Franciscan Church (Bratislava)
The Franciscan Church ( Františkánsky kostol in Slovak ) is the oldest surviving church in Bratislava . It is located on the northern edge of the old town on Franziskanerplatz opposite the Mirbachpalais and is dedicated to the Annunciation .
After the Franciscans had built a monastery around 1278, a Gothic style church was added to it from 1280 . This was on March 25, 1297 in the presence of the Hungarian King Andreas III. consecrated. The outer walls of the nave and the apse have been preserved from this period . A Gothic chapel from the 14th century consecrated to John the Baptist is built on the north side . It is modeled on the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and served as the crypt of the city judge's family.
The church tower was added at the end of the 14th century. The cross vault collapsed after an earthquake in 1590, after which it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style from 1613 to 1616 . 1745/46 the church was to a large extent in Baroque style , in 1756 there was a pulpit in Rococo added style. The main altar and the two side altars also date from the middle of the 18th century. In 1897 the church tower had to be replaced due to structural damage after an earthquake, the spire was then erected in Janko Kráľ Park in the Petržalka district .
In the 18th century, a replica of the Loreto Chapel in Italy with a marble altar and the Virgin Mary was added to the side.
Between 1563 and 1830, Pressburg was the coronation city of the Kingdom of Hungary . According to ancient tradition, the coronation celebrations consisted of four main parts:
- Anointing and coronation of the king with the St. Stephen's crown in St. Martin's Cathedral
- The accolade of Hungarian nobles by the newly crowned king in the Franciscan church. This raised them to the status of the " Knights of the Golden Spur ".
- Ride on Coronation Hill (Sword Strikes)
- Oath of the King on the Hungarian Constitution in front of the Monastery of the Brothers of Mercy .
The church musician Felizian Josef Moczik , who was the victim of an attack in front of the church, worked at the Franciscan Church .
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 41.7 ″ N , 17 ° 6 ′ 29.9 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ^ Description by Anton Klipp: Pressburg. New views on an old city. Karpatendeutsches Kulturwerk, Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-927020-15-3 , p. 59.