Proßegg

Proßegg ( village ) locality
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Lienz  (LZ), Tyrol
Pole. local community	Matrei in Osttirol   ( KG  Matrei in Osttirol Land)
Coordinates	47 ° 0 '58 "  N , 12 ° 31' 38"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '58 "  N , 12 ° 31' 38"  E
Residents of the village	168 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code	9971
Statistical identification
Locality code	16832
Counting district / district	Tauern Valley (70 717 003)
Proßegg (left in the background) with Kaltenhaus (right in the foreground)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS

Proßegg , also Prossegg , is a fraction of the municipality of Matrei in East Tyrol . The village is located in the Tauern Valley and was inhabited by 149 people in 2011.

geography

Proßegg is located about one and a half kilometers northwest of the center of Matrei at the northwest end of the Matrei basin and is accessed by a road that leads from the center of the market, past Weißenstein Castle via the hamlet of Kaltenhaus to Proßegg. The beginning of Proßegg is directly at the bridge over the Tauernbach at an altitude of 945 meters. The place is then grouped along the road that continues over the Tauernbach, which also connects the center of the village with the more remote farms of Angerlis and Oberproßegg in the north. Proßegg is part of the cadastral community of Matrei in Osttirol Land .

history

The name Proßegg is traced back to the Slovenian word presek , which in forestry means “cut through” or “cut through”. Proßegg can also be derived from the word preseka , which stands for a cut, cleared route in the forest, a hedge, a living fence or a ditch for collecting water. In 1869 Proßegg consisted of 16 houses in which 101 people lived. The nearby Prosseggklamm , which the Tauernbach ate into the rock after the last Ice Age, was only opened up at the beginning of the 20th century. On the initiative of the German and Austrian Alpine Association, a hiking trail through the gorge was created over a period of twelve years, with pioneers from the Imperial and Royal Army participating in the work. In the Prosseggklamm, the municipality of Matrei's first large power station was built, using the water from the Steinerbach from 1920. Overall, the community power station was expanded three times and taken over by TIWAG in 1979. Between 1943 and 1969 it also supplied the Virgen Valley .

Buildings and sights

Inside the Annakapelle, Proßegg

There are three chapels in Proßegg. The oldest chapel is the Anna Chapel, which was built in 1881 on the former main path into the Tauern Valley. The Anna Chapel has a rectangular floor plan with an apse and is covered with a steep, shingle-roofed gable roof. The gable roof is crowned by spheres with crosses over the apse, and there is also a halo over the gable. The outer walls of the chapel are plastered with white rough plaster, with the chapel having a viewing window on the entrance side next to the rectangular portal and two rectangular windows on the western long side. The ceiling of the interior is formed by a barrel vault , the neo-classical altar dates from the second half of the 19th century. The altarpiece shows the St. Anne , the Maria teaches reading. In addition, the chapel is equipped with stalls decorated with carvings and has pictures of the Way of the Cross, paintings and numerous votive pictures .

In the middle of Proßegg, however, is the Marienkapelle, also called Proßegger Kirchl. It was built in 1950 and replaced a chapel that had already been built nearby in 1863. The exterior of the new building largely followed the previous chapel. The Marienkapelle, the only larger wooden chapel in Matreis, has a rectangular floor plan, a shingle roof and a polygonal end and was built on a high rock base. The chapel can be reached via the steps on the gable side. The gable roof is crowned at the entrance portal by a shingled roof turret with a cross and a bell. The interior of the chapel was clad with wood, with the roof structure left open. The interior of the chapel dates mainly from the 19th century, with a depiction of the Madonna in the protective cloak from 1948 on the altarpiece . The altarpiece is also decorated with small wooden figures depicting St. Chrysanth and St. Sebastian.

The chapel of Saints Helena and Antonius , also called Schapperkirchl, is located on the right bank of the Tauernbach in a meadow. It was built by Jakob Ortner in 1925 and replaced an older building that was consecrated to St. Anthony. Ortner had the chapel built in memory of his sons Phillip and Johann after his son Phillip died in the war against Russia in 1915 and his son Johann had an accident while pulling hay in 1923. On January 10, 1926, the chapel was consecrated by Dean Mair. Like the Marienkapelle, this building also has a rectangular floor plan, a shingle roof and a polygonal end. The shingle roof is crowned on the entrance side by a ball, cross and weather valve. The entrance itself was created by a wicker portal, the longitudinal walls are broken through by arched windows. The interior of the chapel has a barrel vault over a profiled cornice. The wooden altar features an altarpiece of St. Helena and wooden figures of a Pope (possibly St. New Year's Eve ) and Mary with child. In addition, the altar was decorated with figures of the apostles Paul and Peter . The way of the cross of the chapel was made from prints from the late 19th century.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matrei in Osttirol: Population by locality , register census 2011
2. ^ Hubert Bergmann: Slavic in the name of the East Tyrolean communities Ainet and Schlaiten. Notes on the Slavia submersa in the anterior Isel valley. Vienna 2005
3. ↑ local Repetorium the princely county of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. On the basis of the census of December 31, 1869, processed by the kk statistical Central Commission in Vienna. Innsbruck 1873

literature

• Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): The art monuments of the political district of Lienz. Part III. Iseltal, Defereggental, Kalsertal, Virgental. Verlag Berger, Horn 2007 ISBN 978-3-85028-448-6 (Austrian Art Topography, Volume LVII)
• Michael Forcher (Red.): Matrei in Osttirol. A parish book for the 700th anniversary of the first mention as market 1280–1980. Tyrolia, Matrei 1980, 1996.
• Elementary school Matrei i. O .: Matreier band leader. Matrei 2004

Web links

Commons : Prossegg  - collection of images, videos and audio files