Pilgrimage Chapel St. Florian
The baroque pilgrimage chapel of St. Florian ( Poutní kaple Sv. Floriána in Czech ) is a dominant feature of the town of Moravský Krumlov ( Mährisch Kromau ) in the Czech Republic .
location
The chapel is enthroned to the east, approx. 50 m above the town situated in a meandering basin of the Rokytná , on the Floriánek spur belonging to a high plateau ( Floriansberg , 308 m nm). To the northeast rise the Vinohrady (338 m nm), in the east the Strážná hora (312 m nm) and south of the Křepelčí vrch (312 m nm). One and a half kilometers to the east on the Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou – Brno is the Moravský Krumlov train station , from which a hiking trail leads to the chapel and down to the town.
history
The St. Florian was long been the patron saint of the city Moravsky Krumlov. In 1623 a Floriani fountain with a statue was built on the market. After the devastating fire of April 25, 1690, in which a large part of the city was destroyed, the desire matured in the citizens to honor their patron saint with a chapel.
Legend has it that Anton Florian von Liechtenstein was caught in a storm on his return from the hunt, in which his horses ran away and ended up miraculously at the edge of what was then known as the Spielberg cliff. In thanks for the rescue, he is said to have initiated the construction of the chapel.
Construction began for him in 1695, on June 30, 1697 the five-tower chapel with three entrances was consecrated. Originally there were two altars and an organ inside. The ringing consisted of two bells.
During the Austro-French War in 1809 around 10,000 French camped in the area. After the withdrawal of the French army, the chapel remained devastated and looted. In 1829 one of the two bells was stolen.
It was not until 1833 that the Kromau rulers decided to restore the chapel. This was financed by donations and collections from the population. The Liechtenstein estate inspector Matthias Zimmermann procured new furnishings from the chapel in Groß Ullersdorf in 1833 and also donated a picture of Mary to the chapel. The city of Kromau donated the town hall's storm bell to the chapel. The consecration took place on May 4, 1834. A little later, a new organ could be bought, which was played for the first time on the occasion of the 148th anniversary of the great city fire on April 25, 1838.
After the February coup of 1948, the chapel was left to decay. The equipment including the organ was destroyed in the 1960s and the high altar picture was damaged.
Between 1968 and 1969 the parish had repairs carried out to save the chapel. After the Velvet Revolution , the traditional pilgrimage was revived on the first Sunday to St. Florian . In 1997 and 1998 the chapel was renovated, the completion of which was celebrated on May 10, 1998 with a pilgrimage. After that, the chapel received an evening lighting.
In addition to the pilgrimage, the chapel is also accessible for church services and concerts.
description
The single-nave chapel, built from hewn stones along a north-south axis, has a rectangular floor plan with corner projections . On each of the four corners there is a low tower tower with a lantern. There are side chapels in the eastern corner towers and in the western spiral staircases. The stairs in the northwest tower lead to the gallery, the southwest to the organistrum . Originally it still had a central tower. In the outer walls, windows are arranged on two floors, the upper row of windows being designed as a blind window with a window cross indicated in the plaster. There are volute gables between the towers on the north and south facade. In the south gable on the third floor above the portal there is a shell niche with a statue of St. Florian let in, the figure of the saint is said to date from 1706.
The floor plan of the hall has the shape of an elongated octagon, above the middle of the hall there is a compressed barrel vault with an opening upwards. The baroque high altar image of St. Florian created the painter Johann Georg Gutwein in 1702.
The chapel is protected as a cultural monument.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 51.6 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 12.6 ″ E