Category: Extras

Forecast for today | 27.08.2019

High pressure conditions. Mostly sunny with some harmless clouds.

WIND IN 3000 M
1 – light wind: 5-15 km/h
2 – moderate wind: 16-30 km/h
3 – strong wind: 31-60 km/h
4 – heavy wind: > 60 km/h

How to reach the parish church of Falzes

The parish church of Falzes is dedicated to St. Cyriak. The saint was a deacon in Rome and suffered martyrdom under Emperor Diocletian.
The original Gothic building of the parish church dates back to the 15th century. In 1851 the old church was torn down to the tower, and in the following years the new church was built – this time in north-south direction.
The stairway to the church is very impressive. Two mighty horse chestnut trees line the stone staircase. The view to the facade shows a niche with a Gothic Madonna of an unknown painter.

Inside the church, wooden stairs lead to the right and left of the portal to the gallery and the choir. The ceiling paintings and the paintings on the choir arch are signed by the painter Christian Holzinger and bear the date 1853. They show the Assumption of Mary, the worship of the continents, scenes from the life of St. Cyriak and the four church fathers. The choir arch shows how Christianity defeated paganism. At the right entrance to the sanctuary there is a holy water fountain or baptismal font made of granite, marked with the stonemason’s mark and the year 1578.
The baroque high altar with its simple column structure bears the statues of St. Augustine, St. Sebastian, St. Florian and St. Cassiano. The high altarpiece, the work of Charles of Henrici, depicts the martyrdom of St. Cyriak, with its colour gradations and successful overall composition.
The cemetery chapel, built in the 17th century, is an original complex with a round choir and a transversely placed barrel vaulted nave. It was enlarged in 1994 and converted into a corpse chapel. Valuable figures from the last century were stolen in the 70s.

Opening hours:
Open all year

Free entry!

Contact:
The parish church of Falzes
Kirchplatz
39030 Pfalzen
+39 0474-538833

How to reach the church

For a long time, the entire religious life of the valley revolved around the church of La Pli/Pieve Marebbe. Once the most important house of prayer in the valley, records state that since the appointment of one Marquardus as the first pastor in 1214, Marebbe has always had its own resident pastor. Records dating back to 1347 list the church as the “parish church of the Virgin Mary of Marebbe”.

Today, it is a grand four-naved Baroque church with a particularly beautiful wooden high altar, skilfully carved in Renaissance style in 1636 – at a time when the Black Death raged through the valleys. The centre features a statue of St. Mary of Graces. Both for the population of the Badia valley and many pilgrims from the Pusteria valley, this picturesque temple remains a well-loved and much-visited place of pilgrimage.

Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday from 7 am to 10 pm

Free entry!

Contact:
Pieve di Marebbe
Str. Catarina Lanz 14/3
39030 San Vigilio di Marebbe
+39 0474-501037

How to reach the The Church of St. Magdalene of the Capuchin

Opening hours:
every day from 9 am to 5 pm

Free entry!

Contact:
The Church of St. Magdalene of the Capuchin
Frundsbergstraße
39049 Sterzing
+39 0472-765325

How to reach the Church of S. John

This very early church stands in the south-east part of the village, in the midst of green meadows. The church was built in the Romanesque style by the von Tschengels as their proprietary church at the end of the 13th century; it then benefited from the pastoral care of clerics from Tschengls. The last member of the Tschengls died in 1421. Inside the church John the Evangelist and John the Baptist are revered as patron saints. In the course of time the church was adapted to contemporary architectural styles and enriched with devotional pictures. Particular sights worth seeing are:

– Romanesque and Gothic frescoes
– the gallery from c. 1600
– the wooden baroque ceiling and pews
– a grave-stone from the Counts of Tschengels
– the frescoes uncovered in the last century
– two frescoes by Karl Plattner (1948)

The last constructional measure was the reroofing with small shingles in 2002.

Guided tours:
every tuesday, 10 am from Mid May to Mid September

How to reach the Church of St. Margaret

Opening hours:
Every day from 9 am to 17 pm

Free entry!

Contact:
Church of St. Margaret
Margarethenstraße
39049 Sterzing
+39 0472-765325

How to reach the Pilgrimage Maria Trens

Once a farmer found a completely intact statue of the Virgin Mary under the rubble of a mudflow. He carefully carried the statue home, where he worshipped it with his family. But the next morning the pious farmer could not believe his eyes: the statue had disappeared. Should there have been brazen thieves at work here? After a long desperate search, he finally found the statue in the village chapel next to the church. The miraculous event was on everyone’s lips at lightning speed and soon many believers went to the “Trenser Mutter” to implore comfort and help from her.
For centuries the pilgrimage church Maria Trens has been attracting countless people from near and far who make pilgrimages with their intentions to the “Trenser Mutter”. The church is also a real jewel for art lovers. When the pilgrimage to Maria Trens in South Tyrol began is not scientifically proven. It is a fact that in 1345 an indulgence was granted in Avignon for the construction of a Marienkirche church, which already 100 years later enjoyed great popularity as a pilgrimage destination. In the 15th century the church was extended in the late Gothic style, 300 years later it was frescoed by the Viennese painter Adam Mölck in the course of a Baroque period. The paintings mainly show depictions from the life of the church patron saint Maria.
The present image of Our Lady of Grace was created around 1470 by an unknown carver from the environment of the famous master of Ulm, Hans Multscher. Since the beginning of the 18th century it has been worshipped in a specially erected side chapel – the Chapel of Grace. The figure of the Virgin Mary, carved from Swiss stone pine wood with a diadem and a cloak decorated with flowers, holds the Child Jesus in her arms; he playfully reaches with his left hand for the white veil of his mother, his right hand stretched out towards the pilgrims.
How many people in this long time with their worries and fears have visited the place of pilgrimage Maria Trens near Sterzing can only be guessed. Mental and physical need, illness and death – the numerous votive tablets in the church, an artistic testimony of deep popular devotion, give only a small insight into the intentions that people have carried to Mary the Blessed Mother.
The pilgrimage to Maria Trens still plays an important role in the ecclesiastical life of our holiday resorts today, when hundreds of faithful from the Sterzing area and the whole of South Tyrol flock together on the so-called “Court Cloister”, which takes place every year on 1 May, to sing and pray together on the centuries-old pilgrimage path to the church, which was newly laid out in 2000. In earlier years, some pilgrims were said to have climbed the last climb to the church even on their knees in order to give special emphasis to their requests. All this makes Maria Trens near Sterzing a very special place of strength, a true spiritual source even for non-pilgrims.

Opening hours:
Ganzjährig geöffnet

Free entry!

Contact:
Pfarrei Maria Himmelfahrt Maria Trens
Rudolf Maria Kruckenhauserstr. 02
39040 Freienfeld Maria Trens
+ 39 0472-647132

How to reach the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church was built by Tanas between 1895 and 1897 in neo-romantic style and the sculptures are the work of Anton Santifaller. On the main altar, there are the Madonna and St. Joseph, in adoration of the Heart of Jesus. Worship Sunday 8.30 am in German

description to arrive at destination
Silandro – Oris – Tanas

worship: yearlong

Contact:
39023 Tanas
[email protected]
www.kirche-laas.org
+39 0473 62 65 52

How to reach the Church of St. Peter

The little church of St. Peter was built in 1396 but was destroyed during the flood of the Tanas river. A new church was built around 1500, the ruins of which can be seen just below St. Peter’s Church. St. Peter’s church, which is still standing today, was built in 1769 in baroque style and consecrated in 1782. The four-station Meditation Trail leads from Tanas to this little church.

Contact:
Church of St. Peter
39023 Tanas
+39 0473 62 65 52
[email protected]
www.kirche-laas.org