Maria Loreto (Starý Hrozňatov)
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Maria Loreto in Starý Hrozňatov (German Altkinsberg ) in the Okres Cheb of Karlovarský kraj in the western Czech Republic , near the town of Cheb , is a Catholic pilgrimage site and place of grace. Since 1664, when the foundation stone was laid for the Maria Loreto sanctuary and the twenty-seven stations of the Cross , Altkinsberg has been a much-visited place of pilgrimage for the Egerländer and also the population of the neighboring Stiftland and Sechsämterland in Bavaria .
history
Margrave Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg-Kulmbach married the bourgeois Regine Magdalene Lutz in 1699 in a morganatic marriage . The marriage was concluded against the will of the margravial relatives in Maria Loreto on April 27, 1699 outside the sphere of influence of the margravate.
In 1949, after the Communist Party came to power in Czechoslovakia and the beginning of the Cold War, the decline and partial destruction of Maria Loreto began. When the borders were opened in 1989 after the collapse of the communist regime, the first Catholics again made pilgrimages to the ruins of the pilgrimage site.
In 1992, a support association was founded in the neighboring Bavarian border town of Waldsassen under the leadership of the former Kinsberg resident and factory owner Anton Hart . In the following years he worked with the Czech authorities to rebuild the dilapidated buildings and renovate the remaining parts of the pilgrimage site. The associated cemetery was also redesigned. The station houses on the Way of the Cross leading to the pilgrimage site were also renovated. The motifs behind iron bars are shown on a photo wallpaper. The partly steep path between the stations of the cross is a grassy field that can only be walked on when it is dry and without the risk of slipping. The photo wallpapers in the station houses begin to roll up and peel off.
The place of pilgrimage is the destination of the modern pilgrimage route Via Porta . The German-Czech border can be crossed as a pedestrian at Neualbenreuth .
The pictures show Maria Loreto after the opening of the border around 1990 and during the renovation work after 1992:
reconstruction
The reconstruction of the Maria Loreto pilgrimage complex in Altkinsberg took place in two phases. The decline, decay and desecration by the communist-atheist regime, caused by soldiers or other vandals, took its course from 1946 to 1990. Maria Loreto was in the restricted area of the borderland belt. The first phase with clean-up work and reconstruction was in the years 1992–1996. The second phase of the reconstruction falls in the years 1996–2002.
On February 11, 1992 the association for the preservation and promotion of the pilgrimage site Maria Loreto in Altkinsberg, Egerland eV was founded by the initiative of Ing.Anton Hart in Waldsassen. The clean-up work began on July 13, 1992 by the companies HART Keramik and Koči In 1992 the construction, renovation and interior fittings of the Mother of God Chapel and the cloisters as well as the roof tile covering were restored. In 1993 the first German-Czech church service in the ruins with Bishop Radkovský took place. In 1994 the inauguration of the Mother of God Chapel, lifting festival for the bell tower and bell casting took place; Inauguration by Bishop Radkovský In the years 1994–1995, the sheet metal roofing of the corner chapels was carried out. In 1996 the Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit was consecrated by Bishop Radkovský. In 1997, the 29th station (Holy Sepulcher) was rebuilt and in the following year the 28th station (Jesus is removed from the cross) of the Great Way of the Cross. In 1999, the 27th station of the Great Way of the Cross (Kreuzkapelle - altar: Jesus dies on the cross), the 23rd station (women of Jerusalem weep over Jesus), 24th station (Jesus falls for the third time under the cross), 25th station was rebuilt. Station (Jesus is stripped of his clothes), 26th station (Jesus is nailed to the cross) and the altar of the northwest corner chapel (Annunciation) In 2000 the altar of the northeast corner chapel (flight to Egypt), the altar of the southeast corner chapel ( Assumption of Mary) and the laying out of the cemetery In 2001 the laying out of the meditation park began. In 2002 the altar of the southwest corner chapel (Nativity of Christ) was erected; Creation of the images of Mary (so-called "standstills") for the cloister
literature
- Elfriede Bidmon : Maria Loreto. 1997.
- Elfriede Bidmon: A pilgrimage through 330 years of Maria Loreto. Ed .: Association for the preservation and promotion of the pilgrimage church Maria Loreto in Altkinsberg, Egerland eV 6th edition. Wittmann Druck und Werbung, Waldsassen 2002, ISBN 3-00-004492-2 .
- Elfriede Bidmon (Ed.): A small pilgrimage through 350 years of Maria Loreto, 7th edition. Sanctuary in Egerland - Altkinsberg / Hroznatov, Nürnberg / Waldsassen 2013, ISBN 978-3-934679-53-5 .
- Petr Beran: The Song of Maria Loreto. Published by the Maria Loreto associations in Waldsassen and Eger, 2006.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt Müller: Georg Albrecht the Younger of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1666-1703) . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Historical association for Upper Franconia . Bayreuth 1998. pp. 113-124.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Elfriede Bidmon: A pilgrimage through 330 years of Maria Loreto . Ed .: Association for the preservation and promotion of the pilgrimage church Maria Loreto in Altkinsberg, Egerland eV 6th edition. Wittmann Druck & Werbung, Waldsassen 2002, ISBN 3-00-004492-2 , p. 147-150 .
- ↑ Elfriede Bidmon: A small pilgrimage through 330 years Maria Loreto . Ed .: Association for the preservation and promotion of the pilgrimage church Maria Loreto in Altkinsberg, Egerland eV 6th edition. Wittman Druck & Werbung, Waldsassen 2002, ISBN 3-00-004492-2 , p. 102 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 34.6 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 56.4 ″ E