Kals am Großglockner cemetery
The Kals am Großglockner cemetery is the cemetery of the municipality of Kals am Großglockner in East Tyrol . The cemetery includes a sanctuary, a war memorial chapel, a baroque cemetery cross and a memorial for the unfortunate mountaineers of the Großglockner. It surrounds the parish church of Kals am Großglockner in the district of Ködnitz and, together with it, is one of 13 objects of the community under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
While there is evidence of a medieval core for the parish church, there are no references to the history of the cemetery. The cemetery was first mentioned in a document in 1615, when the request for an area for the graves of unbaptized children outside the cemetery wall was recorded in a general visitation protocol. The cemetery wall was restored at the beginning of the 20th century, and between 1953 and 1954 the area was redesigned and expanded.
Cemetery complex
The cemetery completely encompasses the Kals parish church and is separated from the neighboring properties by a wall. Flat-arched niches for grave monuments were integrated in the northern part of the wall, and the consecration hall was integrated into the western wall. The hall with a wide glass portal dates from the 1930s and was expanded in 1974 according to plans by Hans Machne. It houses a modern altar as well as a figure group of Jesus Christ with two angels, which was designed by the Kals sculptor Thomas Rogl. In the southeast of the cemetery is the war memorial chapel, which was built in 1955 as part of the expansion of the cemetery. Inside the chapel there is a life-size, wooden group of figures with Mary in front of the body of Jesus Christ, which is flanked by two bronze plaques commemorating the fallen soldiers of both world wars. The memorial for the victims of the ascent of the Grossglockner dates back to 1873. It consists of a stylized representation of the Glockner massif and five copper plaques with the names of the victims.
literature
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): The art monuments of the political district of Lienz. Part III. Iseltal, Defereggental, Kalsertal, Virgental. Verlag Berger, Horn 2007 ISBN 978-3-85028-448-6 (Austrian Art Topography, Volume LVII), pp. 323–326
- Siegmund Kurzthaler: History - Art - Culture. Encounters in the Hohe Tauern National Park region. Innsbruck 1997, p. 132
Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 4.6 ″ N , 12 ° 38 ′ 40.6 ″ E