Mittewald (Franzensfeste)

The parish church of St. Martin in Mittewald

Mittewald ( Italian Mezzaselva ) is a fraction of the municipality of Franzensfeste in South Tyrol ( Italy ).

The village with around 200 inhabitants is located on the Eisack in the Wipptal , about 3 km northwest of the main town of Franzensfeste, and has two restaurants (Hotel Zur Brücke and Gasthof Thaler), a primary school and an abandoned Brennerbahn stop . The parish church is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours .

history

Mittewald is first documented in a legal act of the Bozen notary Jakob Haas from 1237 as "Mitenwalde" . 1288 Tyrolean princely Urbar by Count Meinhard II. Property to "datz Mittenwalde" testified. In the same year, with "Bertoldus filius Breuis de Mitenwalde" (Bertold, son of Kurz von Mittewald), a Mittewald inhabitant appears for the first time as a witness to a Bolzano deed.

The Mittewalder Church of St. Martin was first mentioned in a letter of indulgence from 1345. It was expanded in 1473 and re-inaugurated on November 26th. Mittewald did not yet have a pastor of his own, the pastor of Stilfes took over pastoral care. On May 20, 1670, Mittewald became a curate after Kaspar von Pretz had contributed mainly through foundations. That is why the von Pretz family received the right of patronage . Since then Mittewald has had its own pastor.

From 1830 to 1833 the church was renovated according to plans by curate Jakob Prantl from Pfitsch , an autodidact, and brought into its current form. The interior furnishings such as confessional and choir stalls and benches also date from this period. The altarpieces and the ceiling painting are by the artist Josef Renzler. On September 1, 1833, the then Prince-Bishop of Brixen , Bernhard Galura , consecrated the church to St. Martin. In 1985, which was pointed spire of Gothic church tower, which dates from around 1312, with larch shingles newly set.

Mittewald was originally a separate municipality, but in 1940 the village was incorporated into the newly founded municipality of Franzensfeste as a fraction.

The wood pulp and cardboard factory J. Pretz existed in Mittewald in the 20th century .

Individual evidence

^ Hans von Voltelini : The South Tyrolean notarial imbreviatures of the 13th century (Acta Tirolensia 2). Innsbruck: Wagner 1899, No. 864.
^ Oswald Zingerle (Ed.): Meinhards II. Urbare der Grafschaft Tirol. (Fontes Rerum Austriacarum, Diplomataria et acta 55 / I). Vienna 1890, Office X, No. 3.
^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 109, no.73 .
↑ Peter Kaser: Pillars made of cardboard: a project for the dry house of the wood pulp and cardboard factory J. Pretz in Mittewald. Bolzano: AR / GE art 1992.

literature

Engelbert Auckenthaler: History of the farms and families of Mittewald and Mauls (upper Eisack Valley, South Tyrol); with special consideration of the 16th century (Schlern-Schriften 122). Innsbruck: Wagner 1955.
Hans Kramer: Contributions to a chronicle of Mittewald am Eisack (especially before 1914) . In: Der Schlern 38, 1964, pp. 235–243.

46.807 11.5738Coordinates: 46 ° 48 ' N , 11 ° 34' E

[1] Hans von Voltelini : The South Tyrolean notarial imbreviatures of the 13th century (Acta Tirolensia 2). Innsbruck: Wagner 1899, No. 864.

[2] Oswald Zingerle (Ed.): Meinhards II. Urbare der Grafschaft Tirol. (Fontes Rerum Austriacarum, Diplomataria et acta 55 / I). Vienna 1890, Office X, No. 3.

[3] Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 109, no.73 .

[4] Peter Kaser: Pillars made of cardboard: a project for the dry house of the wood pulp and cardboard factory J. Pretz in Mittewald. Bolzano: AR / GE art 1992.