Bludesch parish church
The parish church of Bludesch is in the municipality of Bludesch im Walgau in Vorarlberg . The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Jakobus the Elder is part of the Walgau-Walsertal deanery in the Feldkirch diocese . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection .
history
It was mentioned in a document in 842 in villa Pludassis ecclesia . The church was initially a branch of Nüziders and until around 1570 had a common pastor for Bludesch and Thuringia . With the support of Bailiff Johann Rudolf von der Halden, the Gothic church was demolished in 1650 and a new building with a crypt was built by the architect and builder Michael Beer in 1650/1651 , which was consecrated in 1651. 1961 was an exterior restoration, 1968/1969 an interior restoration.
architecture
The baroque church building has a nave and a retracted choir with a straight end under a common gable roof. The nave has three arched windows on each side, the choir two arched windows on each side. Under the choir is a crypt and the von der Halden family's crypt. On the west facade there is a masonry sign with a groin vault with a rococo cartridge under a pent roof and to the south with a round arched arcade. There is also a war memorial on the west wall of the church. Above the west portal is a coat of arms with the inscription Communitas Bludeschensis MDCH .
The interior of the church shows a three-bay nave with a stitch cap vault on strong wall pillars and flat arched windows and with a retracted round choir arch and a retracted two-bay choir with a straight end with a stitch cap vault with strip stucco fields on wall pillars. In the choir on the left is the staircase to the tower and the portal to the sacristy. The west gallery with a straight parapet stands on two columns and shows paintings of the apostles in fields between pilasters.
Engelbert Luger (1901) painted the fresco Christ as Judge of the World on the choir arch . Jakob Bertle (1901) painted the frescoes distributing communion to the apostles in the front nave and resurrection in the rear nave .
Furnishing
The high altar from 1651 with a structure made of Bings marble has a flat structure with six columns and closes with a straight cranked entablature. This is followed by a flat extension with two columns and lateral volutes. The top, the lateral approaches and the tabernacle were designed with stucco by Johann Anton Berchtold (1773/1775). The organ was built here in 1803/1804 by Joseph Bergöntzle .
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Vorarlberg 1983 . Bludesch, parish church of St. James d. Ä., Pp. 50-51.
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Lüthi: The organ in the parish church of Bludesch. In: Bulletin St. Galler Orgelfreunde (OFSG) 21, No. 3, 2003, pp. 45–56. online (PDF file)
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Coordinates: 47 ° 11 ′ 52.2 " N , 9 ° 44 ′ 28.6" E