St. Peter (Tanas)

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Church of St. Peter in Tanas
Photo from the Galministeinhof

Photo from the Galministeinhof
Construction year: until 1769
Inauguration: 1782
Builder : Anton Stecher
Style elements : Late baroque
Client: Parish of Tanas
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Location: 46 ° 38 '33.6 "  N , 10 ° 39' 11.6"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '33.6 "  N , 10 ° 39' 11.6"  E
Purpose: Roman Catholic parish church
Local community: Tanas
Parish: Tanas
Diocese : Bozen-Brixen

The church of St. Peter in Tanas (municipality of Laas , South Tyrol ) is the third church that was built around this point. It is located on a rock cone in the Tanaser Bach gorge above Eyrs at an altitude of about 1400 meters on the Sonnenberg . The building has been a listed building since May 12, 1981.

history

First church

A priest for the Church of St. Peter is first mentioned in 1368. The first written evidence of the church itself dates back to 1396. That year, the bailiff Ulrich von Matsch had to judge a dispute over water rights between Tanas and Eyrs. The place given is "where St. Peters Chapel stands".

Second church

A new church is reported to have been built around 1490. In order to advance this, Pope Alexander VI. granted an indulgence , and also given permission to keep the Holy of Holies and to set up a cemetery .

In 1510 12 cardinals granted indulgences for the equipment and maintenance of the church. In the remains of this building that still exist today, the year 1513 can be found in the main portal, which should mean the date of completion.

The appointed priest is noted as a beneficiary . The establishment of an exposition is first mentioned in 1729.

To maintain the Eternal Light , each farm had to deliver a certain March (1 March = 0.44 kg) lard as annual interest . This was seen as interest from a so-called church cow. The visitation protocol from 1638 tells of a white baptismal font made of Lasa marble , which was placed in the middle of the church. (It is now located in today's church under the stairway to the gallery .) The round basin is alternately decorated with lilies and Peter's keys. The date is unclear and varies between the 16th and 14th centuries. Since Tanas has always had baptismal rights, the latter dating cannot be completely ruled out.

According to Matthias Burglechner 's map of Tyrol from the 17th century, this St. Peter's Church was built on the orographic left side of the Veldenbach (today Tanaser Bach). Over time, the stream changed its course and dug a new bed between the church and the village, creating a deep gorge here. Constant mudslides undermined the location of the church, eventually the tower and the cemetery collapsed.

The Chapel of St. Anne was built in Tanas at the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century, probably also because of the difficulties of the route for the weekday services .

Third Church

A place was sought for the new building of the church that could no longer be endangered by mudslides. The current location was chosen, whereupon there was a dispute between Tanasers and the mountain farmers, as the church route would now be considerably longer and more difficult for the people from Tanas. Finally, Innsbruck decided as the last instance:

"The church should be built in the most suitable place on the mountain side."

In 1769 the church was completed. However, it was not consecrated until 1782 by Dyonis von Rost, Bishop of Chur . He let himself be carried up the arduous route in a lounger and claimed 180 guilders in fees and travel money.

Today's building

St. Peter, view of Eyrs (left the Galministeinhof, right houses of Tanas)

The building is in the late Baroque style . The floor plan was based on the late Gothic predecessor church. The nave is rectangular with an attached, slightly separated five-sided choir . On the west side there is a tower with a wooden onion dome. The three-year arched cap vault of the nave is placed on flat pilasters .

Furnishing

Most of the sacred furnishings come from the previous church, which must therefore have been quite extensively equipped. The high altar is a so-called ciborium altar . The altar table with the tabernacle is not directly against the wall, but is connected to the wall by the pillars.

The altarpiece was painted by Florian Greiner in 1769 and depicts the farewell to Peter, he and Paul embrace. One also finds the signs of their martyrdom , the cross and the sword. The initials of the barrel painter "MM" and the year 1782 can be found on the wall structure of the high altar. Alternating images for Advent and Lent represent a crucifix and an Annunciation and were painted in 1786 by Josef Dengg from Schluderns .

The two side altars, which were purchased between 1645 and 1666, also come from the previous church. The structure with the pillars wrapped in vines is based on the style of the time around 1600. However, the double-headed eagle, which is halved on the sides of the altar, can be seen as a rarity. The right side altar, which is also the older one, bears the donor's inscription that has been preserved:

"In 1667, the frumb Sylvester Telzer and Agata Dreggerin had his housewife painted the altar and had it taken at his expense"

However, it dates back to 1645, as the year on the entablature shows. The altarpiece with the plague cartridges St. Rochus and St. Sebastian was renewed in 1926 by Martin Adam from Mals , but the originality was preserved.

The Immaculata Altar was created in 1666 as a probable foundation by a private person . When Theres Stringl repainted the altar leaf in 1888, however, the donor's name was painted over.

All sculptures were removed and stored a long time ago. The four large, colored statues of the main altar represented the bishop Lucius of Chur, Remigius of Reims (as patron saint of Eyrs) and the two soldier saints Florian and Moritz.

Other sculptures and sacred objects were:

  • At the altar of the Immaculate Conception the Chur diocesan patron Lucius, flanked on both sides by the parents of Maria, Joachim and Anna
  • At the plague altar the Pope Sylvester as cattle patron, as well as St. Peter and St. Paul. They are works by the sculptor Greiner from the 18th century.
  • A Vespers picture dated 1711, which also comes from the previous church and which was placed above the confessional .
  • A crucifixion group from 1723 that is no longer complete except for John. (From the Greiner family, Christian Greiner the Elder † 1720 and Christian Greiner the Younger † 1778)
  • Remains of wooden altar sculptures of St. Lucius and St. Florinus from the years 1620 to 1640
  • Two large sculptures of St. Leonhard and St. Ottilie. In their current state they were "roughly renewed" at some point. They could come from Christian Greiner the Elder and can be dated to around 1700/1710.
  • A votive image in honor of St. Martin, donated in 1692 by Georg Telser on Goldstein (Galministein?). The picture was renovated by Florian Greiner in 1750. It is noted on the board:

"the H. Martin zu Ern sacrificed the heir Georg Telsser on Goldstain and his landlady Margreta Vileggerin dies Taffl on Ano 1692. In 1750 the heir Bartholome Telsser had this Taffl reneved on Ober Tels. "

  • An oil painting with the apostle Paul and scenes from the legend of Jacob, donated by Jakon Thäner with the inscription:

“God vnd the holy S. JACOBVS in honor of Jacob V (astl) Thäner v. Agatha Thregerin sacrificed his marriage mate dies Taffls ano 1699 "

On the altar table of the church are the reliefs of the sacrifices of Abraham and Abel . These date from the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century. The Stations of the Cross are colored Augsburg copperplate engravings, dated 1760/1770 and still in their original wooden frames.

The two bells are from the previous church. The larger one has a weight of 200 kilograms and sounds in the tone C / C sharp. It was cast by the master Sternegger from Nuremberg in 1593 and bears reliefs of St. Peter with a key and a crucifixion group, as well as the inscription:

"JESUS ​​NAZARENUS REX JUDEORUM ANNO MDLXXXXiii through the fire I flowed Christofferus Sterneggker watered me"

Since the jacket has cracked on the little bell, it can no longer be used. It bears the inscription

"VERBUM DOMINUM MANET ETERNUM in our ... a ... veu-er I flowed Christofferus Sterneggker poured me Anno MDLXXXXiii"

The reliefs show a bishop with a staff and a medallion of saints. There are no other bells from the Sternecker family from Nuremberg in South Tyrol. After the First World War , two more bells were hung, they were cast by Luigi Colbacchini in Trento in 1921 .

The small organ is located on its own little latticed gallery and bears the inscription in the wind chest :

" Andreas Mauracher organ builder from Zillertal, made in 1812"

graveyard

In the northwest corner of the cemetery there is a funeral chapel with an altar, but the latter was never consecrated. The cemetery is still in use and serves as a final resting place for the residents of the surrounding mountain farms, who have a grave here.

restoration

Funds were raised through private donations, including from the State of South Tyrol and the Südtiroler Sparkasse Foundation , to have the organ restored in the late 1990s. At the same time the church was statically refurbished, flat steel slingshots were pulled in over the arched vault, cracks in the masonry were closed and the walls were drained. A few years earlier the roof had already been re-covered with wooden shingles. In September 2000 this phase of the renovation work was completed. An interior and exterior renovation is planned.

literature

  • Gertraud Laimer Tappeiner: Churches of Laas, Eyrs, Tschengsl and Tanas. Ed. Pfarre Laas, Verlag Tappeiner, Lana 2011, p. 91 ff.

Web links

Commons : St. Peter  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office