Parish Church of St. Andreas (Klausen)

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Exterior of the church
Interior of the church
Altarpiece by Joseph Schöpf

The parish church of St. Andreas is a Roman Catholic parish church in Klausen ( South Tyrol , Italy ). The church, together with an attached cemetery chapel, has been a listed building since 1978.

history

The founding date of the parish and the appearance of the first parish church in Klausen are unknown. This church was probably already in the city on the site of today's St. Andrew's Church. The parish in Klausen was first mentioned in 1208. In that year the parish was incorporated into the Klausen Hospital. In the following centuries, the Hospital Church (today St. Sebastian) and temporarily the Apostle Church, built around 1470, served as the parish's main church.

Construction work on St. Andrew's Church began at about the same time as the construction of the Apostle Church. Presumably, the new construction of the Andreas Church was planned with the relocation of the hospital to the city in the late 1460s. The parish church is significantly larger than the Apostle Church at the hospital. The builder Benedikt Weibhauser from Bressanone was commissioned with the construction work. The re-consecration of the Gothic St. Andrew's Church took place in 1494/95.

The Andreas Church has been renovated several times over the past centuries. However, only minor structural changes were made to the building, so that it has essentially been preserved in the original late Gothic style. The interior of the church was redesigned in the Baroque style in the early 18th century . In the 19th century there was another redesign in the neo-Gothic style .

Building description

The church is located in the center of Klausen and faces east. The main portal is on the west side of the church. The access is well below the current level of the parish square. On the side of the main portal there are pictures of Saints Andrew and John by the baroque painter Valentin Rovisi from 1758. On the south side of the church is the burial place of the important Klausner merchant family Jenner, who were raised to the nobility. Until the new Eisack Bridge was built in 1880, the cemetery of Klausen was on the north side of the church.

The rectangular tower with a helmet is on the south side of the choir. Inside, the remains of a previous Romanesque church, probably from the 12th century, can be seen.

The ceiling of the single-nave church is supported by a reticulated vault. The raised choir is clearly separated from the nave by an arch . There are two galleries across from it . The lower one is of late Gothic origin, the upper one was built together with the church organ in 1896.

There are numerous Gothic paintings and figures inside the church. Some of these come from other churches and were brought to St. Andrew's Church for security reasons. Below is a depiction of the Entombment of Christ, which is attributed to Hans Reichle .

The side altars were made around 1800 by the Tyrolean painter Joseph Schöpf . Around 1890 they were rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style. The high altar was designed in 1860 by the wood sculptor Josef Waßler . It shows the twelve apostles and scenes from the life of Mary.

literature

  • Edmund Theil: The churches of Klausen . Athesia, Bolzano
  • Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol . Athesia, Bolzano

Web links

Commons : St. Andreas (Klausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '22.9 "  N , 11 ° 33' 59.7"  E