Parish church Hopfgarten im Brixental

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Parish Church of St. Jakob and Leonhard in Hopfgarten im Brixental
inside view

The Roman Catholic parish church of Hopfgarten im Brixental is located in the center of the municipality of Hopfgarten im Brixental in the Kitzbühel district in Tyrol . It is consecrated to Saints James and Leonhard and belongs to the dean's office in Brixen im Thale in the Archdiocese of Salzburg . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ). It is one of the largest baroque buildings in the Tyrolean lowlands. The church is also called "Brixental Cathedral".

history

Side view

The church was first mentioned in documents in 1355 . As at that time, the parish church of Hopfgarten with the branch church Kelchsau belonged to the original parish of Brixen im Thale . Already in 1400 the church had two priests . In 1669 Hopfgarten was elevated to a vicariate and in 1859 to an independent parish .

Church history and furnishings

View of the main altar

It was already known in the 18th century that the Hopfgarten parish church is a unique, large-scale baroque building. The "Dom des Brixental" as it is called today, was started in 1758 according to the plans of the building architect Kassian Singer and continued after his death in 1759 by his site manager, the building architect Andre Hueber, and completed in 1764.

It is a double tower building with magnificent windows. The bright church interior is furnished with ornate vaults. The ceiling frescoes were created by Johann Weiß in 1764 and show the glory of heaven with St. Trinity surrounded by angels and saints, the expulsion from paradise, the crucifixion, the Pentecost miracle and the Last Judgment. The frescoes in the choir above the side galleries show the baptism of Jesus on the left and St. Johannes Nepomuk kneeling at the feet of the Madonna. Balthasar Waltl painted the pictures above the high altar with depictions of saints in the course of the church renovation in 1891/93.

The high altar is partially gilded and has columns made of red-veined stucco marble. On the altar sheet are St. Leonhard and St. James pictured with Mary. The four side altars are less elaborate.

The main nave is 52 meters long. The small transept is about 24 meters long and around 18 meters wide. The towers are 52 meters high and measure about 8 by 8 meters in plan.

organ

Metzler organ

The organ was built in 1998 by the organ builder Metzler (Dietikon / Switzerland). The baroque housing was newly made by the joinery Josef Decker (Itter / Tyrol). The slider chest instrument has 43 registers and an effect register on three manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Quintads 8th'
Principal 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II
Sharp IV
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Viola d'amore 8th'
Unda maris 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Mixture V-VII
Cornet V
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
Wooden flute 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Beat 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Gemshorn 4 ′
Transverse flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Night horn 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Flageolet 1'
Mixture IV-V
Trumpet 8th'
oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Vogelsang
Pedals C – f 1
Back set 32 ′
Pedestal 16 ′
Principal bass 8th'
Octavbass 4 ′
Mixture V
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Bells

Today there are seven bells in the two towers of the parish church, of which the six large ones were cast in a special alloy in 1948 by the Oberascher bell foundry in Salzburg. Bell 7 was cast by the Grassmayr bell foundry in Innsbruck in 1933 and is used as a separate death bell. Except for the small bell, all of them have a clapper and are rung at around 9 o'clock.

No. Casting year Foundry, casting location Diameter
(mm) 		Weight
(kg) 		Nominal
1 1948 Oberascher , Salzburg circa 1750 2,937 b 0 +0
2 circa 1550 2,077 c 1 +0
3 circa 1400 1,473 d 1 +0
4th about 1200 866 f 1 +0
5 circa 1020 618 g 1 +0
6th about 850 370 b 1 +0

literature

  • Reinhard Weidl: Hopfgarten in Brixental. Parish church hll. Jakobus and Leonhard. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2011 ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ↑ Hopfgarten parish church in Brixental. In: arch INFORM ; accessed on October 9, 2012. (start of construction and completion)
  3. ↑ More information about the organ ( Memento from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Jörg Wernisch: Bell customer of Austria . Journal-Verlag, Lienz 2006

Web links

Commons : Parish Church of St. Jakob and St. Leonhard, Hopfgarten im Brixental  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '59.4 "  N , 12 ° 9' 34.8"  E