Church ruins of St. Peter

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Church ruins of St. Peter

The church ruin St. Peter is the ruin of a Roman Catholic church in the village of Burg in the municipality of Kals am Großglockner . The church was consecrated to St. Peter and is one of the 13 listed buildings in Kals am Großglockner .

location

The church ruins of St. Peter are located on a rocky plateau, the so-called "Köfele", high above the town of Burg in the municipality of Kals am Großglockner. It is located at an altitude of 1695 meters, west of the Geierspitz and the Greibichl, the western foothills of the Figerhorn .

history

Nothing is known about the date of construction of St. Peter's Church. Presumably it was built in the 16th century on the foundations of a previous building or a pagan place of worship. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1609, when it was mentioned as a church and in 1614 in a visitation protocol. In the course of the Josephine reforms , the church was closed, but reopened in 1794. Renovation work took place in 1814. After a fire in the 19th century as a result of a lightning strike, the church was left to decay.

The Church of St. Peter was a popular pilgrimage destination until 1825. The cloister to St. Peter's Church on Florianitag is documented as early as 1676 . On February 22nd and August 1st, fairs were held to protect people from weather damage.

On private initiative and expense, the ruins were renovated with the help of the Federal Monuments Office until 2016.

Building

The Church of St. Peter was a small sacred building with an approximately square floor plan and a slightly asymmetrical polygonal choir. With the exception of the south wall, the rising masonry has been preserved up to a height of around 2.5 meters and was built from flat field stones. In the interior of the polygonal choir, traces of reddish paint have been preserved on isolated plaster residues. A tuff fragment with the von Graben family coat of arms from the church from the second half of the 16th century is privately owned. Only a prayer stool used as a bride's sledge remains from the inventory of St. It is located in the local history museum of the municipality of Kals am Großglockner.

literature

  • Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): The art monuments of the political district of Lienz. Part III. Iseltal, Defereggental, Kalsertal, Virgental. Verlag Berger, Horn 2007 ISBN 978-3-85028-448-6 (Austrian Art Topography, Volume LVII), p. 342 f.
  • Siegmund Kurzthaler: History - Art - Culture. Encounters in the Hohe Tauern National Park region. Innsbruck 1997, p. 135.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tyrol - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
  2. ↑ http://tiris.tirol.gv.at
  3. ^ Oldest sacral ruin in Tyrol renovated. In: tirol.orf.at. August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '50.2 "  N , 12 ° 38' 49.7"  E