Parish Church of Thuringia
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Stephan is located on a hill above the village center of the municipality of Thuringia in Vorarlberg . It belongs to the Walgau-Walsertal dean's office in the Feldkirch diocese . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection. There is a subsidiary church of St. Anna opposite the music school further south of the town center.
Parish Church of St. Stephan
history
The first building at this point is named in the Rätisches Reichsurbar (a list of goods , created around 850) as a house of worship. In 1360 what is probably the second church was consecrated at this point by Bishop Burcard von Chur. Various structural changes (installation of further late Gothic altars around 1488 etc.) required a further consecration by the auxiliary bishop of Chur, Stefan Tschuggli, in 1509.
The current church was rebuilt between 1712 and 1714 under the Weingartner Abbot Sebastian Hyller due to the dilapidation of the previous building. Only the lower part of the tower on the north side is a bit older, the tower itself has been raised by an attachment and an onion dome. It was not until July 13, 1721, that the church was inaugurated by the Chur prince-bishop Ulrich VII von Federspiel. The last renovation took place from 1979.
Equipment and special features
- High altar picture: Stoning of St. Stephen
- Frescoes in the choir and nave by Jos. Andreas Jehly, 1820.
- Side altar pictures were made by Jos. Andreas Jehly replaced by paintings of St. Andreas and St. Johannes.
- Terrazzo floor, church seating and window glazing, new 1910–1912.
- Communion bench transformed into a new popular altar and ambo , 1980.
- Statue of Our Lady and Nativity Figures from 1982.
Bells ringing
Before the First World War , the ringing of the parish church consisted of five bells, which, apart from the death knell, did not survive the war:
- The little death knell
- The Paur'sche Bell (donated by Andreas von Paur)
- The great bell from 1815 (cast from two older bells)
- The 13 quintals bell from 1815 (cast from these older bells)
- Another bell from 1846
In 1942 the new bell from 1922 was also lost due to the Second World War . Again, however, the smallest bell survived the war, but it wasn't until 1950 that four new bells were purchased. This bell, with the exception of a bell that has been replaced twice due to damage, still shapes the sound of the parish church bells to this day.
Filial church St. Anna
history
The current pilgrimage church of St. Anne was built around 1500, it replaced an older church to worship the same patroness. However, a Romanesque sound opening on the third floor of the tower indicates a much earlier construction year. According to a document from 1684, the church was built to protect against flooding by the Lutz or Ill .
Equipment and special features
- High altar from 1642
- Pictures of the two side altars show the mother Anna (artist: Johan Jakob Haas, 1690)
- Serpentine altar by Herbert Meusburger
- Some representations of the Sankt Anna Selbdritt
- Lecture cross from 1605
- Mission cross on the north outer wall
- Fresco above the side entrance: Anna Selbdritt with a group of people approaching from the right
- On the north side there is evidence of extensive painting
Bells ringing
- The "homecoming bell" (from the parish church of St. Stephan, since 1972)
- The "Mothers Bell" (donated in 1994)
- Small bell (1950 from Switzerland )
- Small bell (also from the parish church, since 1942)
graveyards
The St. Stephen's Church is surrounded by a cemetery , which in turn is enclosed with walls. At the cemetery is the Andreas von Paur Chapel, an open building from the 18th century, it contains the war memorial of Josef Deutschmann from 1921. The cemetery, the Paur chapel and the war memorial are listed.
The St. Anna Church also has an enclosed cemetery on the south side.
Organs
Organ of the parish church of St. Stephan
In 1773 an organ was built in the parish church of St. Stephan, but it was relocated to Thüringerberg as early as 1805 . The Alsatian organ builder Joseph Birgöntzle then built a new plant in Thuringia, today's main plant. This organ was restored in 1932 by the company Gebr. Mayer from Altenstadt . In the course of the interior restoration in 1980, the organ had to be dismantled and could not be rebuilt until 1985 by the Gisingen organ builder Martin Pflüger . Today the instrument has 16 registers , divided between two manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop action are mechanical.
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- Coupling : : I / P, II / P, II / I
Organ of the St. Anna branch church
In 1819 an organ was bought by the organ builder JM Anwander ( Allgäu ) from Hochkrumbach and restored in 1899 by the company Gebr. Mayer from Altenstadt. There are seven registers and a paddock. The winch is not electrified, so a Kalkant is required. Also due to its poor condition, the instrument is currently not playable and is being replaced by a digital organ.
literature
- Municipality of Thuringia (ed.): Local history of Thuringia. Thuringia 1994, pp. 19-26.
- Municipality of Thuringia (ed.): Bi üs do z'Thürig. Thuringia 1990, ISBN 3-85430-127-8 , pp. 65-96.
- Parish office of Thuringia (ed.): Sankt Anna Thüringen. Thuringia 2009, 2nd edition.
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 11 ′ 48.3 " N , 9 ° 45 ′ 57.4" E