Pilgrimage Church Maria Taferl

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Pilgrimage church Maria Taferl with the double tower facade
Maria Taferl , above Marbach on the Danube below, from Krummnußbaum seen from

The parish church of Our Lady of Sorrows is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in the market town of Maria Taferl in Lower Austria and was elevated to a minor basilica in 1947 .

history

According to a legend, miraculous healings took place in 1633 and 1642 on a ridge above Marbach an der Donau in Maria Taferl with a cross mark, whereupon Alexander Schinagel had a carved Pietà inserted into the oak in 1642 . In 1659 a chapel to Maria Taferl was mentioned in a document. The construction of the pilgrimage church began in 1660 and was consecrated in 1724. During Josephinism in 1784 the church was elevated to a parish church and the pilgrimage ended at the same time . Pope Pius XII appointed the pilgrimage church a basilica in 1947. Since 1969 the pilgrimage church has been looked after by the order of the Oblati Mariae Immaculatae . After 14 years, the renovation of the basilica was completed on October 28, 2018.

location

The parish church stands on a terrace above the Danube valley, which can be seen from afar . The church forecourt in Maria Taferl is a few steps lower and has pilgrimage stands in the tradition of the 19th century. The Kuratenhaus is to the west of the basilica .

External church building

The early baroque church building with a cross-shaped floor plan and a double tower facade is oriented to the north with the view of the choir. The construction was probably started after a model by the master builder Georg Silbernagel under the supervision of Georg Gerstenbrandt. In 1670/1671 Carlo Lurago was in charge of construction. In 1711 the dome was completed according to plans by Jakob Prandtauer . The high nave under crossed gable roofs has a portal facade with double pilasters in the south and a curved gable with a clock above the cornice. The portal facade is flanked by two slightly recessed facade towers. The main portal is marked 1694 and 1947 and has a rectangular window with a segmented arch crown, a stone balustrade in relief and a wrought-iron window basket in the blown gable. On the long sides of the church are high segment arched windows between pilasters. The front sides of the transept have lunette windows. The east tower was built in 1687, the west in 1697. The towers are also divided by the surrounding cornice of the church. The towers have a double pilaster structure, segmented arched windows with wedge-shaped stones and acoustic windows with balustrades in relief and onion helmets. The two-story sacristy in the north was built in 1661, making it the oldest part of the church. It is lower than the nave and has rectangular windows with plug-in grilles and silhouette pilasters. There is a crypt in the basement .

On the north side of the church is a so-called Bründl with a marble figure of Johann Georg Loy from 1710. The so-called Taferlstein, which is also mentioned in the name of the place, is on the east side of the church forecourt. The pre-Christian sacrificial stone is surrounded by a round stone balustrade marked 1736. The sacrificial stone stood in front of the altar of grace inside the church until 1744, then in front of the main entrance of the church and since the redesign of the church forecourt in 1959 on its east side.

Inner church building

Altar of grace with the miraculous image of the carved Pietá
Organ by Johann Hencke
Apotheosis of St. Joseph in the nave vault by the painter Antonio Beduzzi

The single-nave, two-and-a-half-bay nave with short transverse arms of equal width under a barrel vault with stitch caps on strong wall pillars has a flat false dome over a square crossing with strongly sloping corners. The three-arched organ loft is protruding at the side and is vaulted under the barrel. The two-bay choir, which is the same width as the nave, has been shortened to a yoke by installing the high altar. The nave and the choir have a rich structure on the pillars thanks to the double pilasters with gilded capitals, plus a profiled cornice with floral decor and plastic gilded frieze and profiled drilled window frames. From 1713 to 1718 the original stucco decoration in the vaults was removed and replaced by the wall painting by the painter Antonio Beduzzi , who called in the painters Josef Regiosi, Johann Reichard Hager, Maximilian Kellner and Franzecesco Messinta in the choir Sieg des St. Cross flanked by angels wearing the robe and the handkerchief of Christ , in the dome of the Assumption of the Virgin surrounded by scenes from the life of Mary , in the pendentives the four evangelists, in the left transept Mary is taken to heaven by her son , in the right transept Mary as the beloved daughter of the father , in the nave, the life and apotheosis of St. Joseph , in the stabbed caps , glimpses with flying angels , and below the gallery three scenes from the legend of grace, Thomas Pachmann injured himself while felling the oak , angel procession by the oak and Alexander Schinagel when inserting the Vespers picture .

Furnishing

The high altar made of stucco marble was documented after the construction period was erected in 1734 based on a design by Johann Michael Prunner with Josef Matthias Götz and houses the altar of grace in a central niche of a three-quarter circle. The altar of grace was made in 1735 by Johann Peter Schwendter from the silver of the treasury. After a fire in 1755 the miraculous image was renewed. After a visit by Emperor Franz I in 1810, all unnecessary silver decorations of the altar of grace had to be delivered and were added again in a simplified form in 1811. On the back wall of the altar are two marble coats of arms, probably by Otto Achaz von Hohenfeld, around 1677. There are two memorial plaques from 1786 and 1795 for Clemens Maria Hofbauer in the choir.

Two analogous large side altars on the front walls of the transepts were created by Jakob Mössl from 1779 to 1781, the altar leaves were painted by Martin Johann Schmidt in 1775 , on the left the altar leaf Crucifixion and Mary, Johannes and Magdalena , on the right the Holy Family as the protector of the place of grace Maria Taferl . The figures are by the sculptor Johann Georg Dorfmeister . Two smaller side altars on the bevels of the nave show the altar sheet on the left of the alms donation of St. Johannes Nepomuk by the painter Johann Georg Schmidt , and on the right St. Karl Borromeo by the same painter with the collaboration of the painter Anton Hertzog.

The pulpit from 1726 was modeled on the Passau cathedral pulpit, set in gold with rich figure and relief decorations by Peter Widerin and Matthias Tempe.

The organ with a splendid rococo case with rocaille arch and clock was built by Johann Hencke from 1759 to 1760 . The plant was renewed in 1910 by Franz Capek and expanded in 1956 and 1981.

Peal

The contract to cast a bell was initially taken on by a bell caster from Linz. However, this did not match the existing bell. It was not until 1773 that the Viennese bell caster Franz Josef Scheichel from Leopoldstadt cast the desired bell with a weight of 1,800 kg. It bears the inscription:

“To Maria Tafferl Ehr, I sailed up the Danube; Franz Josef Scheichel poured me in Zu Wienn in Leopoldstadt. "

Just a year later, Scheichel poured another one weighing 3,750 kg, which outlived both world wars. The bell, cast from cannon metal, bears the inscription:

"Earlier a field gun.
With my thunderbolts, I
often fell terribly to the enemy.
Also harmful.

But now with my sound
all pious invite
you to all that God can please. "

In 1922 two bells were poured onto a larger one weighing 370 kg. In 1925 the church received a Salve Regina bell . The old bell from 1774, which rang in the key H, was joined by four new ones weighing 1,600 kg, 770 kg, 450 kg and 300 kg. They were tuned to D, F sharp, A, H.

As a result of the increase in rank to a basilica in 1947, a new bell was cast initially with one and in 1949 with three more by the Pfundner bell foundry .

In 2004 and 2005 all bells in the two towers were restored.

literature

Stone, which is often referred to as a pre-Christian sacrificial stone, with a round stone balustrade from 1736

Web links

Commons : Wallfahrtskirche Maria Taferl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Taferl: Completion after 14 years of renovation on ORF Lower Austria from October 28, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018
  2. ↑ Bells in Maria Taferl ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 24, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.basilika.at

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 31.1 ″  N , 15 ° 9 ′ 22.4 ″  E