Letter Konsistorium Salzburg 1769, Over Plan Construction Parish IN Mattrei

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The Salzburg Consistory contact them Pastor Abraham Virgilien Eder and the Councilor and carer Wolfgang Adam Ignatz Casper Edlen von Zollheim in Windisch Matrei (also Matrei in East Tyrol).

RegardsPlans for the New building dheParish Church of St. Alban in Matrei in East Tyrol.

It's about the master bricklayer Thomas Mayr (1733-1810) from Linz, after long negotiations Architect and construction manager of the new building of the church, which only began in 1777 and was consecrated in 1783. This one had Crack and model for church and tower and now receives his reward for it.

Dated Salzburg, the 10th March 1769.

Excerpts:"[...] that the master mason in Lientz Thomasen Mayr drew up the plan for the proposed church building in Windischmatterey, and made a model of the church and tower for other reasons in accordance with the draft submitted by him to the church authorities in Windischmatterey creditable merits."

The only restriction that is reduced is the amount of Mayr's remuneration "for the production of the first model touched upon".

Signed by the director of the consistory Joseph Christoph Anton Mayr(1710-1776), by the Chancellor Anton Medard Krenner (1724-1787) and by the Consilarius and Secretary Franz Xaver Hochbichler (1733-1825), who later held high spiritual offices.

Scope: two text pages (the second only half written), a blank page and an address page (30.7 x 20.5 cm).

On the address page there is an entry note and a note about the payment of 120 guilders to "Thomas Mayr, master bricklayer in Lienz because of the sketch and model for churches and towers all there."

Format (folded): 8.9 x 18.3 cm.

Condition: paper stained and with small holes; the seal is missing. bplease note also the pictures!

Internal note: Ostbhf Vorphila 23-10-08 (4) Austria Architecture

About Franz Xaver Hochbichler, the parish church of Matrei in East Tyrol (Source: wikipedia):

Franz Xaver Hochbichler also Franz Xaver Hochpichler (* 13. November 1733 in Zell am Ziller; † 20. February 1825 in Salzburg) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman.

Life: Franz Xaver Hochbichler was the second of ten children of the innkeeper and brewer Ludwig Hochbichler and his wife Anna Maria (née. Lauterbacher).

He came to Salzburg for training as early as 1743 and became an alumnus of the priest's house.

on the 17th He was ordained a priest in December 1757 and then worked as a temporary assistant in the city chaplaincy until he became a co-operator in Haus im Ennstal in February 1761.

In 1766 he became co-registrar in the consistory in the Chiemseehof in Salzburg, and two years later in 1768 he also became consistorial secretary and canon of the former Salzburg Schneeherrnstift (Collegiata Beatæ Virginis ad Nives).

On the 1st He was appointed consistorial councilor on May 1, 1768. January 1777, as successor to Joseph Christoph Mayer († 1776), as consistory director of the prince-bishop's consistory, which consisted of a president, the director, a chancellor and seven councilors; As director, his influence grew noticeably and he formed the conservative counterpoint to the Enlightenment consistory chancellor Johann Michael Bönike (* 10. January 1734; † between 24. and 31 May 1811). In 1794, as director of the consistory, he initiated, among other things, an investigation into the priesthood because of heterodox books.

Pope Pius VII appointed Franz Xaver Hochbichler on 4. September 1805 as administrator and vicarius spiritualis of the Berchtesgaden provost.

Under diocesan administrator Leopold Maximilian von Firmian, Franz Xaver Hochbichler was Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Salzburg and Real Privy Councilor.

His tomb can be found in the Margaret Chapel of the Petersfriedhof in Salzburg.

honors and awards

A few weeks before his death, Franz Xaver Hochbichler was born on December 12th. February 1825 by Emperor Franz II. awarded the large Gold Civil Medal of Honor with chain.

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Alban in Matrei in East Tyrol With its 86 meter high tower, it is the largest country church in Tyrol. It was dedicated to Saint Alban of Mainz. Despite an overall baroque impression, the church is architecturally at the transition from late baroque to early classicism.

Story

Early parish history

Interior view of the Matrei parish church: After the 8th After Slavic Carantania became part of the Duchy of Bavaria in the 19th century, East Tyrol was settled by Bavarian colonists, which resulted in the Christianization of the region. The Patriarchate of Aquileia probably founded the original parish of Virgen, from which the later rural deanery of Virgen emerged and which, in addition to the Defereggental and Kals, also included Matrei. However, through the provisions of the Reichstag of Aachen in 811, the Matreis area came into the diocesan area of ​​the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Matrei was probably made its own parish during this time, as it was later considered the original Salzburg parish, which, in addition to today's parish area, also included Mitteldorf, Huben and the Defereggental with the exception of St. Jakob. The oldest parish church in Matreis is said to have stood on the site of today's wayside shrine at Kreuzbichl; a people's priest was first mentioned in a document in 1162. There was originally a Romanesque building on the site of today's parish church, but it burned down around 1326.

The Gothic parish church: After the Romanesque parish church was destroyed, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style and consecrated in 1334 with three altars. In 1536 Balthasar von Kötschach carried out repair work on the church. All that remains of the original building is the lower part of the tower (brick tuff blocks), which is divided into floors by grooved cornices. As today, the parish church had the tower at the entrance, a Salzburg peculiarity. This was followed to the east by a five-bay nave about 19 meters long and 12 meters wide. This was followed by the four-bay presbytery (14 meters long, 8 meters wide), raised by five steps; the sacristy was built in the south. To the north was the Ursula chapel with the adjoining mortuary chapel. There was a gallery above the main entrance, and a second one was built in 1663 for the organ in the middle of the northern nave wall. In 1740 there were five consecrated and two non-consecrated altars in the church. After the new church was built, some of these became private property or were taken over into smaller chapels. A Gothic depiction of Saint Alban is now in the branch church of St. Nicholas, the diocesan saints Rupert and Virgil (early 16th century). Century) are in the Chapel of Allen Saints in Feld and a Madonna statue from the middle of the 14th century. Century can be found in Widum (formerly chapel in Berg/Seinitzen).

The construction of the new parish church: Since the rectory was built in the 18th century After it had become very dilapidated in the 19th century, it was demolished between 1737 and 1741 according to the archpriest's judgment and with a permit from Salzburg and replaced by a new building. The Matreians had to wait even longer for a new parish church to be built. At that time it was not dilapidated, but it had become far too small. On feast days, around half of the faithful had to attend mass outdoors. When the order finally came from Salzburg to submit plans and cost estimates for the new church building, the archdiocese's chief construction expert, Wolfgang Hagenauer, also submitted a plan. This envisaged an expansion of the church through wall breakthroughs and gable roofs to the north and south and was intended to give the church a floor plan in the shape of a cross. In addition to the court chamber painter Josef Adam Mölck, the Lienz builder Thomas Mayr presented a plan that envisaged a completely new construction of the parish church as a hall church with twice the floor area. Mölck planned an approx. 35 meter long church, the floor plan of which resembled a cloverleaf with its three chapels and a large choir in the central building. Mölck's design, which included his own lavish paintings, appealed to spiritual and secular personalities in Matrei, However, Salzburg decision-makers preferred Mayr's plan. Since the planned building was considered too large, Mayr and Hagenauer were commissioned to come to an agreement on size and proportions and Mayr to submit a new plan. Hagenauer suggested building the church according to his plan with Mayr as master builder, However, church construction finally began according to the plan adapted by Mayr. Mayr was also responsible for construction management, while Pastor Eder and nurse Wolf Adam Lasser took over the construction supervision. Logging began in 1771. 20,000 guilders were budgeted for the construction. Since the 8,000 guilders deposited by Matrei in Salzburg were used by the archdiocese for other purposes, the start of construction was delayed until the money was available again. The new building finally began in 1777. In order to be able to continue to hold services, the north and south walls were first raised next to the existing church. Later the services were moved to St. Nicholas. The shell was already completed in the fall of 1779. Because of the approaching winter, the church services have now been moved back. The church was completed in 1783, but was not ceremoniously consecrated until the 28th. October 1789. The construction of the high altar and the two side altars began in 1805 and was completed in 1807.

Church organization: Matrei forms its own deanery, which, in addition to the parish of Matrei with the chaplaincy of Huben, also includes the Virgental (parishes of Virgen and Prägraten), the Defereggental (parishes of St. Jakob, St. Veit and Hopfgarten) and the Kalsertal (parish of Kals). .

Building and furnishings

Building structure:Thomas Mayr applied Salzburg classicism, as embodied by Wolfgang Hagenauer, in his own way in his church by combining classicist elements such as the nave with a dome room inspired by the Baroque period. Classical elements are particularly clear on the outer facade, which is characterized by identically designed pilasters with Ionic half-capitals. The main entrance to the church is on the western side and leads through the tower into the nave, which is divided into three bays by massive wall pillars with double pilasters and passages. In the vertical direction, galleries between the pillars and a dentil cornice separate the room into three floors. The room is vaulted by a barrel vault with stitch caps. After the front arch (vaulted arch between the chancel and the nave) there is a room that has a transept-like appearance due to the lack of galleries. The central, square bay is surmounted by a frescoed dome, which is followed by narrow bays with barrel vaults on the sides.

Frescoes and stucco: Originally, in the spirit of the Enlightenment, the Matreians were forbidden from decorating the church with frescoes and stucco. However, the Matreians ignored this ban and commissioned the Brixen court painter Franz Anton Zeiller to carry out the frescoes and Franz Graßmayr from Innsbruck to do the stucco work. The work, which was completed by 1783, was temporarily kept secret from the prince-archbishop. Zeiller designed the “Miracle of the Multiplication of Bread” in the vault of the nave and two scenes from the martyrdom of St. Alban in the four side cartouches. The large dome fresco depicting “The Recording of St. Alban among the saints of heaven” as well as the four doctors of the church in the cartouches and in the choir the “veneration of the name of Jesus” by the heavenly spirits. Zeiller later also delivered an altarpiece and 15 station pictures that were later lost. The artist immortalized himself on the left edge of the picture of the multiplication of bread. Graßmayr created the stucco work on the pulpit in 1784, while the carving was made by the master Michael Hueber.

Altars: The sculptor Petrus Schmid was originally commissioned to create the high altar. The Zillertal native, based in Mittersill, made a few statues, but froze to death while crossing the Felber Tauern in May 1787. The statues that had already been completed were integrated into the later high altar. However, for the new design that was now to be planned, neither marble nor stucco was approved; only wood was allowed to be used. The chaos of the coalition wars had prevented a more expensive project. The Bolzano painter and varnisher Anton Simeth finally executed the altar and handed it over in 1805, while the altarpiece “Adoration of the Shepherds” and the essay “St. Alban” were created by the last Salzburg court painter Andreas Nesselthaler in 1807. To depict the shepherds worshiping in front of the nativity scene, Nesselthaler used the picture “Birth of Christ” by Anton Raphael Mengs as a model. The side altars were mainly designed by Michael Hueber, as was the organ case, which was painted white and gold in 1805. The organ itself, made by Johann Götz (Toblach), was built in 1782.

Further design: In the parish church of St. Alban there are also numerous works by the sculptor Johann Paterer and his workshop. After his return from Italy he created the statue of Saint Sebastian (1738). He also created a guardian angel in a floating position, Saint Anthony of Padua with angels and Saint Joseph with a child. He created the statues of Saints Peter and Paul for the high altar and four angels and the Good Shepherd for the pulpit roof.