Parish church Obergurgl
The parish church of Obergurgl is in the village of Obergurgl in Gurgl in the municipality of Sölden in Tyrol. The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Nepomuk belongs to the dean's office of Silz in the Innsbruck diocese . The highest parish church in Austria at 1927 m above sea level is a listed building .
history
According to a document, a Kuratienkirche was built on the site of a chapel in 1726 and consecrated in 1737 to Johannes Nepomuk, who was canonized in 1729 . In 1315 the Schwaighöfe von Gurgl were given from the original parish of Silz in the Inn valley to the parish of Umhausen. The Kuratienkirche was elevated to a parish church in 1891. The church was expanded in 1924 with the architect Clemens Holzmeister to include a gallery and a side chapel. Again with architect Holzmeister, the expansion was carried out in 1966, with a wider, lower new building now attached to the site of the former chancel. The annex was built by Bishop Paulus Rusch on St. Consecrated to Paul . In the transition between the old building and the new building is the people's altar and the mass can be read in both directions. In 1998 the gallery in the old nave was demolished and a new gallery was built in the extension.
architecture
In the baroque three-bay nave with a needle cap barrel and arched windows are ceiling paintings by Rudolf Margreiter from 1930. The church tower in the north has arched windows and a pointed gable helmet.
Furnishing
There is a lecture cross from around 1755, which is attributed to Joseph Götsch .
There is a bell by Jakob Graßmayr from 1726.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Tirol 1980 . Sölden, parish church St. Johannes Nepomuk in Obergurgl, p. 742.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio Tirol 1980
- ↑ Little church leader from parish provisional Hannes Binder, parish St. Johannes Nepomuk 6456 Obergurgl
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 13.2 " N , 11 ° 1 ′ 34.9" E