Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul (Lustenau)
The parish church to the Hll. Peter and Paul (in common parlance "(parish church) St. Peter and Paul" ) is the oldest of the three Roman Catholic parish churches in the Austrian market town of Lustenau . The associated parish Lustenau-Kirchdorf belongs to the dean's office in Dornbirn in the diocese of Feldkirch . Previous buildings are documented as far back as 1206, the current building was originally built in 1830 and has been radically rebuilt three times since then.
The church is a listed building .
location
The church stands in the center of Lustenau in the district of Kirchdorf , for which it was named as the oldest church in the community. The church square on the west side is separated from the west portal by the busy Maria-Theresien-Straße, which is why it is closed and visitors have to enter the building through the north side entrance. To the south, separated by Rathausstrasse, is the town hall , to the east by Pfarrgasse is the small town hall park, and to the north is the arcaded cemetery. The Lustenau war memorial, the mourning woman , is erected on the southwest corner . With the cemetery, the priest's grave located in it, the war memorial and the town hall, there are four other listed objects in the immediate vicinity of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul.
history
Previous buildings
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The oldest record of church history in Lustenau refers to the destruction of the first known church in 1206 by the Rhine . For a period of 100 years, the service was held in a wooden building before a new church was built in 1306, which in 1548, including the cemetery, was again washed away by the flooding Rhine. The location of these two oldest churches is still unclear, the assumption that they stood on Wiesenrain is at least controversial.
The third church building, built in 1581, which according to oral tradition is said to have been built in the district of Grindel , had already become dilapidated in 1672, and so “it was decided to demolish such a building, to look for a better place, and this year 1672 the church was perfectly laid To build the foundation and rock-solid walls and tower where it really stands ”( Franz Joseph Rosenlächer : Church Chronicle). This fourth church is therefore the first to stand on the site of today's parish church of St. Peter and Paul. It was inaugurated on October 5, 1677, and the cemetery was only moved to its new location in 1692.
For the construction of the church tower with clock in 1696, the patron saint Karl Friedrich von Hohenems provided "660 quarters" of burnt lime and 40 fir trees. A very satisfactory repair and elevation of the tower in 1737 brought the master builder Johannes Kremmel the privilege, which at that time was extremely seldom granted, to be accepted as a foreigner to the community of Lustenau.
The church from 1672 consisted of a nave with four windows on each side and a retracted choir with two windows on the right and one on the left. Both the main portal in the west and the side portal in the south had a sign . The tower in the north corner between nave and choir was square in the substructure and tapered at the top into an octagonal floor plan.
The "Negrelli Church"
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The Lustenau parish council complained in November 1823 in a report to the count's regional court that the church, which was only 19 m long and 11 m wide, was bursting at the seams. The church only held about 900 people, more than a third of them standing. A large part of the parishioners had to celebrate the service outside the church. An extension of the existing church planned in 1826 was rejected again. Instead, Alois Negrelli von Moldelbe drafted a plan for a new church, in which the tower and part of the presbytery wall of the existing building were preserved. In November 1829, the patron saint, Count Maximilian von Waldburg-Zeil, approved the new building according to this plan.
In April 1830 the old parish church was demolished. It turned out that the foundation was so good that the new church could be built on it, so that one could move into it on October 30 of the same year. In the meantime, the services had been celebrated in the Loretto Chapel .
The Negrelli Church had three aisles, the central nave was 13 m high and the side aisles were half the width and half the height of the central nave. The ceiling of the central nave was supported by six pillars.
Auxiliary Bishop Tschiderer inaugurated the new church on October 16, 1832. On February 25th, 1833 the building of an organ was commissioned, on March 22nd the painter Johann Kaspar Weiß put up the altar sheet he designed . In the same year a chapel for the dead was set up and a painting on the Mount of Olives was painted by the Lustenau artist Anton Hämmerle.
In 1844 three new bells were purchased and cast in Feldkirch. The population was initially enthusiastic about the new bells and the pastor even composed a song with 16 stanzas on the new bells, when the costs were then claimed by the residents of the parish, there were numerous disputes, which even culminated in a formal process at the district office .
The renovation from 1873
From the beginning, the Negrelli Church had caused great displeasure among the population. The pastor at the time, Thomas Feßler, criticized that it was “more like a granary than a house of worship” and wrote in a report that it was the general wish that “at least these clumsy pillars should be removed”. In 1873, the side walls were therefore bricked up and the roof including the roof truss demolished and rebuilt. On August 22, 1875, Johann Nepomuk Amberg inaugurated the converted church. In 1876 the old church tower was demolished and a new one was erected at the east end of the building.
Renovations
As part of a renovation in 1905, Alfons Luger created two paintings above the choir arch and E. Luger ornaments on the walls. In 1907 the main portal was renewed, and in 1928 the parish church received new external plastering and new windows from the Innsbruck stained glass .
After the Second World War in the 1940s had prevented a renovation that had already become necessary, the structural condition of the church had deteriorated to such an extent at the beginning of the 1950s that parts of the church ceiling were already crumbling. It was not until 1951 that the renovation according to plans by the Stuttgart architect Otto Linder could begin. In the first construction phase, the nave was extended to the west and the facade on Maria-Theresien-Straße was completely redesigned. A vestibule was added to protect against street noise, and the outside of the entire church was newly plastered. In 1952 and 1953 the interior was completely renewed: the stucco ceiling and altars were demolished, the nave was raised and the roof structure over the presbytery was rebuilt. In addition, sacristies were added and two sculptures were attached to the new west facade. During work on the lower church, the foundations of the earlier church, built in 1672, were discovered and blown up. Mass was celebrated again in the church on May 10, 1953, but the interior was not completed until 1957. In 1959 and 1960, the church tower was redesigned, which instead of the previous octagonal one now got a square floor plan and a new helmet.
The renovation in the 1950s completely changed the appearance of the church and met with strong rejection in the community. When another renovation project was decided by a large majority in the parish and parish church council in 1989, a “working group for a moderate renovation of our parish church St. Peter and Paul in Lustenau” was formed, which spoke out against and for the “unpleasant and costly radical project” Was able to collect 1100 signatures. Nonetheless, the original plans of the Kaufmann-Lenz-Dietrich architects from Schwarzach were implemented between February 1990 and Whitsun 1991.
architecture
Exterior description
The church has a neo-Romanesque nave which with a gable roof is covered. It has five arched windows on each side without a three-dimensional structure. The low choir with three small arched windows on the left and right is closed off by a round apse and also has a gable roof. This is followed by a two-story sacristy in the north and a one-story sacristy in the south . The church tower in the east with a square floor plan has an octagonal pointed spire. On the west facade are two side projections with a hipped roof . In between is a triangular gable with a rose window. Below is the vestibule with three arched arcades under a pent roof . In the northern side elevation there is a staircase. In the lower area of the risalite there are three coupled arched windows. Above each side there is a statue of a saint by Schwer . St. Peter is depicted on the left and St. Paul on the right.
Inside description
The church is a long hall with a ceiling open to the roof gable. On the west side is a straight gallery that rests on two supports. In the left risalit there is a small chapel accessible from the inside, the Kreuzkapelle, in the right risalit the confessional rooms are located. The lower floor of the north sacristy is developed as a Marienkapelle, which is accessible from the outside.
Furnishing
Paintings and sculptures
In the apse hangs the figure “World Judge” by Franz and Josef Staud from 1952. On the wall to the left and right of the chancel there are larger than life figures of Mary with the Child and St. Joseph carved by Josef Bachlechner the Younger . In the rear of the nave there is a statue of St. Jude Thaddaeus from the 20th century on the right and statues of St. Peter and Paul on the left. The stations of the cross on the rear wall of the church were carved in relief by Alois Reich ; his insignia can be found on the picture of the entombment. In the Kreuzkapelle there is a painting with a crucifixion scene and a Pietà sculpture.
window
The glass paintings on the windows are by Edzard Seeger and were made by the Tyrolean Glass Painting Company from 1953 to 1954. When the church was renovated in 1990/91, the windows were restored and double-glazed - also by the Tyrolean glass painting company.
In the nave there are five arched windows on both sides, the motifs of which are based on the mysteries of the rosary :
| page | Number (from the front) | secret | theme | Foundation memo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| right | 1 | 1. Joyful secret | Jesus whom you, o virgin, received from the Holy Spirit ( Lk 1.35 EU ) | Dedicated by Pastor H. Salzgeber, Lustenau, and his siblings |
| right | 2 | 2. Joyful secret | Jesus whom you, O virgin, carried to Elisabeth ( Lk 1.39–56 EU ) | Donated by the Isidor Scheffknecht family |
| right | 3 | 3. Joyful secret | Jesus whom you, virgin, gave birth in Bethlehem . ( Luke 2.1–20 EU ) | Donated by the Josef Bösch family |
| right | 4th | 4. Joyful secret | Jesus whom you, o virgin, offered up in the temple ( Lk 2,22-24 EU ) | Donated by the Lambert König family |
| right | 5 | 5. Joyful secret | Jesus whom you, O virgin, found again in the temple ( Lk 2,41-52 EU ) | In memory of Pastor Dr. Gebhard Baldauf |
| Left | 5 | 4. painful secret | Jesus, who carried the heavy cross for us ( Joh 19.17 EU ) | In memory of Konrad Alge and his wife Maria Bösch |
| Left | 4th | 5. painful secret | Jesus who was crucified for us ( Joh 19,18 EU ) | Dedicated by the Virgil Fitz families |
| Left | 3 | 1. Glorious Secret | Jesus, who rose from the dead ( Lk 24.6 EU ) | Dedicated in memory of our parents Joh. Georg Seewald and Rosa Grabher from the children |
| Left | 2 | 3. glorious secret | Jesus, who sent us the Holy Spirit ( Acts 2,1-13 EU ) | In honor of our parents Franz Sales Vetter and Maria geb. King dedicated by the children |
| Left | 1 | 5. glorious secret | Jesus who crowned you, virgin, in heaven . ( Rev 12,1 EU ) |
The smaller arched windows in the risalits mostly show depictions of saints:
| Side (seen from inside) | Number (from left) | motive | Foundation memo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left | 1 | Saint Theresa | Dedicated by the Peintner families |
| Left | 2 | Saint Bernadette Soubirous | In memory of our parents Ignaz Kremmel and Regina Alge |
| Left | 3 | Saint Maria Goretti | |
| right | 1 | Holy Pastor of Ars | Hannes Grabher |
| right | 2 | Jesus as a good shepherd | In memory of my wife Berta Kremmel, doctor's wife |
| right | 3 | Saint John Nepomuk |
On the north side above the gallery is a facade rosette in which music-making angels are depicted.
organ
In 1904 the church received an organ which was designed and built by the organ builder Anton Behmann . In 1938 the organ work was rebuilt and expanded by the Rieger brothers . On July 4th, 1998 a new organ was inaugurated. The slider chest instrument was built by the organ builder Pflüger (Feldkirch / Vorarlberg) and has 36 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids: sequencer, typesetting system, register crescendo
Bells
The tuning of the five bells is H ° c 'd' f 'g'.
Pastoral care
According to the parish chronicle created by Pastor Franz Joseph Rosenlächer in retrospect in 1804, Lustenau is said to have originally been subordinate to Marbach and later to Berneck as a branch church . Later, when Lustenau was raised to an independent parish, the parish also included Hohenems and presumably today's Swiss communities Au and Widnau . For several centuries the parish was under the patronage of the Counts of Hohenems . The Lustenau parish is documented for the year 1275, the oldest mention of a pastor still preserved comes from the year 1355.
Ritter Marquard von Ems donated an early mass pründe in 1478 in order to relieve the pastor through a second pastor. Vicars or chaplains , parish helpers and catechists in varying compositions have been part of the pastoral care team since at least 1651.
Pastor Franz Josef Rosenlächer, who was in office from 1800 to 1835, had a great influence on the development of the Lustenau community during this time. Many of his initiatives were aimed at improving school education. He was also involved in the cultural field, he introduced the German-speaking church chant and founded the first music band in the area, which was the second in Vorarlberg. He wrote a two-volume parish chronicle, and he also initiated the construction of the Negrelli Church. On June 9, 1835, Rosenlächer died of a stroke on his way home from visiting sick people. At the place of his death a wayside shrine was erected in his memory, which was later replaced by a memorial stone. The Rosenlächerstraße in Lustenau is named in his honor.
Johann Jakob Brändle, who comes from Altach , was an early knife in Lustenau from 1819 to 1826 and was his successor as pastor after Rosenlächer's death. He worked for 34 years until his death on December 29, 1869. The Brändlestrasse was named in his honor.
Pastor Thomas Feßler from Lochau , who worked from 1870 to 1881, went down in church history primarily through the renovation of the church during his term of office. He was followed by Josef Wolf until 1883, Thomas Hagen until 1911 and then Alois Dietrich until 1922.
From 1922 to 1944 Gebhard Baldauf was pastor of Lustenau. The building of the Erlöserkirche and the Theresienheim fall during his term of office . In August 1940 he was banned from the district by the NSDAP and fled via the Cistercian monastery near Überlingen to Lindau , where he unexpectedly died in 1944.
Alfred Salzgeber was a catechist in Lustenau from 1912 to 1922, then an early knife. From 1940 he represented the expelled pastor Gebhard Baldauf as a parish provisional and after his death he was finally appointed pastor himself in 1944. On the occasion of his fifty years of pastoral care in Lustenau, he received the newly created honorary ring of the market town in 1962. Pastor Alfred Salzgeber died on August 4th, 1967 at the age of 83, after 55 years of pastoral care in Lustenau, without ever having retired.
Under his successor Dietmar Seeger, who only worked for four years from 1967 until his accidental death in 1971, a people's altar was set up in accordance with the provisions of the Second Vatican Council . Between 1971 and 1982 Eugen Giselbrecht held the office of pastor, since then it has been Josef Drexel.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vorarlberg - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
- ↑ Hannes Grabher: Customs, sagas and chronicles . Ed .: Cultural department of the market town of Lustenau. Second edition. Lustenau 2002, ISBN 3-900954-05-4 , p. 243 f .
- ^ Hugo Schnell, Gebhard Baldauf: The churches of Lustenau / Vorarlberg . Ed .: Verlag der Kleine Deutschen Kirchenführer Dr. Schnell & Dr. Steiner. Munich 1939, p. 2-5 .
- ^ Ludwig Welti: From the Carolingian royal court to the largest Austrian market town . In: Marktgemeinde Lustenau (ed.): Lustenauer Heimatbuch . I. Volume. Lustenau 1965, p. 370-384 .
- ↑ a b Church history of the parish of St. Peter and Paul. (No longer available online.) Parish of St. Peter and Paul, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; accessed on June 23, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hannes Grabher: Customs, sagas and chronicles . Ed .: Cultural department of the market town of Lustenau. Second edition. Lustenau 2002, ISBN 3-900954-05-4 , p. 270 f .
- ↑ Hannes Grabher: Customs, sagas and chronicles . Ed .: Cultural department of the market town of Lustenau. Second edition. Lustenau 2002, ISBN 3-900954-05-4 , p. 278 f .
- ^ Hugo Schnell, Gebhard Baldauf: The churches of Lustenau / Vorarlberg . Ed .: Verlag der Kleine Deutschen Kirchenführer Dr. Schnell & Dr. Steiner. Munich 1939, p. 6th f .
- ↑ Hannes Grabher: Customs, sagas and chronicles . Ed .: Cultural department of the market town of Lustenau. Second edition. Lustenau 2002, ISBN 3-900954-05-4 , p. 288 f .
- ^ Hugo Schnell, Gebhard Baldauf: The churches of Lustenau / Vorarlberg . Ed .: Verlag der Kleine Deutschen Kirchenführer Dr. Schnell & Dr. Steiner. Munich 1939, p. 7 .
- ↑ a b c Wolfgang Scheffknecht: 100 years market town of Lustenau . Lustenau 2003, ISBN 3-900954-06-2 , pp. 359-363 .
- ↑ a b c d Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Vorarlberg . Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85028-397-7 , p. 302 . The texts in this source were not completely updated during the renovations and are therefore partly out of date. The current status is described here.
- ↑ Markus Hämmerle: Luminous Pictures. The stained glass windows of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Lustenau .
- ↑ Information on the organ
- ↑ Hannes Grabher: Customs, sagas and chronicles . Ed .: Cultural department of the market town of Lustenau. Second edition. Lustenau 2002, ISBN 3-900954-05-4 , p. 243 .
- ^ Ludwig Welti: From the Carolingian royal court to the largest Austrian market town . In: Marktgemeinde Lustenau (ed.): Lustenauer Heimatbuch . I. Volume. Lustenau 1965, p. 84 .
- ^ A b c Franz Stetter , Siegfried König: Lustenauer family book . tape I . Federsee-Verlag, Konstanz 2012, ISBN 978-3-925171-96-3 , p. 31-34 .
- ↑ Hannes Grabher: Customs, sagas and chronicles . Ed .: Cultural department of the market town of Lustenau. Second edition. Lustenau 2002, ISBN 3-900954-05-4 , p. 244 .
- ^ Franz Josef Rosenlächer 1763-1835. In: Vorarlberg Chronicle. State of Vorarlberg, accessed on September 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Scheffknecht: 100 years market town Lustenau . Lustenau 2003, ISBN 3-900954-06-2 , pp. 262-263 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ 35.2 " N , 9 ° 39 ′ 32.4" E