Stained glass window with prayer portrait of Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen
| General information |
| Original location |
Auhausen, Monastery Church of St Mary (now parish church), choir |
| Current location |
Still in original location |
| Commissioner |
Abbot Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen |
| Date |
1527 (mentioned on object) |
| Material |
Stained glass |
| Visual elements |
| Short description |
Fragment of a larger stained glass window, representing Abbot Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen kneeling to the viewer's left. Behind and in front of him coats of arms. Through a window a landscape. |
| Text |
Bottom right: Georgius Trugsses abbas S. Marie in Auhausen, 1527 |
| Depicted pilgrim |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen |
| Social status / profession |
Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Auhausen (1499-1530); In 1530 the monastery was threatened and dissolved because of the Reformation, and Georg moved to the Dominican Monastery in Eichstätt; Previously monk in the monastery of Münchsteinach; Studied at the university of Ingolstadt (until 1488); Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. |
| Coat of arms |
In front of him: semicircular shield - in silver a red Jerusalem cross
Behind him: semicircular shield - quarterly, I and III: in gold two bars chequy red and silver, II and IV: in blue two green crosiers in saltire, crest: an issuant red dressed queen between two gold trunks with two bars chequy red and silver (Truchsess - Auhausen) |
| Other known portraits |
Pilgrimage memorial of Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen, 1521 (Auhausen, former Monastery Church of St Mary)
Single portrait of Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen, 1531
High altar of the Benedictine Monastery of Auhausen, 1513 (Auhausen, former Monastery Church of St Mary) |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1493 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Jerusalem cross (on coat of arms) |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1552, in Eichstätt |
| Location of grave |
Eichstätt, Dominican Monastery |
| Additional information related to this person |
| Personal remarks |
In 1536, Georg founded a wall-mounted sculpted Last Judgment in the Cloister of the Cathedral of Eichstätt. The object includes his coats of arms with the Jerusalem cross and his name. |
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| Additional information |
| Literature |
- Sturm, Klaus, Geschichte des Klosters Auhausen an der Wörnitz, Sammelblatt des Historischen Vereins Eichstätt 63 (Eichstätt 1970)
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| Internet links |
Wikipedia - Georg Truchsess von Wetzhausen |
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