Assumption of Mary (Lana)

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Parish Church of the Assumption
View from the east

The old parish church of the Assumption of Mary in the market town of Lana in South Tyrol is one of the most beautiful churches in the country and houses a famous altar by Hans Schnatterpeck . The church is located in the Niederlana district and, together with the tower, cemetery chapel and cemetery, is a listed building.

History and architecture

The parish of Niederlana probably emerged from an own church of the Lords of Pflaumb . A pastor has been attested since 1239 and the parish since 1276. This suggests that there was a small church in Niederlana at the latest since the beginning of the 13th century, which was built over on the occasion of the construction of the Gothic building and then demolished. The church was consecrated on July 15, 1492, and it took about nine years to build. The outside of the building appears unadorned, while the interior impresses with the elegance of the structural details.

Tower and bells

The mighty 79 meter high tower stands on a square floor plan; it rises free-standing on the south side of the choir. The walls are divided by pointed arch windows. The spire is octagonal. The largest of the six bells, cast by the Löffler brothers in 1526, is popularly known as the "Lananer Mooskuh". With the next three bells from 1558, 1586 and 1552, it forms the largest historical bell ensemble in South Tyrol. Two more bells were purchased in 1932; the smaller one serves as a death bell.

Schnatterpeck Altar

The winged altar by Hans Schnatterpeck

The Schnatterpeck altar comes from the workshop of Hans Schnatterpeck and was built between 1503 and 1511. The magnificent winged altar is considered to be one of the most beautiful works of the South Tyrolean late Gothic . This altar, carved from chestnut wood, with a height of 14.10 meters and a width of 7.00 meters is the largest altar in the Alpine region and one of the five largest in the German-speaking region. Schnatterpeck took hold of the altar and covered it with gold leaf . The altar consecration took place in 1511.

Are the wings z. B. closed during Lent , scenes from the Passion (Mount of Olives prayer, condemnation, flagellation and carrying the cross) are shown. These were painted by Hans Schäufelein around 1508 .

When open, the wings show reliefs with scenes from the ( Annunciation , Birth , Circumcision and Adoration by the Magi ). The shrine of the altar is divided into two floors. In the center of the lower floor there is a representation of the mercy seat : God the Father holds the dead body of Christ on his lap, it is flanked by two life-size figures of the apostles Peter and Paul . The upper floor shows the coronation of Mary in the center , accompanied by the hll. Anna (left) and Catherine of Alexandria (right). In the frames of the shrine stand the smaller figures of the five wise and five foolish virgins as well as angels making music.

There are a total of 35 figures in the altar, the largest of which are 1.80 m tall.

gallery

  • Shrine and wings

  • Burst

  • Mercy seat

  • St. Anna

  • St. Catherine

  • Organ with Gothic gallery

  • Baptismal font

literature

  • Mathias Frei: Schnatterpeck altar in Niederlana . SB-Verlag, Bozen 1984
  • Christoph Gufler: The parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in Niederlana. 2nd edition, Athesia, Bozen 1997

Web links

Commons : Assumption of Mary (Lana)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  2. ↑ Gufler p. 19
  3. ^ Mathias Frei: Schnatterpeck Altar in Niederlana . SB-Verlag, Bozen 1984, p. 2.
  4. ↑ Oberland bell : Niederlana / Lana di Sotto (South Tyrol / BZ - I) ringing of the parish church of the Assumption. July 22, 2018, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Schnatterpeck high altar on burggrafenamt.com
  6. ^ The parish church Maria Himmelfahrt on sudtirol.com

Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 46.2 ″  E