Pruner pen

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Prunerstift and today's music school of the city of Linz

The Prunerstift is a foundation of the Mayor of Linz , Johann Adam Pruner (1672–1734), whose proceeds were used to care for needy adults and orphans for over 180 years . The building, erected in 1737 instead of the Eger Castle and completely renovated in 1975, can be found in Linz at the corner of Fabrikstrasse 10 and Prunerstrasse 1 and has housed the Church of the Old Catholics since 1919 and the Linz City Music School since 1979.

history

The charitable foundation

Johann Adam Pruner, who had remained childless, made his will on the day of light measurement in 1730. Eight days after his death on February 7, 1734 , the will was opened in the presence of his brother-in-law Mathäus Gross von Ehrenstein as the representative of his wife Maria (née Pruner), who was appointed universal heir. In it he determined u. a. that the majority of his considerable fortune, along with other charitable bequests, was to be used for a foundation for the benefit of the poor and orphans of Linz, including the building of a church with three altars, one of them in honor of the three holy kings, and the payment of a beneficiary for holding masses in the church, maintaining 27 pupils (including Linz orphans here), maintaining “27 poor men” ( benefactors ) and “27 poor single women”, building a corresponding building and money for others Tasks (e.g. administrator, endowment of the church). The right to propose the admission of the beneficiary as well as the poor and orphans ( ius praesentandi ) should alternately be exercised by the municipal authorities of the city of Linz and his sister (after her death by her descendants).

There are various attempts to interpret the number 27, which appears here several times (rescuing a ship believed to be lost, the founder's dream about rescuing it from distress at sea).

The foundation capital was initially divided into 13 bonds with an interest rate of between four and five percent. During the existence of the foundation, the capital stock could be maintained through responsible administration and economical housekeeping over the centuries up to around 1920 through all the perils of time. In 1922, the foundation's capital was completely lost in the course of post-war inflation.

The area of Egereck Castle was purchased for the construction of the monastery building and the church . This was essentially the palace building and a meadow that stretched from Lederergasse to Fabrikstrasse. The material for the construction of the Prunerstifts on Fabrikstrasse was obtained from the demolition of Egereck Castle, which was located in the southern part of the property on Lederergasse. Although the demolition of the castle began immediately, due to an imperial decree of November 23, 1735, this had to be stopped immediately, as no imperial consensus (approval) had been obtained. The Governor of Upper Austria, Count Christoph Wilhelm Thürheim , then prepared an expert opinion in which the arguments of the builders were supported (the castle was uninhabited and in a poor condition and located on the foul-smelling waters of the Ludl, a cheaper plot of land for the foundation cannot be won), so that on February 4, 1737 the imperial approval for the demolition was given. Since the expenditures for the construction of the monastery in the years 1734 to 1739 were quite comparable, one has to assume that the decree of construction was not taken seriously.

In 1739 the building could be handed over to its intended purpose. The first benefactors and orphaned boys were able to move in on January 6 , 1740. The house was named "Pruner's Abbey Building in the Lower Suburb". Fountains that no longer existed were erected in the courtyards today. In the side wings were the single rooms for the beneficiaries, next to them apartments were set up for the beneficiaries and the administrator. The boys were housed in two dormitories, a sick room, a music room and a refectory were also provided for them. One apartment was provided for a German and a Latin preceptor . They had to supervise and instruct the boys and repeat what they had learned at school. The learning success of the Prunerstiftknaben was regularly considered to be excellent.

Use from the 1780s

The reforms carried out by Emperor Joseph II represented a major turning point in the history of the foundation . These included the abolition of all monasteries in which grievances were complained about. The proceeds from the sale of the monastery property were added to a religious fund, from which the parish priests should receive an appropriate salary. The pastors were also given responsibility for caring for the poor. Christian families should be found (for reasons of cost) to raise orphans. Both of these had the consequence that from 1786 the poor and orphan pens should be closed. For the Prunerstift this means that the beneficiaries should move to a general supply house (abandoned Dominican Monastery Münzbach or Baumgartenberg Abbey ) or they had to find private accommodation. The Prunerstiftknaben had to be housed in families. The school desks and the catheter in the monastery were given to the school in Weingarten. The beneficiary was also closed, the assets of the beneficiary had to be transferred to the religious fund and the mass service in the church was discontinued. In 1830 the benefit was restored and the church was removed from the religious fund.

The beneficiaries and orphans continued to receive support from the foundation's income. For the monastery building, however, a different use had to be found, with a wide variety of suggestions being made (police office, guard, work, stick or madhouse). First, the hospital and the maternity hospital were housed in the Prunerstift. In 1788 the first eight mentally ill people were transferred to the Prunerstift, which marked the beginning of the institutionalized care of the mentally ill in Upper Austria. The conditions in the Pruner pen were by no means ideal. After several attempts at improvement, the state insane asylum in Niedernhart was founded in 1867 (what later became the state sanatorium and nursing home in Niedernhart, from 1994 state mental hospital Wagner-Jauregg , from 2017 Neuromed Campus ). Today's Upper Austrian Provincial Women's Clinic was founded under Emperor Joseph II in 1788 as a “birthing and foundling facility” and was housed in the Prunerstift. In 1833 it was relocated to today's address at Lederergasse 47, the former Eckharthof noble residence, which was initially rented in 1843 and bought in 1852. The collegiate gardens were auctioned and the gardens to the south came to the Prince Schwarzenbergsche Gutsverwaltung in 1795 .

The sacred building was closed in 1789 and then used as a storage room. Later, a metalworking company was housed in the church.

From 1867 the monastery building was used as a rental house.

After the First World War , 65 tenants were housed in the building, which meant that the building was clearly overcrowded and led to many conflicts.

After the damage caused by the Second World War had been repaired, a day care center for old people was set up in the monastery building.

The Old Catholic Prunerstiftskirche

Folk altar made of glass material

On August 28, 1909 , the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Culture announced the state recognition of the old Catholic parish of Linz . Before the legal personality was confirmed, Linz was only organized as an (intra-church) branch congregation to the Christ Church , the seat of the parish in Ried im Innkreis . After around 20 years with changing places of worship - left by the state capital's magistrate - the Linz Old Catholics asked in 1918 to let the church in the Prunerstift.

At the time the church was founded, the Austrian Old Catholics had already introduced the German language in worship (instead of Latin) and expressly allowed married priests to do pastoral and altar services. The election of the pastor by the parish (parish) was already anchored in canon law at that time.

The Prunerstiftskirche was still in use as an iron store until 1919; on May 1, 1919, it was handed over to the Old Catholic parish. After around a year of adaptation work, also with the help of the parishioners themselves, the church interior was consecrated in June 1920 as part of a festive divine service, followed by the erection and blessing of a new high altar in 1927. The installation of an organ and the necessary opening from the church interior to the gallery , this was still walled up and alienated for residential purposes, took place in 1928.

building

Pruner pen

Side wing of the pruner pen
Entrance portal of the Prunerstift

The monastery building is a two-storey building that has been preserved in its original form despite several planned conversions. The main wing faces the Fabrikstrasse. From this branch off three wings, through whose transverse wings two inner courtyards were created. The church dedicated to the three holy kings forms the middle wing. The main front is structured by projecting and receding risalits . The main portal with a baroque granite border and a cartouche is located in the middle. Two angels hold a five-pointed baron crown above the coat of arms (JA Pruner is entered as a noble (praenobilis) by Pruner in the death register of the city of Linz).

The Prunerstift is the only one of all the former municipal supply houses in Linz that has been preserved in its original state.

Collegiate church

The Prunerstiftskirche was built between 1737 and 1740. It can be reached via the main portal (main entrance of today's music school). The church in the Prunerstift is open to the public on school days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and also during the annual Long Night of the Churches . Furthermore, the church is open on Sunday mornings during worship times.

The ceiling fresco shows, among other things, a pseudo-architecture with the poor and sick, who stretch their hands towards a cornucopia carried by an angel, from which a stream of coins pours out. The main motif of the ceiling fresco is the heavenly Trinity with the Risen One. The left side altar shows the decapitation of James the Elder , the right the burning of the martyr Laurentius .

The fresco on the main altar depicts the adoration of the Infant Jesus by the three holy kings. It is monogrammed MA 1738. It was already suspected in the 1970s that it came from Martino Altomonte , but the restorer did not definitively establish this until 2013. The altar fresco is the largest painted nativity scene in Linz.

The eight wooden sculptures - four standing and four floating angels - are probably from the time the church was built. The end of the church is a semicircular choir, which is decorated with a roof turret and a large double cross (crux gemina). In the roof turret there are two bells from 1737, the larger one had to be replaced due to a crack in 1931 and is now in the Upper Austrian State Museum . The church was consecrated by Joseph Dominik, Cardinal of the Roman Church and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in Passau, on October 6, 1738. The bishop also approved the benefit (1739).

The monument was 2007, although according to the text of Regulation Pruner and Old Catholic Church Epiphany. Pronounced so but no patronage is meant but this refers to the foundation customer of 1730, which states:

“To build a church with 3 altars, the first in honor of St. three kings like sye to the baby Jesus say the devotion, the other to St. Apostle Jacobo majori and the third St. Laurentio should be straightened up. 20,000  florins "

The official name is therefore Prunerstiftskirche , because the consecration of a church to saints at the time of construction was only reserved for parish churches and the collegiate church did not yet have this status at that time.

Prunerstift (Linz) - Holy Three Kings Church.jpg
Pruner Collegiate Church
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Church and side wing of the Prunerstift
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Altar fresco from Altomonte in the Pruner collegiate church


Behind the church building is the Prunerstift children's and youth playground, but it is in poor condition.

use

music school

The main building of the music school of the city of Linz has been located in the Prunerstift at Fabrikstrasse 10 since 1979, and all subjects are offered here. The neighboring building (Fabrikstrasse 12) is used as a quarter for the popular music department . In addition, there are over 30 branches, mainly in Linz elementary schools. All locations of the Linz Music School combined, more than 4,000 pupils are enrolled, who are looked after by around 120 teachers. The training offer is specified with around 50 subjects.

Old Catholic parish church

The Prunerstiftskirche (sometimes Pruner-Collegiate Church ) is a parish of the Old Catholic Church of Austria , the law office of parish office located since 1927 above the sacristy , the parish home exists of Prunerstiftes in an adjacent room of the church since the 1958th After a renovation in 1980, the church building has returned to its original shape with regard to the walls. Due to an ordinance of the Federal Monuments Office , the music school building and the Old Catholic Church have been under monument protection since 2007.

In 2012 the Old Catholic Bishop John Okoro consecrated a woman as a deaconess for the first time in Upper Austria in the Prunerstift.In 2013 he blessed the new people's altar made of glass material, which was erected instead of the wooden altar .

literature

  • Konrad Plass: The Foundation of Johann Adam Pruner in Linz . In: Historical yearbook of the city of Linz 1970 . Linz 1971, p. 33–97 ( part 1 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, part 2 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  • Christian Halama-Blankenstein: Old Catholics in Austria . Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 .
  • Altkatholische Kirchengemeinde Linz (Ed.): The Prunerstift - 50 years of worship for the Altkatholische Kirchengemeinde Linz . Linz 1970.

Web links

Commons : Prunerstift  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Old Catholic Church of the Holy Three Kings. Prunerstift at dioezese-linz.at.
  2. ↑ Music school on LinzWiki
  3. ^ Regina Thumser: Music School of the City of Linz in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  4. ↑ a b Plass 1970, p. 35.
  5. ↑ a b Plass 1970, p. 36.
  6. ↑ Plass 1970, p. 37.
  7. ↑ a b Plass 1970, p. 39f.
  8. ↑ Plass 1970, p. 49.
  9. ↑ Plass 1970, p. 59.
  10. ↑ a b Plass 1970, p. 69.
  11. ↑ a b Plass 1970, p. 71.
  12. ↑ Landes-Frauenklinik Linz on landesarchiv-ooe.at.
  13. ↑ Plass 1970, p. 93.
  14. ^ Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria . Böhlau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 , p. 248 .
  15. ↑ Old Catholic Church Community 1970, p. 9 ff.
  16. ↑ Prunerstift / Music School on stadtgeschichte.linz.at.
  17. ↑ Old Catholic Church Community 1970, p. 25 ff.
  18. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Oberösterreich . 3. Edition. Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1958, p. 173-174 .
  19. ^ Ordinance of the Federal Monuments Office regarding the statutory city of Linz, Upper Austria (Linz 1). 2007, PDF at bda.gv.at, accessed on April 19, 2013.
  20. ↑ Old Catholic Church Community 1970, p. 17.
  21. ↑ Prunerstift children's and youth playground at linz.at.
  22. ↑ Music School of the City of Linz: branches of the music school accessed on March 16, 2013.
  23. ↑ Music School of the City of Linz: Accessed about us on February 11, 2019.
  24. ↑ Old Catholic Church Community 1970, pp. 10 and 26.
  25. ^ Christian Halama-Blankenstein: Old Catholics in Austria. Vienna 2004, p. 782.
  26. ↑ Special consecration: First woman in Upper Austria Diakonin Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of September 27, 2012, accessed on December 15, 2013.

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