St. Magnus in Gagers
The St. Magnus chapel , together with the former Gagers estate, is a protected architectural monument of the market town of Lana in South Tyrol .
history
The three Gagers-Höfe were originally Zinshöfe that belonged to the St. Martins land register. In 1722, the St. Mang monastery in Füssen acquired Gagers (Latin: Vaderium ) from the Weingarten monastery for the amount of 9,108 guilders and converted the residential building into an estate for the administrators. The treasures of the Füssen monastery were kept on the property, including the St. Magnus staff, which was brought from Füssen to Lana twice in 1737 and 1756. At the same time, Benedictine priests had grown white wine there, which was “completely spared from mold for seven years” through the blessing of the staff.
When, towards the end of 1722, the renovation of the Gagers-Hof had progressed so far that the administrator could move in, it was decided to build a chapel next to the manor. With the approval of the abbot and the license of the Bishop of Trient, construction of a chapel began on June 25, 1725 according to plans by the builder Johann Georg Fischer von Füssen. The chapel followed the structural model of the collegiate church of St. Mang in Füssen. As early as the Whitsun festival in 1726, the building was designated by the administrator. The Abbot-Prior Placidius Zerle moved entirely to Gagers in 1763 and died there in 1770.
With the secularization of 1803 the property came into peasant hands. Repairs to the roof and masonry were carried out in 1911. In 1975 the chapel was completely renovated.
Furnishing
The ceiling paintings in the chapel date from 1732 and show the miraculous powers of St. Magnus von Füssen . The figures of the high altar, originally created by Bartholomäus Steinle in 1619 for the monastery church of St. Mang in Füssen, depict the three saints Magnus, Benedict and Scholastica . The chapel received it in 1725 as an obsolete inventory of the collegiate church in Füssen, which was renewed at the same time. The side altars and the altarpiece were created by the sculptor Thomas Seitz . The prelate's room in the adjoining manor is furnished with a baroque panel from the 17th century and an empire stove. The anteroom houses a ceiling with simple stucco decoration and painted doors.
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
- ^ The German portion of the Diocese of Trient: described topographically, historically and statistically. I . Theol. Verlag-Anst., 1866 ( google.de [accessed October 15, 2017]).
Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '57.9 " N , 11 ° 8' 7.8" E