Vitus Church (Sankt Veit im Pongau)
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The St. Vitus Church has been Roman Catholic since 1074 . Parish church in Sankt Veit im Pongau in the state of Salzburg . She is the St. Consecrated to Vitus , the patronage is celebrated on June 15th . The parish of St. Vitus belongs to the parish association St. Johann im Pongau (PV3) of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . The church stands, surrounded by the St. Veiter cemetery, on a hill above the market square.
history
The first mention of the place and the parish (parrochia sancti Viti) can be found in 1074 under Archbishop Gebhard . It is one of the mother parishes of the Pongau and included the whole of southern Pongau. In 1244 it was incorporated into the Salzburg Cathedral Chapter , in 1401 it was part of the Dompropstei and from 1525 of the Cathedral Dechantei . In 1807 the parish was secularized and then in 1812 subordinated to the deanery of St. Johann .
A first church was probably built between 850 and 950, and a Romanesque stone church was built in the 11th century . This was single-nave, had a flat wooden ceiling and an east tower. In the north aisle of today's church remains of the old tower and in the attic remains of the Romanesque beam ceiling were found. This church building fell victim to the great market fire of 1334. As a result, an enlarged Gothic church with two cross-rib vaulted aisles was built using old wall remains . The church also received today's west tower and two chapels (Schernberg chapel and death chapel). In the 15th century, the choir designed with jumping diamonds was built and the main nave was designed with a rib vault. The tower was given a baroque double onion tower in 1730/31 . The central nave is divided into two equally high naves by two octagonal pillars, the western yoke is occupied by the organ gallery.
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Outside on the south side of the choir, a staircase leads to the Gothic crypt . There is also a late Gothic epitaph on the outside. A Roman spoil is also walled in, depicting a married couple.
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Pilgrimage
The pilgrimage may only have consisted of individual pilgrims, the pilgrimage motifs were the resuscitation of dead children, women and epilepsy. The live offerings (black chickens) were housed in a platform behind the high altar. The noise of the animals during St. Mass led to the abolition of this custom. “In 1935, an epileptic woman asked the pastor whether she could sacrifice a black chicken. "
Cult item
Miraculous image was a statue of St. Vitus on a pillar on the south side altar that bears attributes : with the left a black chicken, with the right a palm frond . On the high altar is the martyrdom of St. Vitus depicted.
Votive
Votives were live animals, namely black chickens, which were carried around the high altar three times by the voters during mass. Then they locked them behind this in a path .
Furnishing
The main altar was built in 1649 on the basis of a donation from Conrad von Schernberg and his wife. In the central niche, the coronation of Mary is depicted, below is Rupert von Salzburg with a salt barrel and St. Virgil with a cathedral model. Above the tabernacle the figure of the church patron St. Vitus can be seen, as side figures are St. George and St. Florian . In the altar extract , St. Michael is depicted as the weigher of souls. In the main nave there is also a hanging cross from the 17th century, the pulpit dates from the second half of the 17th century, it is decorated with a picture of the Savior and pictures of the four evangelists.
In 1984 a people's altar was erected according to plans by the diocesan architect Peter Schuh. The old food rack was also used. The side altars were built around 1660. The right shows St. Sebastian with the top picture Madonna and Child , the left is the cross altar with the altarpiece Christ on the cross with Mary, John and angels, the top depicts the Holy Trinity . Next to the cross altar is the baptistery with a marble baptismal font from 1500 with a wooden lid from 1748. In 1983 remains of a Gothic painting were uncovered in the baptistery.
In the left aisle there is an altar of Mary, which was donated in 1750 by the Scapular Brotherhood founded in 1732 . This is a rococo altar with winding columns, the altarpiece shows Mary presenting a rosary to St. Dominic , to the left is a representation of Catherine of Siena . Between the columns are figures of Mary's parents, St. Joachim and St. Anna . In the right aisle is the Catherine Altar (mid-18th century). The altar panel shows St. Catherine of Alexandria . The side figures depict the saints Franz Xavier and Johannes Nepomuk (around 1750).
organ
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The organ was built in 1714 by the organ builder Johann Christoph Egedacher . In 1866 it was revised by the Tyrolean Matthäus Mauracher , and in 1974 the last renovation and expansion took place. In the organ gallery there are round medallions with the 15 secrets of the rosary from the 18th century, including console figures of St. Anthony (around 1893) and St. Leonhard (around 1780), with a baroque lecture cross in between.
Bells
The original bells from 1534 are still in the church. The large bell weighs 1960 kg and was cast by the Burghausen bell caster Hans Schuspek. The other two bells are from 1464 and were made by the Salzburg master Jörg Gloppitscher.
literature
- St. Veit im Pongau (= Christian places of worship in Austria, No. 208) . Publishing house St. Peter, Salzburg 1991.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Personnel of the world and religious clergy of the Archdiocese of Salzburg for 1957 ( Schematismus 1957), ed. from the Archbishop's Office in Salzburg 1957, p. 203.
- ^ Homepage of the parish of St. Veit im Pongau
- ^ Johannes Neuhardt : Pilgrimages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg , Munich and Zurich 1982, p. 105.
- ↑ Gustav Gugitz : Austria's Places of Grace in Cult and Custom , Vienna 1958, Volume 5, p. 205.
- ^ Gustav Gugitz: Austria's Gnadenstätten in Kult and Custom , Vienna 1958, Volume 5, pp. 204f.
Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′ 44.3 ″ N , 13 ° 9 ′ 7 ″ E