Parish Church Inzing

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Catholic parish church of St. Peter in Inzing

The Roman Catholic parish church of Inzing is in the Austrian municipality of Inzing in Tyrol . The parish church and pilgrimage church consecrated to St. Peter belongs to the Telfs deanery in the diocese of Innsbruck . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection ( list entry ).

history

The chapel was mentioned in a document in 1260. The church consecrations took place in 1310 and 1451. The new baroque building was carried out from 1777 to 1779 by the master builder and plasterer Franz Singer . The renovations took place in 1832 and 1870/1877. In 1891 the church was elevated to a parish church. Another renovation took place in 1902. The restoration took place in 1956 and the exterior restoration from 1971 to 1975.

According to legend, the pilgrimage goes back to a crying picture of Mariahilf that was discovered by a woman behind a chest. First the picture was brought to the Kaltenbrunn pilgrimage church , but it was brought back to Inzing and placed in the parish church. The picture was venerated in the 18th and 19th centuries, the influx of pilgrims was particularly large in 1848, when Mary and the baby Jesus are said to have moved their eyes and mouth.

architecture

The village church has a slender north tower and is surrounded by a cemetery. The simple church building has a gable roof that is hipped towards the east. The nave is two-bay, the east bay and the choir bay have been drawn in slightly. The choir ends in a straight line and the sacristy connects to the east. The presumably late Gothic tower has a pointed gable helmet on the north side of the choir and is equipped with pointed arched, coupled sound windows and gable windows with tracery . The facades are structured by an architectural painting , pilasters and framing of the window groups. On the three-axis west facade with a triangular gable over a strong main cornice there is a round arch portal and a figure niche with a statue of St. Peter and dates from the fourth quarter of the 18th century.

The interior has two rectangular nave bays with flat domes , wide pillars with pilasters and a basket-arched belt arch . The nave and choir are decorated with Rococo stucco work by Johannes Graßmayr. The ceiling paintings depict scenes from the life of Petri and the weeping Mother of God of Inzing and were started by Anton Kirchebner in 1779 and completed after his death by his sons Franz Xaver Kirchebner and Josef Anton Kirchebner .

The war memorial has a bronze relief that was created by Otto Knitel in 1923.

Furnishing

The late baroque high altar with a high plinth with sacrificial portals dates from the end of the 18th century and has a double column structure, the inner pair of columns has a diagonally protruding entablature, the decor shows Empire elements. The high altar is the altarpiece Crucifixion of St. Peter , that of Anton Zoller was purchased from the 1766 and adjust the side statues of the four Fathers of the Church and in the extract a figure of the Risen from the late 18th century. The tabernacle bears the picture of grace and is one of the oldest Copies of the miraculous image of Mariahilf.

The organ with the parapet positive was created by Johann Anton Fuchs in the fourth quarter of the 18th century; the work was later rebuilt several times. Barthlmä Köttelath cast a bell in 1650.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '24.3 "  N , 11 ° 11' 40.8"  E