St. Nicholas (Durnholz)
The Kuratialkirche St. Nikolaus in Durnholz , a fraction of the municipality of Sarntal in the Sarntal Alps , is a protected architectural monument. The fresco cycle inside is one of the most important of the high Gothic in South Tyrol .
history
It is believed that the church was once a private church was a noble family. The beginnings go back to the 13th century. The current church was built in the 14th century. The frescoes in the interior from around 1430 were whitewashed with lime during the plague and only exposed again in 1986. The restoration work was carried out by the Monument Office together with the Art Office. The current church tower was built around 1550. The adjoining cemetery chapel dates from the 17th century. The nave ceiling was renewed in 1870 .
description
The simple nave with a flat wooden ceiling is closed off by a square barrel-vaulted choir with a re-entrant triumphal arch . The late Gothic church tower has a pointed helmet.
Furnishing
The 150 m² Gothic fresco cycle shows scenes from the life of St. Nicholas, St. Vitus, the passion scenes of Christ and biblical figures. A portrait from 1723 depicting the Last Judgment hangs on the triumphal arch. The church once had a Gothic winged altar from the 16th century, which was replaced by today's neo-Romanesque altar in the 19th century. Parts are now in the house chapel of the Stillendorf residence in Bozen and in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck .
In the church tower is among others the so-called Löffler bell from 1542. It bears the inscription: In the name of Christ Ihesu the holy men vnnd sannt Niccalus I klinng out through the gannze Durnholcz! Hans Leffler made me, accomplished me with God's help. MDLXII
literature
- Bärbel Vetter: The frescoes of the Church of St. Nikolaus in Durnholz. 1990
Web links
- The Church of St. Nicholas in Durnholz on durnholz.it
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Weingartner: The art monuments of South Tyrol . Tyrolia-Verlag, 1968 ( google.de [accessed September 30, 2018]).
Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 22.7 " N , 11 ° 26 ′ 21.1" E