Liebfrauenkirche (Kitzbühel)
| Church of Our Lady
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| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Patronage : | Our Lady |
| Consecration year : | 1506 |
| Parish : | Liebfrauenkirche Kitzbühel |
| Address: | Pfarrau 2, 6370 Kitzbühel |
Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '54.5 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 21.4 ″ E The Liebfrauenkirche is a small Gothic church with a lower church in the municipality of Kitzbühel in Tyrol and is equipped with a relatively powerful bell tower . It is located in the old cemetery right next to the parish church of St. Andreas . The tower is considered the landmark of Kitzbühel and carries the two big bells of the Kitzbühel city bell. Due to the miraculous image on the high altar, the Church of Our Lady is also referred to as a pilgrimage church .
history
The Liebfrauenkirche was probably built as a high Gothic cemetery chapel in the second half of the 14th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1373. At that time it only had a small turret on the north side.
Between 1566 and 1569, Master Wilhelm Egarter built the 48 m high tower for the large bell of the parish church above the western part of the cemetery chapel . This had already been purchased around 1518, twelve years after the completion of the new Gothic parish church. However, it turned out that this bell was too big for the slender tower of the parish church, which still came from the Romanesque building. Therefore, the bell hung on a wooden belfry outside next to the church for decades . In order to remedy this provisional solution, it was finally decided to build a large tower above the Church of Our Lady.
In 1702 the baroque high altar with the miraculous image was built on the upper floor of the Church of Our Lady . The further baroque redesign of the interior was carried out from 1738 to 1740 by the Schwaz builder Jakob Singer , the plasterer Hans Singer and the painter Simon Benedikt Faistenberger .
Architecture and equipment
The Liebfrauenkirche consists of the upper church, the lower church and the church tower. The Karner is located in the lower church . When the tower was erected, the nave of the upper church was divided into two rooms by the eastern, load-bearing tower wall. The vestibule under the tower and the church interior with a polygonal choir were created. In the anteroom there are numerous votive tablets that remind of pilgrimages and answers to prayer. The oldest evidence of answers to prayer goes back to 1732.
The church interior is dominated by the high altar by Georg Faistenberger from 1702. In the center is the miraculous picture, a copy of the famous Innsbruck Maria-Hilf picture by Lucas Cranach made around 1630 . The miraculous image is flanked by statues of St. Joachim and St. Anna , Mary's parents . The picture above shows God the Father on the globe and is attributed to Ignaz Faistenberger .
The magnificent, wrought-iron rose lattice in front of the high altar is by Franz Witting from 1778.
The carved church stalls were created in 1720 and show lion figures, grimaces and acanthus tendrils .
The frescoes by Simon Benedikt Faistenberger date from 1739. In the vault the glory of the Mother of God is depicted, above the gallery King David playing harp, and on the wall surfaces of two walled, Gothic windows St. Andreas as advocate of the city, as well as the suffering people who ask for the help of Mary (in the sun chariot!). The stucco comes from Hans Singer , the builder's brother.
From the positive organ on the loft only the early Baroque housing is obtained. It was created by Christoph Egedacher in 1664 . It has been in the Liebfrauenkirche since 1907.
Stadtpfarrkirche and Liebfrauenkirche, in the background the Hahnenkamm
Vestibule
Wall fresco Suffering people ask Mary's help
Wall fresco St. Andrew as advocate of the city
Gallery and organ positive
carved pews
Bells
Nothing more is known about the big bell from 1518, which initiated the construction of the tower. It has long been gone.
Since 1847 the tower has housed the famous imperial bell , which is considered to be the most beautiful bell in Tyrol. It was originally cast in 1845 by Josef Georg Miller for Innsbruck Cathedral , but rejected there because of a blemish - a dent on the hood - and the slightly too high tone. Eventually it was acquired for Kitzbühel. It was later given the name Imperial Bell , as the Emperor complied with a request during the First World War to spare it from being handed over for war purposes. Its weight is 6374 kg, cm their diameter 215, and their nominal is increased g 0 (sometimes will therefore gis 0 specified). In 1970 the Andreas bell was added, cast by the Grassmayr bell foundry . It is the second largest bell of the Kitzbühel town bells with a weight of 2988 kg and the tone b 0 (as with the imperial bell raised and therefore sometimes indicated as h 0 ).
Web links
- The churches of Kitzbühel - online church guide, Verlag St. Peter Salzburg