Madonna of Pötsch (Kindsbach)

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The Kindsbach copy of the Weeping Madonna by Pötsch
The original picture of grace of the "Madonna von Pötsch" in Vienna
The pilgrimage chapel in Kindsbach, demolished in 1916, with the miraculous image. Wood engraving around 1865
Kindsbacher miraculous image with Art Nouveau version based on a design by Rudolf von Perignon , 1912

Madonna von Pötsch in Kindsbach is an image of Mary from the Baroque period, venerated in the Palatinate village of Kindsbach , a copy of the miraculous image of the "Weeping Madonna von Pötsch" in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

history

The original image

The miraculous image of the "Weeping Madonna von Pötsch" has been located in St. Stephen's Cathedral since December 1, 1697 - initially on the high altar, from 1945 on its own altar under the so-called Öchsel baldachin. It is a very simple, icon-like tempera painting on wood, which originally hardly noticed, hung for 20 years in the Greek-Catholic parish church of the Hungarian Pötsch (today Máriapócs ) until November 4, 1696, according to several witnesses, from the Eyes of the portrait of Mary repeated tears flowed. There was a large number of visitors to this picture and the responsible military commander Count Johann Andreas Corbelli , Austrian field marshal lieutenant, as well as various church dignitaries investigated the incidents. The flow of tears was declared to be supernatural by an episcopal commission of inquiry and the picture came to Vienna at the request of Emperor Leopold I , through the mediation of Count von Corbelli . The driving forces behind the transfer of the miraculous image to the capital were Empress Eleonore Magdalena , the pious daughter of the Palatinate Elector Philipp Wilhelm and the Capuchin Marco d'Aviano, who was later beatified . The Empress decorated the icon transferred to the main altar of St. Stephen's Cathedral with a diamond rose and named it "Rosa mystica". Since then, the miraculous image has been one of the very special shrines of the Vienna Cathedral and is highly venerated to the present day.

The village of Pötsch in Hungary received a true-to-original copy of the painting in 1707, which was venerated there again and again wept tears in 1715 or 1905, whereas this never happened again with the original in Vienna. Both later cases in Pötsch were again examined in detail and also declared supernatural by an episcopal commission. Pope Pius XII reaffirmed this judgment in an apostolic letter of March 25, 1948, when he raised the pilgrimage church in Pötsch, now called "Máriapócs", to a minor basilica .

The Kindsbach copy

Around 1680, the three baronial brothers from Sickingen had a chapel built in honor of "Our Lady" on Kaiserstraße near Kindsbach. You were in Austrian service. In 1704 an Austrian officer named "DPH Biot", probably belonging to the Sickinger community and staying there because of the War of the Spanish Succession , gave this chapel a copy of the Viennese miraculous image of the "Weeping Madonna von Pötsch" made around 1700 to this chapel. In contrast to the original, it is not painted on wood but on canvas and bears a Latin donation note, which translates as:

“ True picture of the holy Mother of God picture by Pötsch in Hungary, which started on November 3rd, 1696 to shed tears in both eyes. The witness was the KK Regiment Erbeville, among which, as first lieutenant, DPH gave biot and testimony. "

- Clemens Jöckle: Pilgrimage sites in the Diocese of Speyer, 1983, page 43

The picture inscription is also reproduced in the memorial book of the Kindsbach parish church and it is noted that Lieutenant Biot, from the Erbeville regiment, was the donor of the picture and was present at the miracle events in Pötsch himself. The Erbeville regiment were Austrian dragoons .

As with the highly venerated portrait in Vienna, the Kindsbach copy was accompanied by a pilgrimage, albeit a more modest one. Pope Pius VII granted the pilgrims there a complete indulgence under certain conditions , which additionally promoted the pilgrimage. The Gnadenkapelle was expanded in 1803 due to the increased number of visitors, but was demolished in 1916 and the picture was transferred to the parish church "Mariä Heimsuchung" in Kindsbach, which was built in 1911/12. It is located there today - in a precious Art Nouveau frame by the sacred architect Rudolf von Perignon - in the high altar and is still the destination of pilgrims. The Madonna von Pötsch in Kindsbach is one of the official pilgrimage sites in the diocese of Speyer ; Pilgrimage days are especially the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (May 31st), the Birth of Mary (September 8th) and the feast of St. Joseph (March 19th).

literature

Web links

Commons : Madonna von Pötsch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the history of the miraculous image “Maria von Pötsch” in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
  2. ↑ On the pilgrimage site of Máriapócs in Hungary ( Memento from January 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Official website of the Diocese of Speyer on the pilgrimage in Kindsbach ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )