St. Ottilia (Tschengls)

St. Ottilia

St. Ottilia is a small church in the old field west of the Tschengls fraction , which in turn belongs to the municipality of Laas in the Vinschgau in South Tyrol .

history

The hill on which the church stands may have been built on earlier, but this has only been suspected and has not been proven. A small early Gothic church is said to have already been located at this point, which "is said to have had narrow windows". However, no earlier building traces have been found during excavations by the monument office. However, a burnt offering place from the younger Iron Age (around 400 BC) could be established.

Today's small church was built in 1681 on a flat hill by Kaspar Perlinger, the count's administrator at Tschenglsberg Castle . A votive plaque showing the kneeling founder in the company of his relatives, handing the little church to St. Ottilia , says:

"Kaspar Perlinger clocks in this praised God house 1681"

Except in winter, masses were held there monthly , and the church was also the destination of petitions. It is possible that a hermitage was built next to St. Ottilia in 1757 .

Restoration work was carried out in 1908, 1970 and between 1986 and 1988.

Building

The building stands in an approximate north-south axis, whereby it can be entered through a pointed arched door in the south. The portal is protected by a canopy. To the left and right of it there is a marble-framed square window, above the canopy an oculus , which is also marble-framed . The barrel vaulted interior has a three-sided choir closure . Two framed arched windows are embedded in each of the side walls. All windows are equipped with slug panes. The bell gable with two small bells , one of which is the oldest bell in Tschengls (it dates from the end of the 17th century), was probably added later. Both sound holes are protected by a canopy, the northern one being significantly larger than the southern one. All roofs of the building are covered with wooden shingles.

Directly under the sound hole on the south side is a marble-framed long window, which is crowned by a plaque with an inscription.

The corner cuboid that still existed in 1940 (represented as incised cuboid , sgraffito technique or painted on as a pseudo architecture ) was removed or no longer renewed during restoration work.

In the 1970s, the church was broken into twice and literally plundered - the Stations of the Cross from the time it was built and other baroque figures of saints were stolen.

literature

• Franz Waldner, Harbert Raffeiner, Hermann Schönthaler, Isidor Schönthaler, Wilfried Stimpfl, Johann E. Thumler, Manfred Zangerle: "Houses from Laas, Tschengls, Eyrs, Tanas, Alitz" Verlag Tappeiner, Lana 1990

Web links

Commons : St. Ottilia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 43.4 ″  N , 10 ° 37 ′ 24.6 ″  E