Bürmoos parish church
The Bürmoos parish church is located in the municipality of Bürmoos in the north of the state of Salzburg . The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Josef belongs to the deanery St. Georgen in the Archdiocese of Salzburg .
history
Due to the influx of people due to the glass industry in Bürmoos, an emergency church was built in the former glass factory as early as 1931 . After the end of the Second World War, masses were held in a wooden barrack for a few years and later in another building.
In response to the growing desire among the population for their own church, the pastor at the time, Father Felix Osendorfer, who was a member of the Benedictine Abbey of Michaelbeuern , vehemently advocated the establishment of a parish in Bürmoos and the construction of its own parish church. One of these was finally built from 1955 to 1956 according to plans by the architect Franz Windhager (laying of the foundation stone on April 3, 1955, tower cross on October 23, 1955).
A local scandal broke out around the time the church was being built. Father Felix, who was widely popular among the population, was not appointed pastor by the Archdiocese of Salzburg, contrary to the wishes and expectations, and was transferred to a parish in Lower Austria. The decision was justified with the fact that a member of a Benedictine monastery could not legally function as a pastor of a universal church . However, the opinion is spread that the real reason was the particularly cosmopolitan and liberal nature of the Father, whereas conservative circles have complained to the Archbishop for a long time. The local population expressed their displeasure with the decision of the archdiocese, among other things by boycotting the inauguration service, at which only sixteen people were ultimately present. Indeed, a representative of the archdiocese asked for forgiveness for the suffering inflicted on the population at the celebration of "60 years of the Bürmoos parish church" on September 25, 2016.
The church was consecrated on August 12, 1956. As the patron saint, St. Joseph of Nazareth was chosen because of his trade as a carpenter or building craftsman. He should thus stand for the workforce of the newly created Bürmoos.
Bürmoos was raised to a parish on November 8, 1959. In 1967 the boundaries of the parish also became the boundaries of the political municipality of Bürmoos, which was only founded that year.
Construction and equipment
The parish church is a modern hall with a vault and a retracted choir . The rectory is structurally directly connected to the church. Both buildings were renovated between 1977 and 1979. Until then, there was a high altar made of Adnet marble in the church , which was dismantled and replaced by the current popular altar.
The altarpiece, a mosaic depicting St. Joseph and the young Jesus is by the artist Nikolaus von Meyendorff, who emigrated from Russia . Above the organ gallery there is a glass mosaic window by an unnamed artist depicting the crucified Savior.
Since 2015 there has been a pipe organ with ten registers in the church , which was built in 1981 by Fritz Mertel from Salzburg for the Frauenwörth / Frauenchiemsee Abbey and transferred to Bürmoos by the Piringer organ building company.
literature
- Wolfgang Bauer, Reinhard Kaiser: 50 years of the Bürmoos community. The glassblowing village in the moor. Published by the municipality of Bürmoos, 2017, DNB 1154619028 , Chapter: Religious institutions in Bürmoos.
- Otmar Lowitzer: Church Buildings in Austria 1945–1970. Dissertation. University of Vienna, 2007, p. 74 (online) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Bauer, Reinhard Kaiser: 50 years of the Bürmoos community. The glassblowing village in the moor. 2017, p. 330 ff.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '54.3 " N , 12 ° 55' 24.3" E