Scenery saint grave

The backdrop holy grave was part of a sacred staging that was celebrated in the Catholic Church to celebrate the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ . For this was the sanctuary with a monumental holy grave decorated -Kulisse.

The stage saint graves owe their creation to the Jesuit theater . Baroque backdrop saints graves were intended to appeal to believers emotionally by empathizing with the death and suffering of Christ and witnessing Jesus' triumphant resurrection.

During the secularization in Bavaria around 1802/03 the backdrop saints graves were banned under Maximilian von Montgelas , minister from 1799 to 1817, because they saw the Passion of Christ degraded for mere entertainment.

After Montgelas was released, the backdrop graves flourished again. After the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) they finally disappeared from religious customs.

Examples received

• Neuzelle Abbey , Brandenburg
• Holy grave in Altshausen , Upper Swabia
• St. Ignatius (Landshut)

literature

• Andrea Feuchtmayr: Scenic Holy Graves in the Baroque. History and typology. tuduv-Verlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-88073-309-1 . (not evaluated)

Web links

• Julia Ricker: The backdrop of the holy grave of Rottach-Egern in monuments. Magazine for Monument Culture in Germany , April 2010.
• Monika Lennartz: Theatrum Sacrum - Mount of Olives play and backdrop saint grave. Baroque church traditions of Holy Week in southern Germany and the Alpine region . In: Der Bayerische Krippenfreund 371, March 2015.