Maria Lebing
The Roman Catholic pilgrimage church Maria Lebing in the parish of Hartberg is dedicated to the completion of Mary (Assumption). It is a benefice of the Hartberg parish and is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
In 1409 an early Gothic church was built on a Roman grave field, the liver . Today's main nave is identical to this original church. A memorial plaque in the sacristy from 1721 describes that the Bishop of Seckau , Friedrich II. Von Perneck, consecrated the altar in 1409 in honor of the Holy Trinity and in praise of Mary, the Mother of God . In 1472 the church was extended towards the high altar . In 1682 the plague chapel was built in the south by the citizens of Hartberg. In 1733 the north chapel with the octagonal tower was completed. In 1744 work began on converting the Gothic interior into a splendid, late Baroque church. The Gothic architectural elements ( vault ribs , services and their capitals or consoles ) were knocked off. The Gothic windows were made smaller or bricked up. In addition to the Johannes Magdalenenkirche and the Kreuzkirche, the church of Maria Lebing in Hartberg was to be closed and demolished in 1788 under Emperor Josef II . It is thanks to the emphatic commitment of all spiritual and worldly leaders that the church has been preserved. During renovation work in 1988, bricked up Gothic windows, a Gothic tabernacle (sacrament house) and a Gothic niche for a priest's bench were uncovered. Because of its proximity to today's cemetery , the church is mainly used to celebrate funeral masses .
Pilgrimage
The Maria Lebing church soon became a pilgrimage church and was the region's favorite pilgrimage site until the middle of the 19th century . Plague pictures in the presbytery show people's fears . Mary as the Mother of Grace with the child is shown above the plagues. Votive pictures show that many in personal needs were heard and healed.
The Lebingen miraculous image shows Mary with a scepter in her left hand and the child with an apple in his left hand on her right arm.
Since May 13, 1977, pilgrimages have taken place on the 13th of each month .
Furnishing
presbytery
- High altar: The baroque high altar , based on the model of the altar of the collegiate church in Vorau, probably created by Remigius Horner in 1747 , takes up almost the entire choir. For its installation in 1744, the apse windows were bricked up. The tabernacle , which is surrounded by angels , forms the lower part of the high altar . Above the tabernacle, Christ appears as the Easter lamb . In the middle of the high altar is the 15th century statue of grace, which was reworked in baroque style in 1784. Two angels open the curtain so that the royal mother and child can be seen in front of the divine sun. On the sides of the statue of grace are statues that were created by Philipp Jakob Straub in 1749 . On the left there are statues of John the Baptist and Joseph of Nazareth , on the right statues of St. Anne and St. Joachim . Above it is God the Father depicted, above it the Holy Spirit hovers as a dove.
- Altar: The Gothic altar plate was rediscovered in 1988 during renovation work at the northern side exit. The stone blocks of the substructure are emphasized by stainless steel bars. After completion of the renovation work, Bishop Johann Weber consecrated the new altar table in 1988, after the 138th monthly pilgrimage, which was designed by Manfred Fuchsbichler from Graz .
- Side altars: The southern side altar is dedicated to the weather patron Donatus . At his side are Saint Patrizius and Saint Florian . The north side altar shows the depiction of the stoning of St. Stephen in the altarpiece , which is flanked by statues of St. Francis Xavier and St. Anthony of Padua .
pulpit
The pulpit was created from 1746 to 1747 by the Graz sculptor Mathias Leitner , who also created the pulpit in the Hartberg parish church . There are reliefs of the Three Kings on the three sides of the pulpit . The pulpit parapet is decorated with four angels ( wisdom angel with the 10 commandments , faith angel with the cross , hope angel with hope anchor , love angel with empty hands). On the underside of the acoustic roof is the Holy Spirit Dove as the sun, on the pulpit roof the four evangelists and above that God the Father as the creator of the world are depicted.
organ
The organ was built in 1721 by the Graz organ builder Andreas Schwarz and restored in 1976.
Plague chapel
The construction of the altar and chapel in the years 1680 to 1682 goes back to a vow of the Hartberg citizenship to the Mother of God in Lebing for the protection from the plague that raged in Hartberg in 1679 . The altar, created by Hartberg citizen Franz Seidl, shows in the middle picture by Thomas Lang under the Trinity enthroned on a cloud a view of the city of Hartberg with city wall and defense towers from the year 1713. The plague saints are arranged around the middle picture. Saints Sebastian and Rochus stand on either side of the altar, Saint Rosalia is in a niche below. In the essay there is a picture of the Holy Family with Anna , Maria , Jesuskind , Johannesknaben , Josef and Joachim .
At the eaves on the outside wall of Pestkapelle fifteen are grotesque heads attached to the vices of humanity embody. Three of the grimacing heads on the east side have been covered by the roof since the sacristy was expanded between 1746 and 1747.
Johannes Nepomuk Chapel
As a counterpart to the plague chapel, built in 1682, Remigius Horner built the Johannes Nepomuk chapel on the north side from 1732 to 1733 and led up the tower with a mezzanine floor and an octagonal bell floor with an onion helmet . The altarpiece shows the kneeling Saint John Nepomuk surrounded by angels and the evil tied up at the lower edge of the picture. Two small statues of Simon Peter and Paul stand on either side of the altarpiece.
Frescoes
The large ceiling and wall surfaces created by chipping off the Gothic vault ribs and wall services provided space for generous and uniform decoration with frescoes . In 1770, Pastor Christoph Max Jöchlinger commissioned the painting of the church to the painter Joseph Adam Ritter von Mölk , who completed the work in 1772 on the 300-year existence of the pilgrimage church.
Mölk created a cycle of the Virgin Mary that is spread over the whole church, taking into account the architecture of the church space and filling the intermediate fields with pastel-colored decorative paintings made of rocailles , garlands and framework.
Choir room
The frescoes in the choir are dedicated to the heavenly work of Mary.
On the choir vault , Maria is depicted as intercessor for Hartberg with a view of the city at the bottom. Mary not only refers to the city, but also to the love for God and neighbor of the people living there, as the sign of which the angel carries up a bowl with burning hearts . While God the Father raises his hand in blessing, Christ extends his left hand towards Mary. At the same time, an angel pours a cornucopia with ears of corn and grapes over the city and a second angel, a shield with a Marian monogram in hand, turns against the plagues that appear at the bottom. These plagues are war and Turkish threats ( turban and staff with crescent moon ), but also famine and epidemics (figures lying on the ground, of which the starving person bites himself in the forearm).
In the choir room, Mary is shown as a helper and intercessor in every need (north side: fire and hail , south side: floods and earthquakes ).
Longhouse
In the nave , distinctive stations of Mary's earthly life are shown.
- Maria birth: Her father Joachim holds the newborn Maria in his hands. Your head is illuminated by a beam of light and a wreath of stars. Her mother Anna rests behind it, accompanied by a midwife in childbed , while a putto holds up the monogram of Mary above.
- Passing through the temple of Mary: In the gusset above the plague chapel there is a representation of the passing of Mary in the temple. As a three-year-old child, Mary walks up the stairs to the temple , where the high priest is waiting for her.
- Marriage of Mary: In the large ceiling picture in the nave vault, Mary and Joseph shake hands, the high priest stands between them and blesses the covenant. On the left, two men and three women are watching the action. The foremost of the women holds a basket with the dove that had appeared when Joseph was chosen as bridegroom. The white-haired bearded man and the woman next to him probably represent the parents of Mary. Behind a falling carpet on the right side sits a bearded man who is reading the Bible with his head slightly inclined . Two other figures, a young and an old man in the room behind, complete the wedding scene .
- Annunciation: The Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary is depicted on the south side of the organ gallery.
- The Visitation of Mary , i.e. the encounter between pregnant Mary and pregnant Elisabeth, can be found on the north side of the organ gallery. Behind the women are their husbands Josef and Zacharias .
- Dream of Joseph:, In the dream , Joseph was instructed by the angel not to leave Mary (south side under the organ gallery).
- Escape from Egypt: 'On the north side under the organ gallery. The Holy Family resting by a protective rock. The Christ child sits on Mary's lap and plays with Joseph.
- Death of Mary , on the west wall above the organ gallery.
- Assumption of the Mother of God: In the large ceiling picture in the nave vault and above the organ gallery, the Assumption of Mary is depicted in a landscape with rocks , pines and palm trees . The apostles are grouped around the empty sarcophagus in such a way that they form an upward-pointing triangle. At the top, which is also the center of the picture, Mary sits on a cloud and is carried up to Jesus by angels with outspread arms. An angel behind him holds the cross as a sign of victory over death . The fresco is signed on the lower right edge.
Plague chapel
On the east wall of the plague chapel you can see in a rare representation how the angry Christ is soothed by his mother Mary and held back from hurling the lightning bolt of doom completely onto the world that appears as a glass ball.
In the ceiling fresco, at the intercession of the saints, an angel appears as a messenger with just such a bundle of lightning that he now actively hurls at the grim reaper who is angry on earth .
Johannes Nepomuk Chapel
Mölk has also taken up the chapel theme here, the ceiling fresco shows the death of St. John in the Moldau and the miracle of his discovery.
outer facade
On the outside, an oval medallion above the church portal shows Maria as Immaculate .
Bells
From 1765 onwards five bells rang in the octagonal tower , from 1953 two (Immaculate Conception, Saint Joseph), and since 1983 a third bell (John Paul II).
Renovations
- Exterior renovations: 1841, 1867, 1956
- Interior renovations: 1962–1964, last renovation 1987–1988
Say
“In 1532, Turks stormed into the then Gothic church and wanted to plunder it. They also reached for the statue of grace. Then the look and gesture of the Madonna became so angry that the wild journeymen chased out of the church in horror and fear. "
“In 1704 Kuruzzen broke into the church, smashed the doors and wanted to drag the statue of grace from the altar. At that moment the Madonna bowed to the wicked. They were speechless and left the church with wild shouts. The pilgrimage church was spared, but the benefit house was burned down. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 850 years of the living parish Hartberg. (PDF; 20.0 MB) Retrieved September 17, 2012 .
- ^ Benefician Lebing , Styrian Catholic Church> Parishes> Dean's Office Hartberg
- ↑ a b Maria Lebing pilgrimage church. Retrieved September 17, 2012 .
- ^ Church leader Maria Lebing
- ↑ Computer-aided organ documentation in Austria. Retrieved September 17, 2012 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 11.4 ″ N , 15 ° 58 ′ 1.2 ″ E