St. Katharina on the Rain (Bruneck)
The Catholic branch church St. Katharina auf dem Rain (also called Rainkirche ) is located halfway between the castle and the city of Bruneck in South Tyrol . It belongs to the dean's office of Bruneck in the diocese of Bozen-Brixen ( ecclesiastical province of Trento ) and is a listed building . With its striking tower, it forms the city's landmark together with Bruneck Castle .
history
The oldest church within the old city walls of Bruneck was donated by Nikolaus Stuck in 1340 as the Holy Spirit Chapel and subsequently served as the family's burial place. The patronage changed in the 17th century to St. Katharina , the chapel was baroque in 1675 and expanded into a church. The Rain Church was also damaged in the great city fire of 1723, so that the tower had to be renewed in 1724 and received its current appearance with the onion domes. Due to the exposed location above the city, the platform on the tower was the night watchman's observation point . He was still working here until 1972.
There is a legend about the church bell. When the bell was about to be sold, twelve horses could no longer move it on the downhill path and a note fell from the sky. It read: “My name is Katharina, / I know all the weather. / I'll chase away all the weather, / and I'll stay in the Rainturm. ”When the bell was brought back, two horses were enough for it.
Building description
The building has a polygonal, late Gothic choir closure . The choir tower ends with two onion domes on an octagon with four painted Tyrolean coats of arms. Above the stone-framed rectangular portal on the west side there is a fresco from the 17th century with the beheading of St. Catherine. A weathered mural from the 18th century can be seen on the north side, depicting the hll. Depicts Katharina, Sebastian and Nikolaus .
Inside, the nave is covered by a flat barrel vault, which is painted with rectangular and quatrefoil frescoes. On it are the hll. To see Katharina, Florian and Ursula ; they date from the 17th century. The baroque columned altars show the image of St. Katharina, on the side altars St. Joseph with the child and the Assumption of Mary . The Stations of the Cross from 1830 painted Josef Renzler.
Outdoor area near the west portal of the church is the Mother Goose - Fountain of Brunecker sculptor Freiberger.
literature
- Walter Rampl: A house full of glory looks. All churches in Tyrol, Vol. 4 South Tyrol = Alto Adige 1: District communities Eisacktal, Pustertal (excluding Gadertal), Wipptal. Self-published, Axams 2012. ISBN 9783950267730 . P. 203. (online)
- Karl Meusburger: The legend of the Beistandmanndl , in: The Schlern . Monthly magazine for South Tyrolean regional studies 4, 1923, p. 283.
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Bruneck City Archives
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 ′ 43.5 ″ N , 11 ° 56 ′ 21.5 ″ E