Seekirche (Seefeld)

Side view of the Seekirchl

The Seekirche Heiliges Kreuz , here Seekirchl or Heiligkreuzkirche , is a landmark near Seefeld in Tyrol , on the outskirts of the Kirchwald district .

History and construction

inside view

The church serves as the votive church of a miraculous crucifix . Archduke Leopold V initiated the construction of a church in 1629, and it was completed in 1666. At that time, the Seekirchl stood in the middle of the Kreuzsee , which was laid out by Duke Sigmund the Rich in Coin in the 15th century and drained in 1808. The Seekirchl soon became an important pilgrimage church , next to the parish church the second in Seefeld.

It is a high baroque , octagonal central building with a dome, a design rare in Tyrol, with an attached tower. The master builder was the Innsbruck court builder Christoph Gumpp the Younger , the painting - two high altar paintings (1771), two wall paintings on the legend of the Seefeld Cross (around 1772) - were done by Josef Anton Puellacher . The wrought iron grating of the chancel in cartilage style was built in 1978 - "somewhat unsuitable" - under the gallery.

The church is a listed building .

literature

• Anton Triendl, Nikolaus Triendl: The lake church in Seefeld . 3rd edition, self-published, Seefeld 2009 ( pdf , haus-kremser.at)

Web links

Commons : Seekirchl Heilig Kreuz (Seefeld in Tirol)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the Olympiaregion Seefeld (PDF file, page 4)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The miraculous crucifix , SAGEN.at >> Traditional sagas >> Austria >> Tyrol >> Seefeld - with a detailed description of the foundation's legend
2. ↑ Ursula Bader, Karl Wiesauer: Wrought iron in Tyrol: the art of forming iron. Series Tiroler Kulturgüter , Tyrolia-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-370222442-4 , chapter baroque and rococo: cartilage style and knotwork , p. 35 ( chapter pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically defective Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tirol.gv.at, p. 2 there)  

Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '37.28 "  N , 11 ° 10' 50.07"  E