Kalvarienbergkirche St. Margarethen
The Kalvarienbergkirche St. Margarethen is a Roman Catholic church in the Römerberg-Margarethen district of Linz . The church, built in its current form in 1688, is a place of pilgrimage and was a hermitage and monastery . St. Margarethen is an independent parish .
history
There was a hermit hermitage on Kalvarienberg as early as the 8th century. In 1381 the church of St. Margaret was first mentioned in a document. The church of St. Margaretha was on the banks of the Danube, where it was destroyed several times by floods and fires and demolished in 1784. From 1651 to 1654 the Jesuit priest Philbert Boccabella rebuilt the Kalvarienbergkirche, which was consecrated on October 3, 1688 by the Provost of Passau, Franz Anton von Losenstein . The Maria Thal Chapel and the nave were built between 1651 and 1654. In 1659 the mayor of Linz, Ludwig Preller, had a burial chapel and the Heilbrunn chapel built on the Danube . In 1898 the Franciscan Order opened a hospice, which the Trinitarians took over in 1937 and left in 1976. In 1942 the parish of St. Margarethen became a branch of the Linz parish church, and has been independent since 1980.
Structural substance
Calvary Church
The Kalvarienbergkirche was built on an octagonal floor plan as an unadorned choir building and the church tower was equipped with a wooden onion helmet in 1846. The interior is supported by eight Tuscan columns on the outer walls. The sanctuary is located in a wall niche.
The organ made by the master organ builder Leopold Breinbauer from Ottensheim is one of the few organs he has preserved. The manual has 54 keys, 27 pedals , 141 tin pipes and 156 wooden pipes, a pneumatic action and a cone chest .
Maria Thal Chapel
The decoration of the transversely oval dome was largely made of stucco. The fresco in the dome depicts, among other things, St. Jacob , Adam and Eve , the Mother of God and the Holy Spirit. A Gothic image of grace from the 14th century is significant in terms of art history .
Longhouse
The nave on the slope of the Calvary was built on eight pillars. Neither outside nor inside are decorations or stucco. The nave was temporarily used as a prayer house, which is why its entrance can be opened directly to the Maria Thal chapel .
Holy Sepulcher Chapel
The burial chapel, built in 1659, is located at the cemetery from 1792. It was built on a rectangular floor plan, the gable roof ends with a small tower. The grave room is a replica of the grave grotto, in the anteroom there are several memorial plaques. The burial chapel also serves as a priest's burial place.
Way of the Cross
The first Way of the Cross was built in 1608 and rebuilt from 1845 to 1859 to its present-day route. It consists of twelve stations, the 12th station is a large-format view of Jerusalem. In the foreground the crucifixion scene is shown with several life-size wooden figures.
literature
- Linz St.Margarethen - Brochure of the parish St. Margarethen
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '23.1 " N , 14 ° 15' 33.8" E