece shows the handing of the keys to Peter, signed by the painter Franz Georg Hörmann.
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