Pilgrimage Basilica Maria Puchheim

Pilgrimage Basilica Maria Puchheim

North-east view of the pilgrimage basilica

The Roman Catholic pilgrimage basilica Maria Puchheim is located in Puchheim in the town of Attnang-Puchheim in the Vöcklabruck district in Upper Austria . The church, consecrated to the Mother of Perpetual Help , belongs to the Schwanenstadt dean's office in the Linz diocese . The Redemptorist monastery church and the structurally connected Puchheim Castle are listed buildings . 1951 raised Pope Pius XII. the church to the minor basilica . In 1968 the pilgrimage church was elevated to a parish church .

history

A castle church dedicated to St. Georg was consecrated, was first mentioned in a deed of foundation from 1242. In a fire disaster in 1585, this burned down with the Puchheim fortress . Then Puchheim Castle was built with a castle church. In 1870 a miraculous image of the mother was set up by the constant help in the Georgskirche and this made Puchheim a place of pilgrimage. The new place of pilgrimage had a great charisma, so that the St. George's Castle Church was soon too small and a five-aisled pilgrimage church was therefore built on the west side of the castle .

Under Rector Father Matthias Paprian, the new pilgrimage church was built according to plans by the architect Richard Jordan . The groundbreaking for the pilgrimage church took place on Feb. 24, 1886, the laying of the foundation stone on June 27, 1886 and the consecration on August 5, 1890. The interior design and furnishing continued until August 1896. In 1951 the church was elevated to a “minor basilica” and since the “Maria Puchheim” parish was established on February 1, 1968, it has also been a parish church.

architecture

The three-aisled church with two facade towers was built largely in the neo-renaissance style, with other stylistic elements being used in some cases.

Design and establishment

Interior of the basilica

The interior design followed the taste of the time at the end of the 19th century. The 90 large and small ceiling paintings and murals were designed by the Bavarian painter monk Max Schmalzl from Gars Monastery and are kept in Nazarene style. They were carried out by the Tyrolean artists Michael Lackner, Thomas Köhle and the master Josef Scherfler from Mauerkirchen in Upper Austria.

Altars

The five altars are works from the Stuflesser carving workshop in Val Gardena . In the center of the high altar is the miraculous image of the "Mother of Perpetual Help". A copy of the original miraculous image in the Roman church of the Savior and St. Alfonso of Liguori and probably painted by a monk in the 14th century. It was built in 1870 in the castle church of St. Georg erected in 1870 and transferred to the newly built church on June 21, 1891.

The other altars are the Clement Altar (right side altar) in memory of St. Klemens Maria Hofbauer , who brought the Redemptorist Order to Austria, the Neumann Altar (left side altar) in memory of St. Redemptorists and Bishop Johann Nepomuk Neumann , the Alfonsus altar (right aisle) in memory of the order's founder St. Alfons of Liguori and the Lourdes altar (left aisle).

organ

View of the organ

The organ dates from 1891 and was created by the organ builder Leopold Breinbauer from Ottensheim. With 1647 pipes on 24 registers , it is a medium-sized instrument, and quite large for the period of the romantic organs of the 19th century. Orgelbau Kuhn from Männedorf, Switzerland, renovated the instrument in 2006. The precious instrument is also used in concert. Most recently in a major concert on May 20, 2007. The organists Mag. Geisselbrecht and Mag. Sonnleitner performed works from Brixi to Kopetzki in an audio-visual event that is unique in Austria .

I main work C – f 3 1. Bourdun 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Gamba 8th' 4th Gemshorn 8th' 5. Gedakt 8th' 6th Octave 4 ′ 7th Hollow flute 4 ′ 8th. Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 9. Cornet III 10. Mixture V 11. Trumpet 8th'

II subsidiary work C – f 3 12. Violin principal 8th' 13. Philomele 8th' 14th Lovely Gedakt 8th' 15th Dolce 8th' 16. Principal 4 ′ 17th Soft flute 4 ′ 18th Harmonica aeth. III

Pedal C – f 1 19th Principal bass 16 ′ 20th Violon 16 ′ 21st Sub bass 16 ′ 22nd Octavbass 8th' 23. Quintbass II 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 24. trombone 16 ′

• Coupling : II / I, I / P

Puchheim basement stage

Puchheim basement stage

In 1965 Werner Böhm and some like-minded people founded a basement stage in the substructure of the Puchheim basilica. Since then, 85 theater productions have been realized there. A total of around 300 theater enthusiasts from Attnang-Puchheim and the neighboring communities worked on it. In 1993 the company started its own children's and youth program. Since 1998 "N2O", the improv group of the Puchheim basement stage, has been providing monthly challenges. Some renovation phases - most recently in 2009 - required investments in the higher six-digit range. One of the results of this is probably the smallest revolving stage not only in Upper Austria, but in all of Austria. Today the auditorium offers space for 127 people with good visibility throughout.

literature

• Martin Stangl: Richard Jordan - sacred buildings . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna, 1999.
• Redemptorist Monastery Puchheim: Maria Puchheim , Verlag Welsermühl, Wels 1991.

Web links

Commons : Maria Puchheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Parish Maria Puchheim. Historical review. In: dioezese-linz.at.
• Attnang-Puchheim. Information about the organ at orgelbau.ch.
• Puchheim basement stage. In: kbp.at.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Redemptorist Monastery Puchheim: Pilgrimage Basilica Maria Puchheim (church guide); Welsermühle Publishing House, Wels 1991
2. ↑ Attnang-Puchheim. In: orgelbau.ch. Retrieved on August 14, 2020 (information about the organ on the website of the organ builder). 

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 58.8 ″  N , 13 ° 42 ′ 51.4 ″  E