Cathedral Square (Innsbruck)
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The Domplatz (until 1966 Pfarrplatz ) is a baroque square in Innsbruck's old town .
investment
The Domplatz is on the northern edge of the old town. It is framed on three sides by rows of houses and is dominated in the east by the high baroque facade of the Cathedral of St. Jacob , from which it takes its name. The Pfarrgasse joins in the south, on the north side a passage leads to the Herrengasse , in the east there are passages to the Hofburg . The fountain bowl in the middle of the square is the last remnant of the unification fountain, built in 1906, which stood on the Bahnhofsplatz (today: Südtiroler Platz) until 1940. The square is a listed building .
history
The Gothic St. Jacob's Church, which was smaller than today's cathedral, was originally surrounded by a cemetery. This was abandoned in 1509 and moved to the hospital cemetery behind the hospital church outside the city walls of that time. The last tombstones were not removed until 1717. In the cemetery in front of the church there was the free-standing Fourteen Holy Helpers Chapel with a priestly crypt. The western end of the square was formed by a row of houses as an extension of Pfarrgasse.
When the church was rebuilt from 1717 to 1724 in the Baroque style, the buildings to the west of it were demolished to better accentuate the facade. This gave the square its current size, but apart from the planting of some trees, it remained little designed. The current design with green space, fountain bowl and benches took place in 1956. After the parish church was elevated to the status of cathedral and bishop's church in the newly founded diocese of Innsbruck in 1964 , the parish square was renamed Domplatz in 1966. In 1972 the square with the entire old town became a pedestrian zone.
use
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Following the example of the Salzburg Cathedral Square , the square was first used in 1928 for open-air performances by Jedermann . The performances in 1958 and 1962 were initiated and directed by Richard Haller . However , there is no evidence to support the claim that Max Reinhardt wanted to realize the Salzburg Festival in Innsbruck before he founded the Salzburg Festival .
Since 1998, the Innsbruck city crib, created by Rupert Reindl in 1974 and originally set up under the Christmas tree in front of the Golden Roof, has been set up on Domplatz during the Christmas season .
literature
- Wilhelm Eppacher: The Domplatz (previously Pfarrplatz) in Innsbruck. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck, No. 10, October 1966, p. 4 ( digitized version )
- Josefine Justic: Innsbruck street names. Where do they come from and what they mean . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7022-3213-9 , p. 17 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz-Heinz Hye: From the Wilten branch church to the St. Jakob Bishop's Cathedral. In: Gotthard Egger (Ed.): The Cathedral of St. Jakob. Festschrift published on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment as an independent parish of St. Jakob and the completion of the renovation work on the cathedral on Sunday, October 24, 1993. Innsbruck 1993, pp. 11-25
- ^ Schmid-Pittl, Wiesauer: Dom St. Jakob. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Traffic regulations for the pedestrian zone in the old town. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck, number 5, May 1972, p. 7 ( digitized version )
- ↑ a b Roman Urbaner: How Max Reinhardt wanted to (but not) found the Salzburg Festival in Innsbruck ... In: Quart booklet for Culture Tirol No. 2/03, pp. 122-133 ( online )
- ↑ Lukas Morscher (Ed.): Innsbrucker Alltagsleben 1930–1980 (= Volume 50 of publications of the Innsbruck City Archives, new series ). Haymon, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7099-7656-2 , pp. 201 .
- ^ Innsbruck city nativity scene on Domplatz. In: Innsbruck informs, January 1999, service supplement, p. IX ( digitized version )
Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 10 " N , 11 ° 23 ′ 36.4" E