Parish Church of Wörgl
The Roman Catholic parish church of Wörgl is located in the municipality of Wörgl in the Kufstein district in Tyrol . It is consecrated to St. Lawrence and belongs to the Deanery Kufstein in the Archdiocese of Salzburg . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
Building history
Early medieval church (9th – 10th centuries)
Around 1212, the first brick chapel was built in Wörgl on the site of today's church. Since when a church has been on the small hill, which is hardly recognizable under the current building, cannot be precisely determined. However, the patronage of St. Lawrence suggests a very early Christian culture , which probably already existed in Roman times . The foundation walls of the chapel, which enclosed an area of approx. 6 × 10 m with a semicircular presbytery , were discovered during the renovation work in 1961 in the nave under the floor. Presumably it was an own church of the duke , at that time the greatest landlord of Wörgl, until in the 11th century, in the course of the establishment of the parishes, the church was subordinated to the parish of Kirchbichl .
Gothic church (1479–1748)
In 1479 a new, Gothic church with four altars was built in Wörgl . The building was located in the area of today's nave and had a bell tower that was located on the southwest corner of the church. The church should have been similar to the church of St. Leonhard in Kundl . The sacrament house may have been on the north wall of the choir. Bishop Georg von Chiemsee carried out the consecration of the Gothic church. Only the Gothic Madonna, which was made around 1500 and is located in the northern part of the transept, dates from this period . The church accounts of the time give information about the consecration of the church:
"Item to the gracious Lord Auxiliary Bishop of the soft 10 Rhenish guilders, which I (church provost Christoph von Mairhof) get from the church, 6 Rhenish guilders from Hanns Walder and 4 Rhenish guilders from Chuntzen; You still owe the wischolf (bishop) 4 Rhenish guilders.
Item I han abaitt (accounted for) with the Saxstetter (landlord) dy speys, dy one has distorted with the bischolff, since dy Chirich is consecrated and dy 4 altar, there has been distorted 6 marks.
To Jakob, painter from Ratemberg , 4 Rhenish guilders from the painting whether on the Gewelib on the castle stone. "
In 1607 Wörgl was elevated to the position of vicariate , and in 1620 the cemetery chapel for the cemetery around the church was built on the south side.
Baroque church (1748–1836)
Due to the increasing population and the wave of baroque changes that ran through the Alpine region , the decision was made to build a new building in Wörgl as well. It was customary to build the new church like a cloak around the old one. Then the Gothic church was demolished. The tower was preserved for the new building. The baroque church had a round choir closure. With a length of four bays, the nave reached back to today's organ loft . These four yokes are still part of the nave today. The new, baroque church was consecrated on May 25, 1748 by the Chiemsee Bishop (and Salzburg auxiliary bishop) Franz Karl Eusebius von Waldburg-Friedberg and Trauchburg . At the same time, Kirchbichl, Kundl , Kirchberg in Tirol , Ellmau , Angath u. a. baroque churches. The approximately 50 m high, Gothic church tower was stately proportions and is likely to have been similar to that of Kirchbichl. However, the new baroque building was not even supposed to last a century, as on June 4, 1836 five houses and the church were destroyed in a fire in the center of the village. The church tower was no longer usable and the vault collapsed on November 30, 1836 immediately after a service. A barn was used as an "emergency church" and a new building was inevitable. The so-called "murder burner of Wörgl" was hanged on December 5, 1839.
Late Classicist extension in 1837
After the devastating fire, it was difficult to find master builders for church buildings, as no new buildings had been built for 40 years. In the end, however, engineers from the state building authorities took on the task. The church tower was removed and a new tower was erected on the north side of the building, the nave was extended by two yokes to the west to meet the space requirements. During the construction work on the half-finished tower, the building authorities suspended the work for two years, the delays and problems during construction resulted in a cost overrun of almost 82%. The church was consecrated on September 16, 1844. However, the building that was now built was only able to cope with the increase in population for almost 70 years, as a further expansion was necessary after the First World War .
In 1891, Emperor Franz Joseph I promoted all vicariates to parishes , which gave Wörgl a parish office.
New baroque extension in 1912
The enormous expansion in 1912 gave the parish church its current appearance. Due to the energetic work of a church expansion association, the foundation stone was laid on June 9, 1912 and the consecration was carried out on November 30, 1912 by Auxiliary Bishop Ignaz Rieder . As a result of the extension, the nave was extended by approx. 12 m in the direction of the choir and a transept approx. 25 m in length was built behind the tower. As the second church in Austria-Hungary , it was given a concrete vault, a measure that proved to be sensible during the Wörgler bombing in 1945 , but brought many disadvantages due to the unsustainability of the colors. In order to be able to stabilize the crossing vault, large iron girders in the locomotive boiler house north of the station were bent and transported through Bahnhofstrasse to the parish church. The sacrament house was given its current location on the south wall of the nave. The cemetery chapel was given an upper floor and was connected to the parish church. This not only resulted in one of the largest churches in the Tyrolean lowlands , but also a major work of the " engineering style " in Tyrol. Because of the very fast work carried out and the resulting lack of time, the quality of the construction work suffered and a church renovation was necessary as early as 1937. In the Second World War , the church, like many other buildings in the village, was damaged. In particular, a few bombs dropped directly next to the church (Gasthof Schachtner) hit the building hard. 24 windows were destroyed, the roof perforated and the walls badly damaged.
Pastor Matthias Riedelsberger worked as a pastor in Wörgl for over 44 years. He carried out around 2570 baptisms, 870 marriages and 2960 funerals. The expansion of 1912, the repairs and purchases of bells after the two world wars and the town elevation also fell within his term of office.
Thorough renovation in 1961
In 1961, Pastor Bruno Regner wanted to be one of the first pastors to comply with the new principles of the orientation of a chancel and the new type of ceremony - no longer at the altar but celebrating to the people - brought about by the Second Vatican Council . He initiated a profound transformation of the church. All stucco work, artfully executed frescoes and ceiling paintings were chipped off or plastered over. The valuable high altar (erected in 1906 and called a “true masterpiece in the baroque style”), the statues and pictures gave way to bare walls. Two windows in the transept were bricked up and two galleries and the pulpit were removed. The chancel was set up under the crossing vault in the center of the church. This radical reorientation and concentration on the essentials was not recognized by the entire parish. There was enthusiastic approval and sharp rejection. Artistic craft of several generations were destroyed by this step. New artistic works were limited to the stations of the cross, a light cross instead of the high altar and two large panel paintings.
Further conversions and renovations
In 1964 the entire roof landscape was renewed under Pastor Jakob Mayr . In 1968 the organ from 1883 was replaced. In 1976 the interior, which had meanwhile become unsightly, was repainted and in 1985/86 the structure was stabilized again. In 2000 renovation work had to be carried out again. The two walled-up windows were opened again, the number of galleries increased to five again, and new candlesticks and golden ornamental strips were attached to the capitals . In addition, the altar island was redesigned.
Bells
During the First World War, the population had to say goodbye to the bells cast in 1910 after only seven years. The powerful chime at the time was cast in the Kortler bell foundry in Munich and was known far beyond the city limits as one of the most melodious Austria's until the bells had to be delivered for war purposes. Mayor Franz Hörhager then personally asked Emperor Karl I for the whereabouts of the "big ones", with the result that the bell was allowed to stay in Wörgl and was called the "Imperial Bell" in future. Pastor Matthias Riedelsberger took care of the purchase of a new bell, which was delivered in 1923 by the Grassmayr bell foundry .
In 1942, after only 19 years, all bells with the exception of the old Zügenglöcklein (cast by Grassmayr in Innsbruck in 1837) had to be delivered again, but this time with the imperial bell for the Second World War. As one of the last bellless communities, Wörgl received its current bell from Salzburg in 1950, which was ceremoniously raised on December 17, 1950. The chain of helping people reached as far as the bridge on the main road over the Wörgler Bach . The bell was consecrated by Archbishop Andreas Rohracher . It is a heavy ribbed bell made of a tin-copper alloy with a total weight of 8781 kg. It is equipped with an electric bell system and clapper and hangs in a steel bell cage . The exact correspondence of the thirds, the equality of the undertones and excellent resonance were determined by the diocesan college auditor, who also demonstrated the rare degree of perfection of the peal. Except for the clapper of the peace bell and the warrior bell, the system is still in its original state.
| No. | Surname | Casting year |
Foundry, casting location |
Weight (kg) |
Nominal | inscription | image |
| 1 | Peace bell | 1950 | Bell foundry Oberascher , Salzburg | 3,618 | b 0 | Laurentius on the throne of God, ask us from heaven's wages. | St. Laurence (church patron) |
| 2 | Warrior bell | 1950 | Bell foundry Oberascher, Salzburg | 2,108 | of the 1st | Home greets the warriors who have returned home happy. She also greets those warriors who rest in strange earth. | Heart of jesus |
| 3 | Avebell | 1950 | Bell foundry Oberascher, Salzburg | 1,445 | it 1 | I want to sound three times a day To sing Mary's praises. | Maria |
| 4th | Measuring bell | 1950 | Bell foundry Oberascher, Salzburg | 1,025 | f 1 | I say to sinners and the upright: You should come to the holy sacrifice! | Holy Communion |
| 5 | Florian bell | 1950 | Bell foundry Oberascher, Salzburg | 585 | as 1 | Lightning and fire must give way, By this bell holy sign. | St. Florian |
| 6th | Death bell | 1837 | Grassmayr bell foundry , Innsbruck |
organ
The organ was built in 1968 by the Pirchner company from Steinach am Brenner . This is a mechanical slide organ , the disposition is based more on conventional baroque organs than on romantic instruments. The organ has only three paddocks and no swell .
The previous organ was built in 1883 by Wörgl organ builder Josef Unterberger and had 16 stops on two manuals .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
graveyard
Even the first brick church building was probably surrounded by a small cemetery. From 1620 there was a separate cemetery chapel (also known as the death chapel ) next to the church. The B171 Tiroler Straße became a problem for the cemetery around the church , as it was continually widened and the cemetery was constantly being reduced in size. Grave tablets on the church wall still remind of the former cemetery today. In 1892 a new cemetery was created on the southern edge of the community. The cemetery, also known as the forest cemetery , has been expanded three times since it was built and has its own small chapel. But in 1992, due to the increasing space requirement, the new municipal cemetery south was built on the initiative of the then mayor Fritz Atzl for ATS 30 million .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tyrol - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
- ↑ http://www.vivomondo.com/de/vivowiki/inhaltsverzeichnis/ereignisse/neue_glocken_fuer_woergl Glock data and report of the diocesan collaudator
- ↑ http://www.pfarre-woergl.at/kirche/die-orgel/?fsize=900 The Pirchner organ in the parish church of St. Laurentius zu Wörgl, Mag. Andreas Heimerl
War memorial | Monument to the battle of 1809 | Baptistery and sacristy | Parish Church of St. Laurentius | Adult Education Center, Music School & Local History Museum | Prehistoric burial ground in the Egerndorfer Feld | Forest Cemetery / New Cemetery with Forest Cemetery Chapel | Kunst-am-Bau: Wall mosaics by Wilfried Kirschl at the elementary school | Rectory | Chapel of St. Maria bei Doagl | Federal School Center (BRG, BHAK, BHS)
Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′ 9.1 ″ N , 12 ° 3 ′ 55.6 ″ E