New Parish Church of St. Genesius (Wengen)
The parish church of St. Genesius is a Roman Catholic sacred building in the municipality of Wengen ( La Val in Ladin ) in South Tyrol . It stands in the middle of the village and is dedicated to Saint Genesius of Rome . It was built from 1868 to 1874 according to plans by the architect Josef von Stadl . It replaced the old parish church of St. Genesius , the ruins of which are a little higher above the village.
Building description
The church, built in historicizing forms, is a nave building with a transept . The church tower is built on the side in the north. The portal is like many other details neuromanisch designed to Langhaus- and transept walls arched windows are used. The nave is divided by three bays , the transept by two each. The ceilings of the nave and choir have stitch cap vaults . The wall paintings on the nave ceiling , in the crossing , in the transept arms and in the choir, composed by the Nazarene , were made by Max Gehri from Innsbruck in the 1890s. A special feature of the church furnishings are the baroque wooden sculptures by Dominikus Moling ; These include St. John Nepomuk floating on clouds, a floating angel at the pulpit and a Madonna standing on clouds .
literature
- Stefania A. Pitscheider: The sacred art in La Val / Wengen. Pluristamp, Bozen 2003
- Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol. Volume I: Eisacktal, Pustertal, Ladinien. Vienna 1923, pp. 522-524
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′ 27.5 ″ N , 11 ° 55 ′ 27.6 ″ E