City parish church Kitzbühel
| City Parish Church of St. Andreas
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| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Patronage : | Apostle Andrew |
| Parish : | City parish church Kitzbühel |
| Address: | Pfarrau 2, 6370 Kitzbühel |
Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '53.2 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 21.9 ″ E The Roman Catholic parish church of Kitzbühel , consecrated to St. Andrew , is located on the edge of the steeply sloping mountain of life in Kitzbühel ( North Tyrol ). It is a late Gothic - Baroque building with three naves. It was once part of the mother parish St. Johann in Tirol and belongs to the deanery St. Johann in Tirol of the Archdiocese of Salzburg .
history
The parish church of Kitzbühel was probably first mentioned in a document in the 8th century. At that time there was already a small hall church at today's church location at 762 meters above sea level. The first new building took place in the 12th century, a century later another, Gothic new building, which existed until the 15th century. The current 45 meter high, slim tower was erected.
The increase in population made it necessary to build a larger church in the 15th century. The master builder Stefan Krumenauer from Salzburg was commissioned to construct plans for a late Gothic , three-nave large church. Construction began in 1435. The work lasted until 1506. The Gothic tower on the north side was preserved. It was later given a baroque finish with a viewing platform.
From 1661 to 1663, Benedikt Faistenberger and Veit Rabl erected a high, gilded baroque altar that shows Saint Mary with the child . In 1739 the painter Simon Benedikt Faistenberger decorated the interior of the church with numerous ceiling frescoes . In 1785 the remaining part of the Gothic church was redesigned in Baroque style. The ceiling fresco Glorification of the Altar Sacrament and the mural paintings Manna Rain on the north wall and Brazen Snake on the south wall were created by Matthias Kirchner in 1786 .
Altars and pulpit
Crucifixion of St. Andrew, ceiling painting by Josef Gold , 1896
Organ, above it Jesus the fisherman of men
Bells
The town bells of Kitzbühel consist of five ringable bells . Because of the slender Gothic tower of the parish church, the two large ones hang in the 48 meter high tower of the immediately adjacent Church of Our Lady . The big bell, which is considered to be the most beautiful bell in Tyrol, is particularly valuable. It was originally cast in 1845 by Josef Georg Miller for Innsbruck Cathedral , but rejected there because of a blemish - a dent on the hood - and the slightly too high tone. Eventually it was acquired for Kitzbühel. It was later christened the Imperial Bell , as the Emperor complied with a request during World War I to spare it from being handed over for war purposes. Its weight is 6374 kg, cm their diameter 215, and their nominal is increased g 0 (sometimes already gis 0 specified). The other bells come from the Grassmayr bell foundry from 1953 (d 1 -f 1 -g 1 ) and 1970 (b 0 - 2988 kg). Bell 2 is dedicated to St. Andrew . Since the tower of the parish church is very slim and does not have the desired statics, the three smaller bells have to ring cranked and without a clapper .
