Calvary St. Pölten
The Kalvarienberg in St. Pölten was built in 1746 with the help of the baroque master builder Franz Munggenast and the sculptor Peter Widerin . The system in the Kaiserwald is only partially available today and is a listed building .
history
The St. Pölten citizen Katherina Trinkl left 800 guilders in her will for the construction of a calvary and commissioned St. Pölten Abbey with the implementation. After her death on November 5, 1740, the monastery showed no interest in the realization, there was a suspicion that the monastery wanted to let the inheritance flow into the monastery coffers.
After several direct contacts between the city council and the monastery, the city government finally intervened in Vienna, on April 19, 1746 Maria Theresa finally decreed that the will should be carried out under the joint supervision of the city council and the monastery.
On May 5th of that year Peter Widerin was commissioned with the production of five statues from Eggenburg sandstone for the wages of 370 guilders, on May 15th the contract with Franz Munggenast for the masonry work as well as the foundation and the erection of the foundation was dated . For this part Munggenast received 210 guilders, for the staircase he received another 284 guilders.
The completion seems to have been in 1746.
In the 19th century, probably through the construction of the railway lines ( Mariazeller Bahn and Leobersdorfer Bahn ) and the expansion of the road towards Melk (today state road B1 ), the Kalvarienberg was significantly redesigned. Munggenast's work, especially the staircase, disappeared completely, and two of Widerin's statues are also missing.
In 2017 it became known that the Kalvarienberg will be renovated from 2018. The individual statues are integrated into a new overall concept.
description
The crucifixion group originally consisted of five figures:
- Christ on the cross
- the two shafts on the cross ( Dismas and Gestas )
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Apostle John
- Mary Magdalene
the latter no longer exists today. The staircase designed by Munggenast is also missing today.
literature
- Klaus Güthlein : The Austrian baroque master Franz Munggenast , dissertation 1973, University of Heidelberg.
- Thomas Karl , 1991: The Munngenast master builder family , special exhibition at the St. Pölten City Museum on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Joseph Munggenast's death .
- Thomas Karl among other things: The art monuments of the city of St. Pölten and its incorporated localities. Berger, Horn 1999, ISBN 3-85028-310-0 ( Austrian Art Topography 54). Chapter City Park - Kalvarienberg , p. 439.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renovation in St. Pölten: New shine for the Kalvarienberg statues , in: NÖN , March 17, 2017
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 59.8 " N , 15 ° 36 ′ 43.7" E