Kreuzkirchl (Pill)

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Kreuzkirchl

The Kreuzkirchl is on the main road to Schwaz in the municipality of Pill in Tyrol . The Roman Catholic pilgrimage church to the Holy Cross belongs to the deanery Schwaz in the diocese of Innsbruck . The church is a listed building .

history

In the course of the Bavarian hype , fighting broke out between Tyroleans and Bavaria on the Zirler Inn bridge in 1703 . The bridge was set on fire by the Tyroleans, and the bridge cross fell into the river without being banished. At a bottleneck below Pill, it was recovered from the Inn by Tyrolean riflemen under the leadership of the farmer Caspar Norer and placed in a small wooden chapel. The cross was soon venerated as miraculous and attracted numerous pilgrims, so that from 1764 to 1766 a larger church was built according to plans by Franz de Paula Penz from the proceeds of the pilgrimage and donations from benefactors  .

Due to its location directly on the street, the church was badly affected by moisture, road salt and exhaust gases, so in May 1981 it was relocated five meters from the street with great technical effort. For this purpose, the masonry was removed piece by piece at ground level and the church was placed on a reinforced concrete wreath. Then the building was lifted 1.4 m with hydraulic presses and pushed onto the newly bricked foundation on rails. The church was then extensively renovated inside and out.

architecture

Ceiling fresco adoration of the cross in the vestibule

The baroque central building with sloping arms has a dome with a lantern . The central room narrows somewhat trapezoidally , which results in a somewhat drawn-in choir. The north arm of the cross serves as a vestibule, the high altar is in the south arm and the side altars are in the two other arms. The arms have barrel vaults with flat pilasters and rocailles . A roof turret sits above the southern arm of the choir . The church has a curved facade gable and curved windows. The marble portal is from 1764.

The frescoes with motifs of the cross were painted by Christoph Anton Mayr in 1767. They show the brazen serpent in the dome , the finding of the cross , the exaltation of the cross and the resurrection on Judgment Day . Above the high altar there is a rare depiction of the Heart of Jesus , who was asked for redemption by the Church and Mary, above the right side altar the victory of Emperor Constantine  under the sign of the cross, above the left side altar the cross of Christ, which brings hope to those who pray in the vestibule the veneration of the cross by the martyrs. The spandrels of the dome show the personifications of the four continents known at the time. Faith, hope and love are depicted on the north wall with a scene of the consecration of the church.

Furnishing

Miraculous image crucifix from the 17th century

The wooden and stucco marble altars , the pulpit and the rest of the furnishings of the church date from the time it was built. At the high altar is the crucifix, the "Zirler Herrgott", from the 17th century, in front of it the figures of hll. Mary and John and two angels with a handkerchief and a crown of thorns. The statues are carved from wood and  framed with white alabaster . They probably come from the sculptor Gregor Fritz from Hall . The gable group depicts God the Father, the Holy Spirit and angels with instruments of suffering .

The left side altar shows a picture of the painful Mother of God , the right side altar shows a picture of St. Magdalena . On consoles statues colored and combined gold of Sts. Joseph and John the Baptist . The Pietà opposite the pulpit is by Gregor Fritz. The origins of the pilgrimage are shown on a wooden panel from 1744. The grille of the vestibule, the communion grille and the stalls date from 1768.

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Commons : Wallfahrtskirche Heiligkreuz, Pill  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′ 34.9 ″  N , 11 ° 41 ′ 32.4 ″  E