To the Holy Family (Berchtesgaden)

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Parish church of the Holy Family in Oberau with the Auerwirt

The Holy Family in Berchtesgaden district Oberau in Bavaria , which is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of Holy Family Au in Pfarrverband Stiftland Berchtesgaden , Berchtesgaden Dean's Office in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . The now listed church based on plans by Franz Rank was consecrated in 1908.

Buildings and history

The Church of the Holy Family was built in 1907–1908 based on a design by Franz Rank in the then still independent community of Au bei Berchtesgaden. The altar, donated by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria , was created by Theodor Kolmsperger, the altarpiece and Leonhard altar by Waldemar Kolmsperger junior. The owner of the Hofbrauhaus Berchtesgaden , Rudolf Kriss senior, father of Rudolf Kriss jun. donated the organ. The iron grating in the church comes from the Berchtesgaden collegiate church .

It is the parish church of the Heilige Familie Au parish .

The Parish Holy Family Au maintains next to the parish church in the Restener settlement Buchenhöhe the Francis Church as a branch church . The parish belonged to the parish association Marktschellenberg until 2015 together with St. Nikolaus and its branch and pilgrimage church of the Visitation (Ettenberg) in Marktschellenberg . On November 1st, 2015 the parish association Stiftsland Berchtesgaden was founded, to which the three parishes St. Andreas Berchtesgaden , St. Nikolaus Marktschellenberg and Holy Family Au merged, and which was extended on June 1st, 2019 to include the parish Herz Jesu Bischofswiesen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berchtesgaden Baudenkmäler , p. 14, monument number D-1-72-116-207, online at www.geodaten.bayern.de , accessed on January 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ According to the list of monuments, construction began in 1905, see p. Berchtesgaden Baudenkmäler , p. 14, monument number D-1-72-116-207, online at www.geodaten.bayern.de , accessed on January 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ A. Helm, Helmut Schöner: Berchtesgaden through the ages. 1929, Kirche in der Au, p. 12.
  4. ↑ Walter Brugger (ed.) Among others: History of Berchtesgaden. Volume III / 1, 1999, p. 246.
  5. ↑ erzbistum-muenchen.de ( Memento from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) to the parish association Marktschellenberg .
  6. ↑ AP: Pfarrverband Stiftsland Berchtesgaden officially established , report in the Berchtesgadener Anzeiger of November 23, 2015, online at berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de
  7. ↑ Pfarrverband Stiftsland Berchtesgaden newly founded , review of festive pontifical vespers with auxiliary bishop Wolfgang Bischof in the collegiate church , online at stiftsland.de
  8. ↑ Stiftsland Berchtesgaden , parish association structure appears after clicking on “Pfarrverband”, online at stiftsland.de .

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '7 "  N , 13 ° 3' 34.7"  E