Maria Weissenstein
Maria Weißenstein ( Italian Pietralba ) is a place of pilgrimage in South Tyrol . It is located southeast of Bozen at an altitude of 1520 m on the Regglberg near Petersberg , a fraction of Nova Ponente . In Maria Weißenstein there is a Servite monastery with the attached pilgrimage church of Our Lady .
history
The discovery of the moor larch in Weißenstein dates back to the Quaternary era.
The beginnings of Maria Weißenstein go back to 1553, when, according to tradition, Maria appeared to the mountain farmer Leonhard Weißensteiner. As a thank you, he built a chapel where you could pray for help. This chapel of origin quickly became a place of pilgrimage for numerous pilgrims.
In 1673 a first baroque church was built by Giovanni Battista Delai , which was rebuilt from 1719 to 1722 by the Innsbruck architect Johann Martin Gumpp and his colleague Augustin Maria Abfalterer . The ceiling paintings were made by Joseph Adam Mölckh in 1753 .
Due to the decrees of Emperor Joseph II , Weißenstein Monastery was abolished, the three towers demolished and all inventory auctioned. Reconstruction began in 1800.
On August 24, 1885, the image of the Sorrowful Mother of God , which Leonhard Weißensteiner had kept in his chapel , was newly crowned by the then Bishop of Trento , Giovanni Giacomo della Bona, in a ceremony with over 130 priests and 15,000 believers . Today the Fathers of the Servite Order live in the monastery and run a hostel. In 1985 the church was awarded the title of Basilica minor by Pope John Paul II , and in July 1988 the Weissenstein Monastery was visited by the Pope.
organ
The organ was built in 1900 by organ builder Franz Reinisch (today Orgelbau Pirchner ) with 14 registers on two manuals and a pedal. The instrument has cone chests . Particularly noteworthy is the mechanical key action and the pneumatic key action . In terms of sound, the instrument is based on the Tyrolean organ building of the 19th century and shows clear similarities to the organ from St. Pauli Conversion in St. Pauls . In 2010 the instrument was restored by the company Orgelbau Kaufmann from Deutschnofen .
| I main work C – f 3 | II substation C – f 3 | Pedal C – c 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bourdon (from Fis) | 16 ′ | 1. | Violin principal | 8th' | 1. | Sub bass | 16 ′ |
| 2. | Principal | 8th' | 2. | Dolce | 8th' | 2. | Violon bass | 16 ′ |
| 3. | Gamba | 8th' | 3. | Lovely covered | 8th' | 3. | Octavbass | 8th' |
| 4th | Flauto amabile | 8th' | 4th | Fugara | 4 ′ | |||
| 5. | Octave | 4 ′ | ||||||
| 6th | Transverse flute | 4 ′ | ||||||
| 7th | Cornett mixture V | 2 2 ⁄ 3 ′ | ||||||
Pairing :
- Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
Playing aids :
- Fixed combinations: p, mf, f, tutti
literature
- Peter Stürz: The pilgrimage songs of Maria Weißenstein - A contribution to the musical folk culture in South Tyrol. In: Walter Deutsch, Manfred Schneider (Ed.): Contributions to folk music in Tyrol. Self-loss of the musicologist Inst. D. Univ. Innsbruck, 1978, pp. 43-60.
- Peter Stürz: Maria Weissenstein as the center of pilgrimage in South Tyrol (= European university publications. 16). Peter Lang, Bern et al. 1981, ISBN 3-261-04682-1 .
- Josef Innerhofer : The Pope in South Tyrol - Documentation and chronicle about the pilgrimage of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen with Pope John Paul II to Weißenstein . Athesia, Bozen 1988, ISBN 88-7014-508-5 .
- Ivo Ingram Beikircher: From “Maria Weißenstein” to “Santa Maria di Pietralba” . In: Der Schlern 77, 2003, pp. 28–30.
Web links
- Homepage of the monastery with pictures
- Pilgrimage church and monastery building in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Leonardikapelle and St. Peregrinus Hermitage in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Coordinates: 46 ° 23 ′ 30.1 ″ N , 11 ° 24 ′ 46.6 ″ E