Parish Church of Traunkirchen
The parish church of Traunkirchen is located in the municipality of Traunkirchen in the Gmunden district . The Roman Catholic parish church is part of the pastoral care room of the Altmünster parish church in the Gmunden deanery of the Linz diocese . The patronage is the Coronation of the Virgin and is celebrated on August 15th (Assumption of Mary). The sacred building is a listed building .
history
The Traunkirchen monastery was founded around 1020 . The first Benedictine women for the women's monastery on the Traunsee came from the Nonnberg monastery in Salzburg . For many centuries, Traunkirchen was the pastoral center in the Salzkammergut and mother parish for a number of parishes as far as (Bad) Aussee and Hallstatt .
From the 1560s, the reformation that was prevalent in the Salzkammergut also found its way into the women's monastery. According to a contemporary report, the last five nuns received communion in both forms, Luther's catechism was taught in the convent school, the pastor and chaplain of Traunkirchen were "moved". From 1571 the abbot of the Kremsmünster Abbey was responsible for the Traunsee Monastery as administrator.
In the approximately fifty-year administration period, the administration changed several times between Kremsmünster Abbey , Wilhering Abbey and Thierhaupten Monastery in Bavaria. In 1621 the Pope approved the allocation of the property to the Jesuits . The formal handover of the Traunkirchen monastery to the Jesuit order took place on February 14, 1622.
Ten years later, on the night before January 10 , 1632, the monastery and church were destroyed by fire. After this fire disaster in 1632, today's church building was built. The sacred building was built in the Baroque style. The church consecration in honor of the coronation of Mary took place in 1652. From 1696 the Traunkirchner Kalvarienberg was built.
In 1773 the Jesuit order was dissolved. The goods of the Jesuit residence came to a "kk camera administration of the seized Jesuit properties". The religious priests were now subordinate to secular priests and to the Gmunden city pastor. In 1778 the church was designated as a parish church and Traunkirchen became an episcopal parish, the forests took over the Austrian state forests. Until 1784/85 the area belonged to the Diocese of Passau , and since then to the Diocese of Linz.
Church building
- Church exterior
The current parish church in honor of the coronation of Mary from the 1630s is picturesquely pushed forward towards the Traunsee. This former monastery church is surrounded by the cemetery to the south and east. The church building and the former monastery building are directly adjacent to each other. The church tower in the west in the extension of the aisle was built in 1718 and had a tent roof that was broken like a mansard.
- architecture
The parish church is a three-aisled and six- bay column church with a spacious impression. The construction of the Traunkirchen church is rather unusual for a Jesuit church. The central nave is barrel vaulted , the side aisles vaulted with ridge.
The choir of the central nave is single-bay, using the choir end of the earlier Gothic church (services, stitch caps) as an octagonal dome, the drum of which towers above the central nave. These building measures and the reflection of the Traunsee result in a remarkable incidence of light.
The choirs of the aisle are single-bay, arched ridge, closed on two sides of a square placed over a corner. The western gallery is three-axis on a spear cap barrel.
Church furnishings
- Altars
The high altar from 1754 is furnished with rich figural decorations by Franz Preisl. The main picture of the altar shows the motif of the Coronation of Mary. The larger-than-life altar figures represent: the apostle Peter with the keys, the apostle Paul with the sword, St. Francis of Borja (also: St. Franz Borgias, SJ called), St. Francis Regis Clet . Above are the four evangelists with their symbols : Matthew with the human being, Mark with the lion , Luke with the sacrificial bull and John with the eagle. Right at the top are three archangels : Archangel Michael as soul weigher with sword and scales, Archangel Gabriel with the lily and Archangel Raphael with the walking stick.
The right large side altar from 1753 is the Saint Ignatius Altar, it is located in the southern choir. The painting is attributed to Johann Georg Schmidt . The left large side altar from 1740 is the Johann von Nepomuk altar. This is located in the north choir, the altar sheet is by Johann Georg Morzer. The (small) side altar of the good death stands in the left aisle. In the right aisle is the (small) side altar of the two youth patrons Aloisius von Gonzaga and Stanislaus Kostka .
- Fisherman's pulpit
The special attraction of the parish church is the so-called fisherman's pulpit. It was carved in 1753, the master is not recorded in the Jesuit chronicle. The motif of the pulpit is the miracle of rich fishing. In the Gospel of John ( John 21:11 EU ) there is a scene in which the disciples meet the risen Christ at the Sea of Galilee . The disciples, who initially fish unsuccessfully, make a rich catch at the behest of Jesus:
“So Simon Peter went and pulled the net ashore. It was filled with a hundred and fifty-three large fish, and although there were that many, the net did not tear. "
The apostles James and John are shown pulling the net filled with fish into the boat. Christ stands in the background and the apostle Peter kneels in front of him . On the sound cover is the statue of St. Francis Xavier , the missionary to India, in front of whom sit several dark-skinned figures representing Asia.
- Further facility
The presbytery is lined with four large tapestry paintings. The tapestries are supported by a richly carved balustrade. The many confessionals with lively essays and pictures point to the forgiveness of sins and penance. The organ has an ornamented case and a latticed parapet.
The chapel adjoins the left side altar. This was built as a crypt in 1697, the last coffin is from 1772.
Chapels
- Michael's Chapel
The core of the chapel is Romanesque. It is believed that it is the oldest part of the monastery complex. The cartilage altar by Steger has been part of the furnishings since 1703. Today the Michael's Chapel is used to lay out the deceased.
- Calvary
The Kalvarienberg was the first of its kind in the Salzkammergut in 1696, followed by the Kalvarienbergkirche Bad Ischl from 1704 and 1711 on the Hallstatt Kalvarienberg. The five chapels on the Traunkirchen Calvary show the secrets of the painful rosary. In the last chapel there is a crucifixion group.
- Former Nikolauskapelle
The building is located on today's federal road and is assembled with the former court judge's house. The first documentary mention took place in 1384. At the time of the Benedictines it was the parish church and for the Jesuit congregation chapel. When the order was abolished in 1773, the chapel became the property of the state, and in 1787 the tower was demolished. In 1811 the former Nikolauskapelle was profaned .
- Johanneskapelle
Opposite the parish church is the Johannesberg. The mountain is pushed forward into the lake and overgrown with yews and beeches. The exact date of construction of the chapel is not known, it is first mentioned in documents in 1356, and it was enlarged in 1651. The small baroque altar features a picture of a Dutch mannerist from the 17th century. The bell is from 1639.
- The cemetery
The cemetery directly on the Traunsee has many wrought-iron crosses. A plaque commemorates the great maritime disaster in 1910, in which 15 people were killed.
Picture gallery
Traunkirchen parish church, interior
Parish church of Traunkirchen, tapestries
Parish church Traunkirchen, high altar
Parish church of Traunkirchen, left side altar
Metzler organ 2004
literature
- Association for the publication of a district book Gmunden (ed.): The district of Gmunden and its communities. From the beginning to the present . Upper Austrian Provincial Publishing House , Linz 1991.
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Oberösterreich . 3. Edition. Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1958.
- Roman Catholic Pfarramt Traunkirchen (ed.): Traunkirchen's holy places. Parish church, chapels and cemetery . 6th edition. Trauner, Linz 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 27, 2014 (PDF).
- ↑ a b c d e Heinrich Marchetti, Ferdinand Mittendorfer: Traunkirchen. Community mirror and history . In: Association for the publication of a district book Gmunden (Hrsg.): The district of Gmunden and its communities . From the beginning to the present. Upper Austria. Landesverlag. Linz. 1991. pp. 1190-1194, 1198-1200.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Roman Catholic Pfarramt Traunkirchen (ed.): Traunkirchen's holy places. Parish church, chapels and cemetery . 6th edition. Trauner, Linz 2013, p. 6-30 .
- ↑ a b c d Federal Monuments Office (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Oberösterreich . 3. Edition. Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1958, p. 345, 346 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 13 ° 47 ′ 29.8 ″ E