Rottenmann parish church
The parish church of Rottenmann stands approximately in the middle of the old city fortifications in the municipality of Rottenmann in the Liezen district in Styria . The patronage of St. The Roman Catholic parish church subordinated to Nikolaus von Myra is part of the Admont dean's office in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church and the former cemetery are under monument protection ( list entry ). From 1480 to 1785 the church also served the Rottenmann Abbey of the Augustinian Canons as a collegiate church.
history
The church was first mentioned in a document in 1266 as a branch church of Lassing .
In 1453 the Rottenmann citizen Wolfgang Dietz donated money to build a monastery. After approval by Pope Calixt III. Augustinian Canons from Vienna were called to Rottenmann. The monastery did not have a great future, especially during the Reformation it suffered heavily. Emperor Joseph II finally abolished the monastery in 1785. The Rottenmann monastery was later acquired by Eisengewerke Pesendorfer, then by Max Ritter von Gutmann, who sold it to the industrialist Flick when Austria was annexed to the German Empire.
construction
First there was a small Romanesque church, which was rebuilt from 1439 to 1513 into the Gothic building that still exists today. During the baroque period, some small modifications and installations were made. On the side altars of the church there are three altar leaves by Kremser Schmidt , the high altar painting comes from the Graz painter Philipp Carl Laubmann from the year 1760. At 87.6 m, the tower of St. Nicholas' Church is the second highest in Styria .
Tower clock
In 1398 the pastor Lienhard donated a clock for the tower of the Romanesque Nikolauskirche, which was probably the first in Styria.
Chrissmann organ
Franz Xaver Krismann was the most important organ builder in Austria in the 18th century. He built u. a. the two works known today as the Bruckner organ in the collegiate church of St. Florian, Upper Austria, and in the old cathedral in Linz. He died on May 20, 1795 in the Rottenmann vicarage while the organ was being built in the Nikolauskirche.
Pastor
The first documented pastor was Heinrich de Winterthur in 1323, who became Bishop of Lavant in 1333 (seat in St. Andrä near Wolfsberg). In 1855 the city parish was elevated to a deanery. The parishes of Rottenmann, Selzthal, Liezen, Oppenberg, Lassing, Trieben, Gaishorn and Wald belonged to this deanery. The first dean was Pastor Johann Szeker. In the course of the reorganization of the deaneries in 1973, the deanery Rottenmann was abolished under the dean Wilhelm Fleiter and incorporated into the deanery Admont. From 1975 to 2008 the parish was looked after and directed by Pastor Johann Geier. He was succeeded as pastor by Johann Huber.
literature
- Hannes P. Naschenweng, Rottenmann, in: Floridus Röhrig (ed.), The former monasteries of the Augustinian Canons in Austria and South Tyrol (Klosterneuburg 2005), pp. 285–327.
- Ileane Schwarzkogler: Bankruptcy in the Baroque. The fate of the Augustinian Canons in Rottenmann , in: Lust and Suffering: Baroque Art, Baroque Everyday Life. Styrian State Exhibition 1992, ed. from the cultural department of the Styrian regional government, Red. Ileane Schwarzkogler (Graz 1992), p. 271 ff.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '27.8 " N , 14 ° 21' 30.1" E