St. Magdalena (Mareit)
The church of St. Magdalena on a hill in the Ridanna Valley was built around 1480 by the Schneeberg miners . The small Gothic church , which politically belongs to the Ridnaun fraction of the parish of Ratschings , belongs to the parish of Mareit .
history
A chapel was mentioned here in a letter of indulgence as early as 1273 . From 1390 onwards, Holy Mass was celebrated every week in the church, which was destroyed and rebuilt after a fire . In 1480/81 the miners from the nearby Schneeberg mine had a larger, more splendid building built on the same site, which was supposed to represent the heyday of the silver mine and the wealth that came with it. The reason why the miners' church was consecrated to St. Magdalena and not as traditionally a patron saint of miners is probably due to the fact that the church was completely changed in 1480, but the patronage of the church was taken over.
Altars
The four late Gothic altars are the showpiece of the miners' chapel.
From the time of the consecration of the church , an altar by Hans Harder from Sterzing comes, who with his depiction of the Magdalen is a locally rare example of a single-figure shrine.
The high altar was built by Mattheis Stöberl from Sterzing in 1509. In the shrine, the assumption of the church patroness Magdalena into heaven is represented, who was by the hll. George (with sword) and Laurentius with their attributes sword and rust is flanked. At the feet of St. Magdalena there are figures of the donors of the altar in traditional miners' clothing. On the outside of the predella , Stöberl depicted saints who are also considered the patron saints of mining, such as the hll. Nikolaus with the three golden balls, Vitus with the cock in hand, Anna selbdritt , and Erasmus , whose martyrdom connects him with mining. Furthermore there are the hll. Christophorus , Sebastian , some plague saints, Barbara as well as the Mother of God Mary with a hand raised in a greeting of peace and a lamentation of Christ . In 1861 the altar was redesigned.
Two late Gothic side altars date from 1526.
St. Magdalena in the one-figure shrine by Hans Harder
High altar by Mattheis Stöberl
Predella of the high altar: Nikolaus von Myra, Vitus, Anna selbdritt and Erasmus
Lower relief of the high altar: Lamentation of Christ
Upper relief of the high altar: St. Magdalena with gilded hair, on the left St. George
Detail in the upper high altar relief: mine tunnel with two miners
literature
- Leo Andergassen : South Tyrol. Art on site . Athesia, Bozen 2002, ISBN 978-88-8266-111-3 , p. 199 .
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Coordinates: 46 ° 54 ′ 30.8 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 1.4 ″ E