page_title: Mariä Krönung (Lautenbach)
section_title: Stained-glass windows
hierarchical_section_title: Mariä Krönung (Lautenbach) / Stained-glass windows
caption_attribution_description: English: Stained-glass windows by Peter Hemmel von Andlau at the Mariä Krönung pilgrimage church in Lautenbach, circa 1482/1487 Archive page: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/EIX2A45YWHZQDB34XKAEDYPZ23LNZO32 Deutsch: Glasmalerei von Peter Hemmel von Andlau beim Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Krönung im Lautenbach, circa 1482/1487 Archivseite: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/EIX2A45YWHZQDB34XKAEDYPZ23LNZO32
context_page_description: Mariä Krönung is a Catholic pilgrimage church in Lautenbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where pilgrimage to a miraculous image of Mary was documented in the 14th century. The present church was built in the 15th century in Late-Gothic style, a home for Premonstratensian friars from a dissolved monastery. Mariä Krönung is a significant cultural monument in southern Germany, because it retains many original Gothic features, such as the rood loft and fused stained-glass windows. It has been the parish church of the village since 1815.
context_section_description: The 59 glass windows, created in the workshop of Peter Hemmel of Andlau, between 1480 and 1489, are of particular historic and cultural value. Stained-glass windows are usually made by joining pieces of coloured glass with H-shaped lead cames, a cold process. Here, however, the glaziers used glass fusing: pieces of coloured glass (60-80 per pane) were fitted into a mosaic on a piece of clear glass, and the stack was then gently heated to soften and fuse the layers without melting them into a puddle. This is a difficult technique: it requires careful matching of the physical properties of the glass, to avoid internal stresses which can cause the glass to fail. However, done properly, it can produce a strong, even window pane. Details were painted onto the glass; traditional stained-glass window painting is lasting, as it uses a glass-fusible paint, fired before the pieces are assembled. The windows show religious themes, and include depictions of the donors.
caption: Saint Barbara flanked by donor portraits (black-and-white photo of coloured windows)
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