St. Jakob in Grissian

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St. Jakob in Grissian
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Dedication inscription from the middle of the 12th century

St. Jakob is a small church in Grissian, a fraction of the municipality of Tesimo in South Tyrol . Significant Romanesque frescoes from around 1200 have been preserved inside .

location

The east- facing mountain church rises on a steep hill that marks the highest point of the hamlet of Grissian. An old high path leads past the square . At a time when the basin was still swampy, it was a main artery connecting the Meraner Land with the Non Valley and the Lake Garda area . It has served as a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela since the Middle Ages .

history

The heavily fragmented Latin majuscule inscription in the apse shows that the church was consecrated on May 12, 1142 by Bishop Hartmann von Brixen . Accordingly, the church was built by the married couple Rudolf and Atha and numerous relics have been repositioned in it. Around 1200 the apse and the triumphal arch were frescoed in the Romanesque style of the Marienberg school. A chaplain of his own is also attested for the first time since 1279 . In 1323 "sanctus Jacobus in Grissano " is mentioned in a testamentary decree of an Eppo von Tisens in favor of the Heiliggeistspital in Bozen . The church tower was added in 1380. The frescoes on the south and north walls were created around the same time and were only uncovered during a restoration in 1956. The nave vault dates from the 17th century.

description

The painting on the triumphal arch shows the sacrifice of Abraham, including Cain and Abel . The frescoes on the south and north walls show a crucifixion scene and the adoration by the Magi. The Lebenberg coat of arms is located under the framing folding ribbon border of the frescos on the south wall .

literature

  • Mathias Frei: St. Jakob in Grissian . Municipality of Tesimo, Südtirol Bildverlag, 1974.
  • Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol. Volume 2: Bozen and surroundings, Unterland, Burggrafenamt, Vinschgau. 7th edition, edit. by Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner. Bozen-Innsbruck-Vienna: Athesia-Tyrolia 1991. ISBN 88-7014-642-1 , pp. 454-456.

Web links

Commons : St. Jakob in Grissian  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '57 "  N , 11 ° 10' 43.5"  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Stampfer , Thomas Steppan: The Romanesque wall painting in Tyrol: Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-1574-7 ( google.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  2. ↑ From Grissian to St. Jakob and St. Apollonia - Nals - Prissian - hiking in the Meraner Land. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Wolfgang Heitzmann: Cultural hiking in South Tyrol: 40 tours. With GPS data . Bergverlag Rother GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7633-3170-3 ( google.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Ohlendorf: Fascination Jakobsweg - the path that is addictive ... all in one: Camino Francès . tredition, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7482-0291-2 ( google.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  5. ↑ a b Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 26-27 .
  6. ^ Associations for Christian art and archeology in Bolzano and Meran: The German portion of the Diocese of Trento: topographically, historically, statistically and archaeologically described by several and published . A. Weger, 1907 ( google.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  7. ^ Hannes Obermair: Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 219, no. 374 .
  8. ↑ Sights in Tesimo - Prissian - St. Jakob Church in Grissian. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Manfred Wundram: Reclams Kunstfuehrer. Italy: South Tyrol. Trentino. Venezia Giulia. Friuli. Veneto, by Erich Egg et al. 2nd ed., Vol. 3/1: Florence, arr. by G. Kauffmann. 2nd edition Vol. 3/2: Tuscany (without Florence). Vol. 4: Emilia-Romagna. Brands. Umbria. Monuments and museums, by G. Kauffmann. Vol. 5: Rome and Latium, by A. Henze. 2nd ed. Vol. 6: Naples and surroundings, by C. Thoenes, with the collaboration of T. Lorenz . 1972, ISBN 978-3-15-010007-3 ( google.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).