Feldkirch Cathedral Parish Church

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Catholic cathedral parish church hl. Nicholas in Feldkirch
View into the two-aisled nave

The Roman Catholic Dompfarrkirche Feldkirch (often referred to as St. Nikolaus Cathedral ) is located in the old town of the Feldkirch municipality in the Feldkirch district in Vorarlberg . It is consecrated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Feldkirch dean's office in the Feldkirch diocese . The building is a listed building . When the diocese of Feldkirch was founded, the parish church became the cathedral on August 12, 1968 .

Location description

The church is located on (today's) Schlossgraben street. It was built in the north-east of the city behind the city ​​wall , along the former moat, due to the limited space, with only two aisles in the Romanesque style.

history

It is believed that it was formerly either a branch church of St. Peter in Rankweil or of St. Petronilla in Altenstadt . In 1218 it became a parish church. The right of patronage went to the cathedral chapter in Chur in 1286 . In 1287, according to a document, the church was consecrated to St. Nicholas .

The original church was badly damaged in the town fires in 1348, 1396 and 1460. In 1478 it was rebuilt and consecrated under the architect Hans Sturn with a late Gothic nave and saddle roof , and in 1479 the church tower in the north was completed. Today's choir was built around 1520 under a lower gable roof. There are also sacristies and under pent roofs both a Mary and a baptistery.

Furnishing

Indoor panorama

The wrought-iron pulpit was from a previous 1,520 tabernacle shaped. The right side altar , depicting Anna herself third , was created in 1521 by the Feldkirch painter Wolf Huber , who also wrote the Lamentation of Christ in the choir . The high altar was created in 1875 by Josef Götz, the left side altar in 1878 by Josef Bertsch according to a plan by Dom Vicar Georg Dengler. The reliefs of the Stations of the Cross created Emil Gehrer in 1963 and 1964. Three marble slabs in front of the Lady altar in the aisle close the episcopal tomb , including the grave of Bishop Bruno Wech agent .

The neo-Gothic altar of the Marienkapelle from 1905 comes from Fidelis Rudhart . A Madonna statue from stone molding , Mary with (the) child , was built around 1430. Hans Thomann created in 1515 originating from the former Apostle Altar figures Peter and Paul . The glass paintings are by Martin Häusle from 1960 to 1961.

There is a Pietà from 1956 and a relief created by Emil Gehrer .

According to a plan by Clemens Holzmeister , a high triangular porch was attached to the church in 1924 as a war memorial with plaques.

Organs

The main organ was built in 1976 by the organ building company Metzler and Sons ( Dietikon / CH). The slider chests -instrument has 35 registers on three manuals and pedal . The playing and register actions are mechanical.

organ
I Rückpositiv C – f 3
Covered 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Sesquialter II
Octave 2 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sharp IV
Dulcian 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – f 3
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
viola 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Pointed flute 4 ′
Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture IV
Zimbel III
Trumpet 8th'
III Breastwork C – f 3
Wooden dacked 8th'
Flauto 4 ′
Nasard 2 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Principal 2 ′
Gemshorn 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Zimbel III
Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Mixture IV
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Trumpet 4 ′
  • Coupling: I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Furthermore, the choir organ by the Mayer brothers from 1878 and the "Feldkircher organ positive" from 1699, which is the oldest organ in Vorarlberg, are in the cathedral.

Bells

The tower of the cathedral houses a nine-part bronze bell.

No. Surname volume Weight Caster Casting year
1 Big parish bell d ' 2050 kg Wolfgang Hauser 1595
2 Ave Maria bell e ' 1100 kg Wolfgang Hauser 1595
3 Anniversary bell G' 783 kg Perner bell foundry 2008
4th Agatha bell b ' 720 kg Feldkirch foundry 14th century
5 Ten o'clock bell H' 300 kg Georg Hauser 1593
6th Baptismal bell d '' 260 kg Perner bell foundry 2008
7th Resurrection bell e '' 203 kg Perner bell foundry 2008
8th Death bell fis '' 140 kg Michael Haffner 1560
9 Theresienglocke b '' 45 kg Grassmayr bell foundry 1929

literature

  • Dehio Handbook : The Art Monuments of Austria. Vorarlberg. Feldkirch. Dompfarrkirche hl. Nicholas. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , pp. 177–179.
  • Cathedral of St. Nikolaus Feldkirch , edited by Erwin Heinzle, Rudolf Bischof and Elmar Schallert (= Little Art Guide No. 362), 7th edition, Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1993.

Web links

Commons : Dom St. Nikolaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vorarlberg - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 21, 2016 (PDF).
  2. ↑ More information about the organ
  3. ↑ Cathedral organist celebrated the anniversary with a concert. In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten , January 28, 2014.
  4. ^ Bells of Feldkirch Cathedral. Dommusik Feldkirch, accessed on April 16, 2017 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '17.3 "  N , 9 ° 35' 53.4"  E