Church of the Congregatio Jesu (Brixen)
.jpg)
The Roman Catholic Church of the Congregatio Jesu in Brixen is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Joseph . The classicistic building is located at Altenmarktgasse 17 and was taken over in 2011 from the ownership of the Order of the English Misses by the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol .
history
In June 1739, at the invitation of the Brixen Prince-Bishop Kaspar Ignaz von Künigl, the first sisters of the order of the Congregatio Jesu, known colloquially as English Misses , settled in the city. The Order of Women was founded by Mary Ward in 1609 for the education and training of girls. The first superior in Brixen was Anna Maria Josepha Countess of Sarnthein, who had come from Augsburg with three sisters . They initially lived in the house of the superior's brother, Auxiliary Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Gabriel von Sarnthein (1697–1762), who also actively supported the sisters in other ways. The first lesson in Bressanone, which consisted of the subjects Christian doctrine , French, sewing, knitting, writing and drawing, started in November . The first five girls, who were taught free of charge, were soon followed by other home school students , who were called matresses and had to pay school fees. The first institute building was built from 1743 to 1745, in which the sisters lived from then on.
Only the financial support of sponsors, including Empress Maria Theresa , made it possible to start building a church in 1765, which was consecrated on September 10, 1768. The building was built by Franz de Paula Penz under the supervision of Georg Tangl. On April 26, 1839, a major fire in Altenmarkt destroyed the church and the institute building. The sisters and their pupils were temporarily admitted to the Neustift monastery until they could return to Brixen in 1842. The new church was finally built in 1845–1847, now in the classical style.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the order was no longer able to run its own school, which is why the state of South Tyrol took over the buildings from the order for 7 million euros. Five sisters of the Congregatio Jesu remained in Brixen. The monastery building and church are under monument protection .
Building description
The simple, classical facade is structured by four pilasters and crowned by a triangular gable. There is an arched window above the rectangular portal.
Inside there are stucco work by Franz Singer. The high altar represents the death of St. Josef and was probably painted around 1770 by Josef Anton Zoller for the parish church in Schmirn . Left and right of it are the figures of St. Joachim and Anna . Figures in gold mount also flank the pictures on the two side altars. On the left side altar the painting St. Philomena by Gebhard Flatz from 1870 can be seen, on the right side altar the painting with the communion of St. Antonius by Jakob Fink from 1846. In the choir there is a ceiling painting with the representation of Jesus in the temple by Josef Mühlmann (1854). The other pictures and the neo-baroque decorative painting are by Johann Matthias Peskoller (1904).
Others
A Holy Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite is celebrated in the church on every Sunday and public holiday at 9.30 am by the Society of St. Peter .
literature
- Walter Rampl: A house full of glory looks . All churches in Tyrol. Südtirol Vol. 1. Self-published, Axams 2012, ISBN 978-3-9502677-3-0 , pp. 18-19
Web links
- Historical outline
- Entry on the monastery of the English Misses and the St. Joseph's Church in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 4.9 ″ N , 11 ° 39 ′ 23 ″ E