St. Markus (Klagenfurt)

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Old Catholic Church of St. Markus, Klagenfurt

The Church of St. Markus in the state capital Klagenfurt am Wörthersee is a parish church of the Old Catholic Church in Austria . The patronage is St. Markus . The sacred building is a listed building . The Markuskirche, built from 1776 on, is located in the historic city center ( Inner City ) on Kaufmanngasse.

St. Mark's Church

The city barracks existed on the site from 1738 to 1776. In 1776 it was converted into a grammar school and a normal school. In the southwest corner of the building that exists today, a sacred part was built from 1776 using the load-bearing walls of the old barracks building. Originally it was used as the house chapel of the Imperial and Royal Lyceum. City architect Valentin Seebauer is presumed to be the builder because he was named on a cost estimate from January 14 , 1776.

The sacred building is a 4-bay, formerly west-west hall room with a shallow altar bay. The easternmost yoke is used today as an archive room for the state school board. Wide belt arches separate the individual yokes . They rest on pilasters and are vaulted with Platzl vaults ("Bohemian Platzln"). The gallery existed until after 1900, then it was removed. It was placed on two pillars in the east.

In the years after 1776, the entire room was uniformly designed with ornamental vault and wall paintings. These were whitewashed several times in the following centuries and from 1984 the church restorer partially exposed them again. With the ornamental vault paintings with the decorative round medallions, it seems as if a stucco should be imitated. The sacred room served as the house chapel for the kk lyceum until 1891 and as the chapel of the teacher training institute until 1938. In 1938 the profanation took place . After 1945 the part of the building was used as a gymnasium and as a book depot. The original furnishings (main and side altars, pews, organ) were completely lost.

In 1984 a usage agreement was signed with the Old Catholic parish. The small church was extensively restored for about 8 months. An altar was transferred from Upper Carinthia, but without a picture, this came into the Diocesan Museum. The altar was complemented by the image of the Mother of God of Vladimir created by an icon painter. A crucifix from the 18th century and four wooden statues (the evangelists) were added. The organ positive comes from the organ builder Ottisch.

On October 12, 1985 the Old Catholic Bishop of Austria Nikolaus Hummel consecrated the sacred building to the patronage of St. Markus. A community center is attached to the Markuskirche, consisting of the rectory , a community hall and a tea kitchen.

In 1993 the staircase not far from the church was renamed Döllingerstiege . Ignaz von Döllinger was a pioneer of Old Catholicism. The sacred part is practically invisible from the outside. The simple facade with cornice structure dates from the middle of the 19th century. The Federal Monuments Office has the secular and ecclesiastical properties between Kaufmanngasse and 10. Oktober-Strasse with the title Landesschulratsgebäude (former Lyceum) with altkath. Markuskirche placed under monument protection.

Old Catholic parish of Klagenfurt

Shortly before 1900 the first old Catholic families moved to Carinthia. On December 8, 1902, the first Old Catholic service was held in Klagenfurt, it took place in the Protestant church. In 1931 a branch parish of the Graz parish was constituted, from 1932 with the right to keep records. On November 4, 1941, the elevation to an independent community with the designation: Old Catholic Church Community of Carinthia and East Tyrol takes place .

On May 27, 1947, Bishop Stefan Török donates the sacrament of Confirmation in the Klagenfurt Castle Chapel . 1978 marks the 100th anniversary of the church's state recognition. The castle chapel in the city of Villach was adapted as an Old Catholic church and was blessed in 1980 by Bishop Nikolaus Hummel . In October 2015 the Synod of the Old Catholic Church of Austria, consisting of 2/3 lay and 1/3 clergy, took place for the first time in Klagenfurt.

The pastoral care room of the Old Catholic Parish Office in Klagenfurt, located at Kaufmanngasse 11, includes the federal state of Carinthia and East Tyrol. In addition to the Markuskirche, the castle chapel of Villach Castle (St. Heinrich and St. Kunigunde) is a permanent place of worship. Diaspora services also take place in Arnoldstein , Sankt Veit an der Glan , Lienz , Ferlach , Völkermarkt and Wolfsberg .

Ecumenical use

An agreement between the Old Catholic parish and the Serbian Orthodox community of Klagenfurt has existed since 1994 . The Old Catholics give hospitality to the Orthodox Christians in the Markuskirche and in the Villach Castle Chapel. For this reason, two icons are constantly set up in the sanctuary in St. Markus, so to speak as a "mini iconostasis". The altar is structurally set up in such a way that it can be celebrated both towards the people and in the older direction.

The Old Catholic Church in Klagenfurt participates annually in the Long Night of Churches in the state capital.

  • St. Markuskirche Klagenfurt, entrance

  • St. Markus Church Klagenfurt, vault

  • St. Markuskirche Klagenfurt, church interior

literature

  • Old Catholic parish for Carinthia and East Tyrol (ed.): One hundred years old Catholics in Carinthia 1901–2001 . Self-published, Klagenfurt 2001.
  • Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria. History and inventory . 1st edition. Böhlau, Vienna Cologne Weimar 2008, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carinthia - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 27, 2014 (PDF).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Old Catholic Church Community for Carinthia and East Tyrol (ed.): One Hundred Years Old Catholics in Carinthia 1901–2001 . Self-published, Klagenfurt 2001, p. 21-56 .
  3. ↑ a b Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 386 .
  4. ^ Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria. History and inventory . 1st edition. Böhlau, Vienna Cologne Weimar 2008, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 , p. 749, 808 .
  5. ^ Heinz Lederleitner, the new Old Catholic bishop. ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk , October 24, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2016 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 18.5 ″  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 23.8 ″  E