Capuchin Church (Brixen)
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The Capuchin Church of St. Catherine is a Roman Catholic religious church in the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen . It is located at Runggadgasse 23 in Brixen , South Tyrol . The adjoining monastery is the seat of the South Tyrolean Capuchin Province , which in turn belongs to the Capuchin Province of Austria-South Tyrol.
history
In 1340 Friedrich von Villanders had a little church in honor of St. Katharina in Brixen. In 1603, the Brixen Prince-Bishop Christoph Andreas von Spaur founded a Capuchin monastery at the church against the resistance of his canons, whereby the church was adapted to the needs of the Capuchins and consecrated again in 1604. Nevertheless, it was soon decided to demolish the old church, which was replaced by the current building in 1630. In 1655 the monastery and the garden were enlarged. After the First World War , the administrative affiliation of the church and monastery changed; First, the Capuchin Province of Tyrol was separated into North and South Tyrol, which meant that the monastery had to be enlarged in 1928. After the provinces of Vienna and North Tyrol were initially united in 2007, South Tyrol joined in 2011, from which the new province Austria-South Tyrol emerged. The church and monastery were listed as a historical monument in 1984 and completely renovated.
Building description
The Capuchin church and monastery are not far south of the cathedral square in Brixen; The Poor Clare Church of St. Elisabeth is directly adjacent . It is a simple and externally unadorned sacred building with a small facade tower in the style of the mendicant churches . Inside the nave is covered by a barrel vault. The strongly drawn-in choir is just closing. On the left side of the nave there is a round-arched side chapel in which the organ is housed. The interior has no wall paintings or stucco.
Furnishing
The dimensions of the high altar are precisely adapted to the end of the choir room. It has a column structure and two sacrificial passage doors . Franz Sebald Unterberger created the three altarpieces in the 18th century. They represent the wedding of St. Catherine , St. Ursula and St. Christophorus . On the triumphal arch there are two side altars from the mid-19th century. The picture on the right shows St. Anthony of Padua and by Alois Martin Stadler (1840), the one on the left represents St. Felix von Cantalice and was painted by Josef Arnold in 1847 . The crucifix above the choir arch dates from the 18th century. In a small side chapel to the left of the choir there is a remarkable Pietà .
Monastery library
The monastery library, the foundation of which was laid in 1605 by the books of court preacher Antoni Kleßl and expanded in 1623 with the estate of Auxiliary Bishop Simon Feuerstein and Canon Puecher, has a holdings of over 41,500 volumes, including around 120 incunabula . It also contains the books of the abandoned monasteries Eppan , Klausen and Schlanders .
literature
- Walter Rampl: A house full of glory looks. All churches in Tyrol. South Tyrol Vol. 1 . Self-published, Axams 2012, ISBN 978-3-9502677-3-0 , pp. 22-23.
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Website of the Capuchins in Brixen
Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′ 46.5 " N , 11 ° 39 ′ 33.7" E