Parish Church Angath
The Roman Catholic parish church Angath is located in the municipality of Angath in the Kufstein district in Tyrol . It is consecrated to the Holy Spirit and belongs to the Deanery Kufstein in the Archdiocese of Salzburg . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
Location description
The parish church is on the southern edge of the village, near the banks of the Inn. It is surrounded by a cemetery.
history
The church is first mentioned in a document in 1220. The parish has probably existed since the 8th or 9th century. Since 1315 the church has been incorporated into the Frauenchiemsee monastery . The current building was built in 1746 and 1747 - it is attributed to the master builder Jakob Singer . After a fire, the church was renovated in 1876. A renovation took place between 1964 and 1966.
Church building
- Church exterior
The church is a baroque hall building. A retracted, round closed choir adjoins the nave. The facade has pilaster strips . The arched windows have chamfers . Above ribbon cornices are rectangular attic windows. The church tower adjoins the north side of the choir. The church tower, which is essentially medieval, is divided into three floors and has round-arched sound windows . Above it is a gable-pointed helmet. There is a central niche on the west facade and arched windows to the side. In the niche is a figure of the “ Good Shepherd ” from the 19th century. The west portal is arched and has a volute wedge. It was created in 1747 and renewed in 1878. The other side portals are built similarly.
- Church interior
The nave has four bays. This is followed by a one-yoke choir. The stitch cap - barrel vault rests on pillars with pilasters and cranked entablature pieces. The capitals are stuccoed and there are apostles' crosses on the wall . The west gallery is two-story and rests on Tuscan red marble columns.
Furnishing
The vault paintings from 1964 are by Wolfram Köberl . They depict the “work of the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Covenants ”, the “Holy Trinity and Eucharist ”, Saint Martin and the Holy Family . Wolfram Köberl painted the altarpieces in 1966. The high altarpiece shows Pentecost , that of the left side altar St. Mary and the right St. Joseph . The high altar is a baroque altar structure. The figures are probably made by Josef Anton Pfaffinger in 1747. According to the document, the pulpit was built in 1751 by Michael Fischer . The carving group " Crucifix and Our Lady of Sorrows" dates from the third quarter of the 18th century. "Christ at the Pillar of Torture" originated in the 18th century. The font dates from the middle of the 18th century. Around the church there are heraldic gravestones from the years 1506, 1637 and 1747. The holy grave dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The grave guard is mechanical.
organ
The organ from 1898 comes from Franz Weber and was changed at a later time.
literature
- Angath. Parish Church of the Holy Spirit In: Dehio manual . The art monuments of Austria: Tyrol. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-7031-0488-0 , p. 156.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tyrol - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '24.1 " N , 12 ° 3' 53.9" E