Parish church Pradl

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Parish church of Pradl from the northeast

The Roman Catholic parish church of Pradl in Innsbruck 's Pradl district is  dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary  and St. Cassian . It is incorporated into Wilten Abbey and belongs to the Innsbruck dean's office . The neo-Romanesque building was built from 1905 to 1908 according to plans by Josef Schmitz  and is a listed building .

history

The hamlet of Pradl, which for a long time consisted of a few farms, originally belonged to Amras and thus ecclesiastically to the Ampass mother parish . A first church goes back to a copy of the miraculous image of Mariahilf by Lukas Cranach in today's Innsbruck Cathedral , which was initially privately owned. In 1674 it was set up in a small wooden chapel built for this purpose and soon became a destination for pilgrims. On May 3, 1677, Abbot Dominikus Löhr from Wilten laid the foundation stone for a church, on December 8 of the same year the image of grace was transferred to the new church and the first mass was read. On December 3, 1678, the new church and the three altars were consecrated by the Brixen Prince-Bishop Paulinus Mayr and the miraculous image was placed on the high altar. The Pradler Church was the first church in Tyrol to be consecrated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The Brixen diocesan patron Kassian was elected as the second church patron.

In 1703 Abbot Gregor von Stremer separated from the mother parish Ampass with the consent of the prince-bishop's ordinariate in Brixen Pradl and made it an independent pastoral care station ( curate ), which was now looked after directly from Wilten. Own parish registers were kept and a separate cemetery was set up. The church was rebuilt in 1747 and renovated inside and out in 1848. In 1859 the tower was renewed and received new bells. In 1891 Pradl was raised to an independent parish.

Due to the proximity to Innsbruck and especially to the train station built in 1858,  Pradl grew rapidly in the 19th century, and in 1888 it already had more than 1000 inhabitants. The church, which only offered space for around 200 people, quickly became too small. In 1887 the pastor Anton Dosser and the landowner Johann Wieser founded a church building association . Numerous people and companies supported the construction, the largest single donation of 50,000 crowns came from the landowner Anna Haidacher, who also donated the Stations of the Cross and a stained glass window.

East view of the church, design drawing by Josef Schmitz

The diocesan architect Josef von Stadl provided the first design for a new church in 1893 , but he died that same year. In 1901 the church building association commissioned the architect Josef Schmitz from Nuremberg with the planning. Wilten Abbey provided the building site south of the old church. In 1905 the building contract was signed with the Josef Mayr company, and on May 8, 1905 the foundation stone was laid by Abbot Laurentius Müller . Already on 30 October 1906, was First Party  are committed on 27 September 1908, the church was abbot Adrian Zacher benediziert . The wooden high altar and the side altars were transferred from the old church, new interior fittings could only be purchased gradually. After the equipment was in place, the Apostolic Administrator Paulus Rusch consecrated the church on July 2, 1939.

A dilapidated part of the old church was demolished in 1913, the rest was adapted as a youth and popular education home, which was used until 1933. In 1941 the old church and the chapel next to it were demolished by French prisoners of war by order of the city council due to traffic obstruction in Pradler Strasse.

During the Second World War, the church was badly damaged in air raids between 1943 and 1945. After the end of the war, the damage was repaired and the church roof re-covered, and in 1951 the whole church was restored. In 1954 the new bells were consecrated to replace the ones melted down during the war. Due to the steady population growth, the Pradl parish was divided several times in the 20th century, the daughter parishes Neu-Pradl with the Guardian Angel Church (1950), St. Paulus in Reichenau (1961) and St. Norbert in the south of Pradl (1968) emerged.

description

Choir

architecture

The three-aisled neo - Romanesque column basilica with transept and north-west tower is oriented to the west. It stands free on Pradler Platz with the entrance facade facing Pradler Strasse. In the north-west corner the five-storey tower , structured by cornices, rises above a square floor plan. The bell storey is open with arched windows on pillars. The facades are richly structured. The gable facade shows side buttresses , a rose window and a dwarf gallery . The niche in the gable was intended by Josef Schmitz for a seated Madonna and Child, which was never made. Only in 2014 was a modern statue of the Virgin Mary created by Walter Kuenz installed.

Main portal

The arched portal with a canopy supported by ornamented columns is flanked by two monumental marble lions. The high rectangular marble relief in the tympanum shows the Annunciation to Mary , the four-part image field below shows Old Testament models: the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise , the consecration of Samuel the Lord, Judith and Esther  before Ahasuerus . The reliefs were designed by the Munich sculptor Joseph Köpf and executed in 1907 by the Innsbruck stonemason company Josef Seeber. The side portals are designed much more simply, the presumably intended reliefs with scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary in the tympana were not realized. The embossed copper reliefs on the doors were created by Hans Buchgschwenter after the Second World War . The doors of the main portal show the handover of the keys by Christ to Peter (1947), the doors on the southern side portal show St. Josef with a young couple in Tyrolean costume and the Tyrolean eagle (1953), the doors of the north side portal Eva with the snake and Maria Immaculata as the new Eva, standing on the defeated snake (1954).

Inside, the church consists of a three- bay , flat-roofed nave on marble columns with groin-vaulted side aisles , a separate crossing , a flat-roofed transept and a round apse . Instead of the planned larch wood ceiling in the nave one was for cost reasons coffered ceiling of reinforced concrete in Hennebique technique performed. During the renovation in 1991, the cassettes were painted blue based on Romanesque churches. Under the gallery there is a groin-vaulted vestibule, and to the south is the baptistery with drum and dome over massive marble columns.

The architecture of the Pradler church combines elements of the German and northern Italian Romanesque . The richly structured facade and the use of quarry stone  cite Rhenish models, the two-tone geometric patterns and the lion portal are based on the Lombard Romanesque .

Interior

Interior view, view through the nave to the choir

The marble high altar was designed by the Munich architect Franz Bachmann and executed by the Innsbruck stonemasons Linser and Seeber in 1931/32. The tabernacle and the candlesticks are made by the Schwaz goldsmith Jakob Rappel . In an oval there was originally a limestone relief of the Madonna and Child by Virgil Rainer from 1931. This was replaced in 1955 by the copy of the miraculous image of Mariahilf, which had been in the baptistery until then.

The left side altar was originally planned as a Don Bosco altar, for which Franz Xaver Fuchs provided a non-realized design for a mural in 1933. Instead, in 1938 Carl Rieder created the fresco St. Joseph with Child Jesus and saints , the left and right of St. Josef above the hll. Norbert and Johannes Bosco and below the hll. Shows Anna with Maria and Elisabeth .

The right side altar was designed in 1939 by Hans Buchgschwenter as the Christ the King altar. It shows a larger than life wooden figure of the risen Christ in front of the cross with two angels, the one on the left offering him a crown and the one on the right catching the blood flowing from the side wound in a goblet.

Most of the rest of the furnishings are also the work of Hans Buchgschwenter, including the wrought-iron Apostle Crosses from 1938, the pulpit, which has been used as a people's altar since 1977, with the reliefs of the Multiplication of the Bread and the Promise of the Eucharist from 1939, the communion bank from 1940, the confessionals from 1953 and the Ambo with reliefs of the evangelist symbols from 1981. The Stations of the Cross were painted 1908–1910 by Rafael Thaler based on the model of Joseph von Führich in the Nazarene  style.

The wrought-iron grille that separates the vestibule from the church interior was designed by Fritz Müller and executed by Josef Foit in 1928. The  grille, influenced by Art Nouveau , shows Christ in the mandorla surrounded by the four evangelist symbols.

Baptistery

Baptistery

The baptistery is vaulted by a dome and bordered by four columns made of Trento marble. In the middle is the font. The marble stone and the bronze lid with a representation of the baptism of Jesus were created in 1938 by Hans Buchgschwenter. On the south wall there is a Pietà  from the beginning of the 15th century. It probably originally stood in a field chapel in Reichenau , came into the possession of the Pradler pastor Johann Vinatzer in 1902 and was installed in the church in 1929. On the east wall there is a memorial plaque erected in 1910 for the benefactors of the new church. The crowning relief of the Immaculate is a work by Alois Winkler .

window

The original stained glass windows depicting the Annunciation to Mary and depictions of saints were designed by Bernard Rice and manufactured by the Tyrolean Glass Painting and Mosaic Institute in 1910–1911 . Due to damage, some of them were replaced by new windows made of white cathedral glass in 1937 . During the Second World War, all the church windows were destroyed; today's diamond-shaped and square-shaped lead glazing made of antique glass was made by the Tyrolean Glass Painting Company in 1978/1979.

organ

The romantically arranged organ was built in 1914 by Alois Fuetsch from Lienz with pneumatic action and a cone or pocket drawer. The Art Nouveau prospectus was designed by Franz Bachmann. In 1944 the organ was badly damaged by bombs. In 1957 it was restored by Michael Weise from Plattling and the Mayer Brothers from Feldkirch . The  sound of some registers was changed and the organ was extended by a work that was placed in the rose window. This was relocated in 1990 in order to expose the covered window again. In 2010 the organ was technically almost completely renewed by the company Rösel from Saalfeld in Thuringia while retaining the case, the painted pipes and, in some cases, the wind chests .

The instrument has 46 registers plus 6 transmissions and 3 extended registers on three manuals and pedal.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
01. Principal 08th'
02. Drone 16 '
03. Gamba 08th'
04th Salicional 08th'
05. Hollow flute 08th'
06th Octave 04 '
07th Flute harmonique 04 '
08th. Intoxicating fifth II
09. Octave 02 '
10. Cornett II-IV (= No. 26)
11. Mixture V-VI 02 '
12. bassoon 16 '
13. Trumpet 08th'
14th Clairon (Ext. No. 13) 04 '
II Swell C – g 3
15th Lovely Gedackt 16 '
16. Violin principal 08th'
17th Flauto amabile 08th'
18th Quinta tones 08th'
19th Aeoline 08th'
20th Voxcoelestis 08th'
21st Principal 04 '
22nd Reed flute 04 '
23. Nasard 02 2 ⁄ 3  '
24. Forest flute 02 '
25th Gemshornterz 01 3 ⁄ 5  '
26th Cornett II-IV (from g °)
27. Sharp IV
28. shawm 08th'
29 Clarinet 08th'
III Positive C-g 3
30th Lieblich Gedackt (= No. 15) 16 '
31. Singing cloaked 08th'
32. Night horn 04 '
33. Italian principal 04 '
34. Oktavlein 02 '
35. Field flute 02 '
36. Sif flute 01'
37. Cimbel III
38. Sesquialtera II
39. Krummhorn 08th'
40. Voxhumana 08th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
41. Principal bass 16 '
42. Violon bass 16 '
43. Sub bass 16 '
44. Piano bass (= No. 15) 16 '
45. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  '
46. Octavbass 08th'
47. violoncello 08th'
48. Dacked bass 08th'
49. Choral bass 04 '
50. Field flute (= No. 35) 02 '
51. Bombard 16 '
52. Trumpet (= No. 13) 08th'
53. Clarinet (= No. 29) 08th'
54. Trumpet (Ext. No. 13) 04 '
55. Zinc (ext. No.13) 02 '
  • Couple
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, I / II, I / III, II / III, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: I / I, II / II, II / I, III / I, I / P, II / P
    • Super octave coupling: I / I, III / I, III / III, I / P
  • Playing aids: Crescendo roller, setter combination, Tutti, Grand-Jeux (Rohrwerketutti), PleinJeux (mixtures / principal plenum), storage (pipe mill, roller, hand register, coupling from the roller)
  • Remarks:
  1. ↑ Formerly in the pedal; Completion of the treble.
  2. ↑ With wooden funnels.

Memorial chapel

Memorial chapel

The chapel built on the north side of the church was originally intended for a group of Mounts of Olives. In 1967, Pastor Gebhard Pfluger made the vacant room available to the Pradler Schützenkompanie and the Pradler Stadtmusikkapelle as a memorial room for their fallen and deceased members. In 1968 it was  consecrated by Abbot Alois Stöger . Emmerich Kerle took on the artistic design . The chapel opens to the west and north in round arches, which are blocked by wrought iron bars. The western grid shows a strongly stylized trumpet angel and the slogan YOUR GOOD WORKS ARE YOUR STRENGTH IN DEATH , the northern grid contains four crosses, a lyre and the red Tyrolean eagle . Inside there are three bronze memorial plaques on the south wall, and a fresco of the crucified Christ on the east wall.

Bells

The first bells, cast by the Grassmayr bell foundry in 1907, had to be handed in for armaments purposes in 1917 during the First World War. In 1923 new bells cast by the Hahn und Adler company in Reutte were consecrated. These had to be delivered in 1942 during World War II and were melted down. In 1954 the current five bells of the Grassmayr bell foundry were consecrated by Abbot Hieronymus Triendl. These are the Marien Jubilee Bell 1854–1954 (1800 kg, c sharp 1 ), the Sunday bell (Redeemer bell , 1080 kg, e 1 ), the bell of the war victims (St. Michael, 720 kg, f sharp 1 ), the youth bell (St. Petrus Canisius, 500 kg, g sharp 1 ) and the death bell (St. Josef and St. Barbara, 500 kg, h 1 ). The relief decoration on the bells was designed by Hans Buchgschwenter.

Web links

Commons : Parish Church Pradl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Sebastian Manfred Huber: History of pastoral care in Pradl from the beginnings to our time. Dissertation, University of Innsbruck 1980. ( PDF; 580 kB )
  2. ↑ a b Helmuth Oehler: Anna Haidacher (1833-1910) greatest benefactress of the Pradl parish. In: Contacts, Parish Gazette of the Pradl Parish , No. 172, March 2010 ( PDF; 309 kB )
  3. ↑ a b c Schmid-Pittl, Wiesauer: Parish Church of Our Lady Mary Conception, Old Parish Church in Pradl. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved October 22, 2015 .
  4. ^ Parish Pradl: Church tour - statue of Mary
  5. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - portals
  6. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: The angel with the lily. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 176, February 2011 ( PDF; 9.8 MB )
  7. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: Biblical women - busy with snakes. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 175, December 2010 ( PDF; 547 kB )
  8. ↑ a b Christoph Hölz, Klaus Tragbar, Veronika Weiss (ed.): Architectural guide Innsbruck . Haymon, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-7099-7204-5 , pp. 233 .
  9. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - ceiling
  10. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - high altar
  11. ^ Helmuth Öhler: Margaretes braids in Pradl. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 188, May 2013 ( PDF; 711 kB )
  12. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: On the fresco “Hl. Joseph with Child Jesus and Saints ”by C. Rieder (1938) above the left side altar in the Pradel parish church (continued). In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 166, February 2009 ( PDF, 1.0 MB )
  13. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: The fresco “St. Joseph with baby Jesus and saints ”. In: Contacts. Parish leaflet of the Pradl parish , No. 164, October 2008 ( PDF, 1.0 MB )
  14. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: Christ Victor. Christ King. Comments on the Christ the King altar in our parish church. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 169, October 2009 ( PDF; 141 kB )
  15. ^ Helmuth Öhler: Hans Buchgschwenter (1898–1985) - the sculptor of the Pradl parish church. In: Contacts. Parish sheet of the Pradl parish . No. 169, October 2009, pp. 8–9 ( PDF; 3.7 MB )
  16. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - Stations of the Cross
  17. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - grid
  18. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - baptistery
  19. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: "Christ's chest wound has so shaken me". Comments on the Gothic Pietà in our parish church. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 167, April 2009 ( PDF; 968 kB )
  20. ^ Siard O. Hörtnagl: Lourdes in the Pradler Church. In: Contacts, Parish Gazette of the Pradl Parish , No. 178, May 2011, pp. 3–4 ( PDF; 8 MB )
  21. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: Painted with glass and light in the parish church of Pradl. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 180, December 2011, pp. 5–11 ( PDF; 8.5 MB )
  22. ^ Klemens Hofer: Progress in organ renovation. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 183, May 2012 ( PDF; 10.5 MB )
  23. ↑ Disposition after renovation
  24. ↑ Helmuth Öhler: A room of remembrance. In: Contacts. Parish gazette of the Pradl parish , No. 179, October 2011, ( PDF; 1.6 MB )
  25. ↑ Parish Pradl: Church tour - bells

Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 0.1 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 28.6 ″  E