Parish church St. Jakob am Arlberg

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The parish church of St. Jakob is the Catholic parish church of St. Jakob am Arlberg in Tyrol. The baroque church belongs to the Deanery of Zams of the Diocese of Innsbruck . Parish patron is the Holy Apostle James the Elder .

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Building history

The St. Jakober Church is the oldest church in the upper Stanzertal ; it is already mentioned in a tax register from 1275.

Today's baroque church had a previous church that stood in the current cemetery. The appearance of this first church is known. The outside walls of the church were bricked, the roof structure was visible inside the church, a multi-step flight of stairs led to the church gate . But only in 1773 - after the construction of the St. Anton church in the 1690s, the St. Jakober people were dissatisfied with their old walls - the new church was built, which was modest on the outside, but adorned with a large painting of Christophorus becomes what it proves to be an important middleman church . The master builder was probably Franz Singer from Götzens , the influence of the Götzner building school is clear. The new east- facing church was built above the old tower that was taken over from the old church. Johann Perwanger made the vault paintings . The inauguration of the new church took place on July 22, 1778.

The memorial stone for the workers who died during the construction of the Arlberg Tunnel from 1880 to 1884 has stood on the south side of the church tower since 1885 .

In 1888 the old tower was given a new spire. This spire looked extremely massive, like a medieval watchtower, and became the symbol of the community. It can be easily recognized on old postcards. On April 20, 1943, all houses in the vicinity of the church burned down in a major fire, and the church roof and spire also fell victim to the disaster. Then the spire was rebuilt in the style of late Gothic oversized helmets. On April 16, 2007, a two-year church renovation began. On October 24, 2008, the church was reopened by Bishop Manfred Scheuer .

Both the church and the cemetery are under monument protection.

Parish history

St. Jakob was presumably chaplain since the 13th century and was subordinate to the original parish of Stanz , from 1271 to the Zams . From 1602 it was a curate , in 1891 it was elevated to a parish . From time immemorial it belonged to the diocese of Brixen , after the end of the monarchy from 1921 to the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck-Feldkirch . This was elevated to a diocese in 1964 and has only been responsible for Tyrol since 1968.

Until 1992 the parish of St. Jakob had its own pastor, but was then also looked after by the pastor of St. Anton , Bruno Decristoforo. Since September 2008, the restructuring of the pastoral care of the entire diocese, St. Jakob has belonged to the pastoral care area Oberes Stanzertal (SESOS). Currently (2013) the pastor and pastoral director Augustin Kouanvih, who has his parish office in St. Anton. It is subordinate to the Deanery of Zams of the Diocese of Innsbruck .

Cassian Spiss, who was murdered as a missionary in Africa in 1905, comes from the parish.

Building description

The church presents itself on the outside as a high baroque nave with a round apse and an original Gothic side tower with a late neo-Gothic pointed spire. The interior of the church, which was completely restored a few years ago, is particularly noteworthy. Architecture, ceiling frescoes by Johann Perwanger (1774), stucco, altars and the pulpit merge here into a harmonious unit and make the Jakobskirche an outstanding example of the West Tyrolean church landscape. The St. Jakober pulpit with the falling Satan by Johann Schnegg is particularly important . The figure has already been awarded several times for exhibitions.

Web links

Commons : St Jakob am Arlberg Parish Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ for example this image on st-anton.at

Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 33.9 ″  N , 10 ° 17 ′ 20.9 ″  E