St. Georg (Schenna)
St. Georg (also St. Georgen ) is a Roman Catholic round church of the Romanesque from the 12th century in Schenna in South Tyrol (Italy). It is decorated with frescoes from the 14th century. The late Gothic winged altar is assigned to Hans Schnatterpeck's workshop . A special feature is the baroque wooden sculpture of the crucified bearded Kummerus , a legendary saint of popular piety .
location
The church is located in the hamlet of St. Georg at 716 m slm in the upper village of Schenna (600 m). It is located next to the original ministerial castle of the Lords of Schenna, of which only the foundation of the keep has been preserved. A residential building, the Uhlenturm or Uolenturm, was built on it. In the immediate vicinity are two courtyards that are used for gastronomy.
history
The reason for the construction of the church is unclear. It is debatable whether it is a collegiate church , the Oldoricus de Sennano (Ulrich), follower of Count Albert III. von Tirol , after his return from the Fourth Crusade , had it built, whether it was built as a branch church for the population of the upper village or served as a castle chapel for the Lords of Schenna, until Petermann von Schenna, favorite of Margarete von Tirol , had Schenna Castle built. Petermann von Schenna left the "old castle stable on Schenna, in which the St. George's Chapel is located" to his cousins Reinprecht and Wernher, with which the church was mentioned in 1346 for the first time.
Built the church is a rotunda with conical roof and ribbed vault , the roof was probably originally with wooden shingles covered. The church was painted with frescoes . The church tower with pointed arch windows, tracery and pointed pyramid roof on the northeast side was probably added in the 15th century.
According to tradition, the church was struck by lightning in the 16th century , which destroyed part of the frescoes and damaged the stability of the vault. In 1591 a round pillar made of granite was built in for security.
On September 7, 1969, several statues were stolen from the high altar, including the image of the Virgin and Child, St. Barbara and the apostles Peter and Paul . The stolen sculpture of Kummerus was found again in 1974.
Furnishing
Frescoes
The fresco cycle was probably created in the last decade of the 14th century by an unknown master, who was also significantly involved in paintings in Lichtenberg Castle , St. Prokulus in Naturns and St. Nicholas in Rojen . Other works such as the vault pictures showing Christ as judge and the resurrection of the dead come from another artist, but from around the time of the unknown master. He also created the fresco of the legend of St. Nicholas with the decoration of the three virgins on the west side and the martyrdom of St. George . His fight with the dragon is preserved in fragments. According to a preserved inscription, the frescoes were donated by Johannes, servant of the Krebishof, which still exists today, not far from the church.
Nicholas legend
Martyrdom of St. George
altar
Art history ascribes the origin of the winged altar to the workshop of Hans Schnatterpeck only recently . He worked in Merano between 1480 and 1510 . In the shrine there is George fighting the dragon, in the background two angels holding carpets. This scene is flanked by figures of Mary with child (left) and St. Barbara (right). The latter figures were stolen (see above) and only recently replaced by copies. The wings show reliefs of Pope Silvester (left) and Saint Anthony Abbot (right). When the wings are closed, an image of the Annunciation to Mary appears. In the predella you can see St. Ursula with eleven companions, in the foreground on the left the bishop and deacon.
Further equipment
The sculptor who created the portrayal of the bearded Kummerus is not known. The work from the baroque period shows the legendary female figure crucified in a simple belted robe.
On the wall brackets there are figures of St. Wolfgang with a model of a church and St. Nicholas from around 1510 . The statuette of St. Urban dates from around 1700.
The younger Pietà of the side altar is not given any art historical significance. In the middle of the 17th century, the two angel poles and two candle sticks with a shovel, vine knife and grape were made. The pulpit with sound cover is a work of the early 17th century.
literature
- Mathias Frei: St. Georgen ob Schenna . SB-Verlag, Bozen 1996, ISBN 88-85129-07-2
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- St. Georg on the side of the municipality of Schenna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notburga Unterthurner-Oberbichler: Art historical considerations (PDF file; 4.34 MB)
- ^ Mathias Frei: St. Georgen ob Schenna , p. 4
- ↑ Erich Egg : Gothic in Tyrol - the winged altars . Innsbruck 1985, pp. 286-295
Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 0.7 " N , 11 ° 11 ′ 51.1" E