Capuchin monastery Imst

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Capuchin Church and Capuchin Monastery in Imst

The Imst Capuchin Monastery was a monastery in the town of Imst in Tyrol and belonged to the Capuchin Province of Austria-South Tyrol . The monastery church of St. Josef and the Capuchin Monastery are under monument protection .

history

Capuchins have been to Imst regularly for fasting sermons and confessions since 1665. In 1673 the mountain and regional court and the municipality of Imst tried to establish a Capuchin monastery, which was approved by Emperor Leopold I in the same year . In June 1674 the first priests moved into a house near the Johanneskirche . After long negotiations, the foundation stone for the church and monastery was laid on October 8, 1679, thanks to a donation from Peter Tasch, the mayor of Hall who was born in Imst . In 1681 the church was given a name and on May 3, 1682, the church and monastery were consecrated by the auxiliary bishop of Brixen, Wilhelm von Vintler.

In the 17th and 18th centuries the Capuchins were very active in pastoral care, under Joseph II the number of fathers was even increased to 18. In 1822 the church and monastery were destroyed in the town fire and then rebuilt. In 1825 the church was rededicated. In 1963/64 the church and monastery were redesigned by Hans and Ingo Feßler .

In September 2016 the monastery was closed. Further use has not yet been finally clarified (as of 2019). Pastoral care in the monastery church is continued by the Diocese of Innsbruck .

Monastery church

The monastery church from the east

architecture

The simple church building with a curved gable roof has a roof turret on the lower choir . The choir closes with a barrel vault and a straight end to the nave  under a barrel vault . The barrel-vaulted Marienkapelle is built on the north side of the nave. The wooden west gallery was added in the 19th century.

Furnishing

The superstructure of the high altar from the 19th century presumably comes from the lay brother Günther Krahbichler, who also created the wood paneling of the nave. The tabernacle is lavishly designed with four niches with large angel reliefs. Josef Kranewitter painted the altarpiece, Rest on the Run, in 1794. The left side altar shows the baroque altarpiece Maria with Saint Anthony from the beginning of the 18th century.

The life-size crucifix on the right side wall was created by Peter Paul Holzknecht from Ötz in 1823 and completed by Franz Seraphikus Nißl . In the Marienkapelle there is a statue of the Immaculate by Johann Baptist Pendl .

Six large canvas paintings from the Capuchin Monastery of Innsbruck from the first quarter of the 18th century with the themes of Christ on the Mount of Olives , the flagellation of Christ , the crowning of thorns , the carrying of the cross , the crucifixion of Christ and the burial of Christ , painted by Josef Anton Funk, are distributed throughout the church .

monastery

The monastery building, which was built around 1680 and rebuilt after the fire of 1822, was given a novitiate building around 1928 and rebuilt in 1963/1964. It is a simple, two-storey building with a clear structure that is built around an inner courtyard.

Hermitage

Interior of the Hermitage

The Hermitage , built in 1763, is located in the southwest corner of the monastery garden . The square baroque chapel building has a flat, clapboard pyramid roof with a lantern and round arches, blind niches on the side walls. Inside there are freestanding, brick arcades, which are decorated with colorful stones, snails and shells and frame the altar like a backdrop. The antependium of the altar is decorated with tree bark. The Hermitage is a listed building .

literature

Web links

Commons : Capuchin Church and Monastery, Imst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Capuchins leave Imst forever , tirol.orf.at from August 28, 2016, accessed on August 28, 2016
  2. ↑ Imst Capuchin Monastery becomes a matter for the boss , Tiroler Tageszeitung from January 8, 2019

Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 44 ′ 20.9 ″  E