Parish Church Salzburg-St. Andrä

Entrance facade

The Roman Catholic Andräkirche is a large parish church in Salzburg's so-called Neustadt and belongs to the city dean's office . It is consecrated to the Apostle Andrew , the patronage festival is celebrated on November 30th ( St. Andrea's Day). The original church of the parish, which has existed since 1811, was at Linzer Gasse 1.

The old church of St. Andreas

Memorial plaque on Linzer Gasse 1 with a representation of the old church

Epitaph of a "Hans Reuter" at the Margaret Chapel , who died on July 21, 1528.

The first church on the site of today's house at Linzer Gasse No. 1 was built by Master Georg Bauer, on November 29, 1418 it was consecrated. According to the donor's letter received, the city judge had given Martin Reuter the task of fulfilling the request of his deceased uncle Hans Reuter: to build an St. Andrew's Church and to hold "eternal mass" in it. Hans Reuter's tomb, with a picture of the donor , was then placed in the middle of the church. In the church, an employed priest read a daily mass for the founders and their relatives, then it served the city chaplain , established in 1588, and from 1811 the new city parish of St. Andrä as a parish church . Wolf Dietrich had the originally Gothic church redesigned into a Renaissance building in 1610, and in 1748 Archbishop Dietrichstein converted it into Baroque style at great expense. The great city fire of 1818 did not affect the church, although the source of the fire was in the nearby south wing of the priest's house . But it stood in the way of the increasing traffic at this point. As a result, the church was demolished in 1861, despite the objections of the citizens, and in 1892 the construction of a new St. Andrä began.

The nearby St. Sebastian's Church was always a branch church of St. Andrä and has since served as a substitute church.

The neo-Gothic church

High altar (around 1903), with statues by Johann Piger

From 1892, according to plans by Josef Wessicken , the new church was built in the neo-Gothic style under the direction of the city architect Jakob Ceconi on the newly created space behind the looped bastions, which had previously served as barracks. Cardinal Haller consecrated the church on November 20, 1898 . With its dimensions, such as the 61 m high towers, then the red brick walls and the red roof, it had a formative effect on Salzburg's Neustadt. During air raids on November 17, 1944 ( choir ) and February 27, 1945 ( nave ) it was seriously hit by aerial bombs , after which the church was rebuilt according to plans by Michael Kurz . The original appearance of the neo-Gothic church was not restored in the course of the reconstruction. The now formative design of the presbytery, especially the altar and the stained glass windows, was created by Karl Weiser (1911–1988). During the renovation from 1969 to 1972, at the suggestion of Clemens Holzmeister and based on plans by Franz Windhager, the neo-Gothic pointed towers were replaced by short pyramids and the decorative gables were removed.

Towers

The towers of today's church have a total height of approx. 43 m, which means that they are almost 20 m lower than the towers of the old parish church. A 4-part chime hangs in both towers, where the largest bell alone weighs over 3.6 tons, making it one of the largest church bells in the city of Salzburg .

organ

Franz Mauracher organ 1903

The organ of the neo-Gothic Andräkirche was built by Franz Mauracher (1881–1949) in 1903. It had a pneumatic action , 38 registers , two manuals and a pedal . Initially, the instrument was enthusiastically praised by Mozarteum director Hummel , cathedral choir director Spies and the organist of the Franciscan church , Fr German Niederstätter. It was said that the pneumatic system used was the simplest, most durable, safest and most precise and that it was immune to all weather conditions . After a year, however, due to a lack of ventilation , it had become unplayable and all the leather membranes had to be replaced. During the air raids in 1944/45 (see above) it was destroyed by aerial bombs.

Altar of the Andräkirche

literature

Dehio Salzburg , Vienna 1986.
History of Salzburg . City and Country, ed. by Heinz Dopsch , 2nd improved edition, Salzburg 1983, Volume I, 2nd part.
Personnel status of the world and religious clergy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg for 1957 ( Schematismus 1957), ed. from the Archbishop's Office in Salzburg 1957.
St. Andrä - Salzburg , ed. by Herbert Berndl, Salzburg 2006 (Austria's Christian Art Sites No. 459).
Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present . Dissertation University of Salzburg 1982.

Web links

Commons : Andräkirche (Salzburg) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

↑ The inscription says that he died on the Saturday after St. Allexen Day (= July 17th ): Here is buried the noble and veste Hans Reuter who reads the name who died on the Saturday after Sand Allexen day 1528 taz God please him .
↑ The grave slab is preserved on the facade of the Margaret Chapel. Compare: St. Andrä - Salzburg , ed. by Herbert Berndl, Salzburg 2006 (Austria's Christian Art Sites No. 459), p. 2f.
^ Personnel status of the world and religious clergy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg for 1957 ( Schematismus 1957), ed. from the Archbishop's Ordinariate Salzburg 1957, p. 149.
↑ 3rd attack ; The air raids from the city of Salzburg . After simultaneous records and found Communications from the Municipal Statistical Office. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde , No. 86/87, year 1946/47, p. 120.
↑ 14th attack ; The air raids from the city of Salzburg . After simultaneous records and found Communications from the Municipal Statistical Office. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde , No. 86/87, year 1946/47, p. 121.
↑ Personnel of the world and religious clergy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg for 1957 ( Schematismus 1957), ed. from the Archbishop's Ordinariate Salzburg 1957, p. 149.
↑ St. Andrä - Salzburg , ed. by Herbert Berndl, Salzburg 2006 (Austria's Christian Art Sites No. 459), p. 5.
↑ AES : St. Andrä, box 5, compartment 60. Quoted from: Gerhard Walterskirchen: Orgeln and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present . Dissertation University of Salzburg 1982, p. 206.

47.806036 13.043763Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 21.7 " N , 13 ° 2 ′ 37.5" E

[1] The inscription says that he died on the Saturday after St. Allexen Day (= July 17th ): Here is buried the noble and veste Hans Reuter who reads the name who died on the Saturday after Sand Allexen day 1528 taz God please him .

[2] The grave slab is preserved on the facade of the Margaret Chapel. Compare: St. Andrä - Salzburg , ed. by Herbert Berndl, Salzburg 2006 (Austria's Christian Art Sites No. 459), p. 2f.

[3] Personnel status of the world and religious clergy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg for 1957 ( Schematismus 1957), ed. from the Archbishop's Ordinariate Salzburg 1957, p. 149.

[4] 3rd attack ; The air raids from the city of Salzburg . After simultaneous records and found Communications from the Municipal Statistical Office. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde , No. 86/87, year 1946/47, p. 120.

[5] 14th attack ; The air raids from the city of Salzburg . After simultaneous records and found Communications from the Municipal Statistical Office. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde , No. 86/87, year 1946/47, p. 121.

[6] Personnel of the world and religious clergy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg for 1957 ( Schematismus 1957), ed. from the Archbishop's Ordinariate Salzburg 1957, p. 149.

[7] St. Andrä - Salzburg , ed. by Herbert Berndl, Salzburg 2006 (Austria's Christian Art Sites No. 459), p. 5.

[8] AES : St. Andrä, box 5, compartment 60. Quoted from: Gerhard Walterskirchen: Orgeln and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present . Dissertation University of Salzburg 1982, p. 206.