St. Leonhard in Passeier

St. Leonhard in Passeier (Italian San Leonardo in Passiria) is a market town and a village in eggs pass in South Tyrol (Italy ) with 3560 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). St. Leonhard is situated at an altitude of 689 m asl and borders the municipalities of moss and St. Martin in pass eggs.

• 3.1 sights in the capital
• 3.2 sights outside of the main town 3.2.1 birthplace of Andreas Hofer
• 3.2.2 Jaufenburg and Holy Cross Chapel
• 3.2.3 Chapel of St. Hippolytus in Glaiten
• 3.2.4 Schildhof and church in Gomion
• 3.2.5 pilgrimage chapel in the Mörre

• 5.1 The Mayor since 1927
• 5.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Location

St. Leonhard is situated at the foot of Jaufen at the confluence of Walt creek in the register. It forms the Passer, the west of the village flows and makes a bend at this point from the strict north-south direction in an east-west - computing Tung, a limit to the area of the parish of St. Martin in pass eggs. West and south of the registration location courtyards belonging to St. Martin, although they are geographically only a stone's throw from the center of St. Leonhard.

In the summer, St. Leonhard are from Austria and the Jaufenpass ( State Road 44) achieved by Sterzing over the Timmelsjoch (up to 44 State Street ). Next St. Leonhard can be reached from Merano through the entire front Passeiertal up on the state road 44. The connection via Merano is in winter, although the Jaufenpass must be locked in adverse weather conditions, sometimes the only possible connection.

Community structure

In addition to the main town of the municipality includes the villages of St. Leonhard sway, pork rib, Prantach, Mörre, Gomion, Glaiten and Schlattach.

History

St. Leonhard grew out of a parish, the Bishop Gebhard of Trent in 1116 and consecrated the Emperor Frederick II in 1219 gave the Teutonic Order. She handed originally from Timmelsjoch to this Scena. The German Teutonic Order built the church a pilgrim hospice; the village community developed around this nucleus.

The Patron Saint Leonard of Limoges is the patron of peasants and servants, day laborers and teamsters, blacksmiths, locksmiths and distributors - professions that have dominated this region until the 19th century. Gamssteige were smugglers routes in trade between Austria and Italy. Even the most famous son of the town, the Tyrolean freedom fighter Andreas Hofer from the sandy host, was a cattle dealer; here the horses were changed during the transport of merchandise of all kinds across the borders.

Since the 20th century the tourism settled in as a new branch of industry in St. Leonhard. Due to its central location in eggs pass the town has developed not only to the administrative center of the valley, but also to the center of tourism. To the historical town center numerous hotels and medium size Family pensions have emerged that blend harmoniously with the village atmosphere of the place yet. Play an important role through- backpackers who pass through the place, for example on the European long-distance hiking trail E5 or use it as a starting base for Merano High Mountain Trail. Through the construction of a bypass for through traffic to Jaufenpass and Timmelsjoch the infrastructural situation and quality of life in the village of St. Leonhard in the 21st century has been improved.

Attractions

Attractions in the capital

• Of the original Romanesque church only is the lower part of the tower. On its east side is still building sculpture from this period can be seen ( a demon head). The present building is Gothic with zweischiffigem nave, lancet windows, vaulted ceilings and a polygonal choir. In the 18th century the interior of the Baroque style. A late Gothic winged altar by Hans Klocker, the art-historically valuable piece of equipment has been removed, scattered his sculptures and works of the painter Passeirer school of the neighboring parish of St. Martin and replaced their contemporaries from other areas of the Tyrol. High altar and pulpit date from the 19th century. Obtained from the Gothic period are the floral decorations vault in the choir ( 1583 ) and a baptismal font (dated 1545 ) with Passeirer crest.

• The St. George's Chapel in the cemetery is a Gothic building with roof skylights. The furnishings are from the 20th century.

Attractions outside of the main town

Birthplace of Andreas Hofer

Outside the village center of St. Leonhard on the SS 44 towards St. Martin is the guest house Sandwirtgasse, the birthplace of Andreas Hofer. This includes the so-called two chapels on sand:

• To a leave early Baroque reconstruction of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, which had the grandfather of Andreas Hofer, who had made ​​a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1698 to build
• Secondly, the Hofer Memorial Chapel, a memorial chapel from 1883 /84 a neoromanischer Kreuzkuppelbau granite with historical paintings by Edmund of Wörndle, scenes from the life of Andreas Hofer representing

In 2002, the memorial hall in honor of Andreas Hofer was developed into a modern museum in the stables of the sand court. As part of the conversion and extension work, the home museum was built, which was to be found until then in St. Martin in pass eggs, and also created a large outdoor area. This shows a typical Passeirer Haufenhof. The buildings that are there are between the 15th century and 1920, resulting original buildings, some of which were inhabited at its original site to a generation ago. The museum occurs since that time under the name MuseumPasseier on.

In 2008, the Andreas -Hofer- section of the museum was again rebuilt. This Tyrolean struggle for freedom was created room for any new information to the person of the sand host for the Centennial Year 200 years.

Jaufenburg and Holy Cross Chapel

In the tower of the medieval Jaufenburg above the village a branch of the MuseumPasseier is set up. The lying below the castle late Gothic chapel ( 1531) contains frescoes from the period and an oil painting depicting the Last Judgment by Benedict Auer (1816 ), a representative of the Passeirer school of painting. The chapel previously housed a late Gothic crucifixion group of Hans Leininger (1525 ) and other sculptures that were spent in the Diocesan Museum of Brixen.

Chapel of St. Hippolytus in Glaiten

The Chapel of St. Hippolytus late Romanesque origin ( first mentioned in 1380 ) is the fraction Glaiten at about 1000 meters above sea level. It is visible from the center out. Reachable the chapel is just walking distance. However, can be moved up to a mile on the Jaufenpassstraße. From St. Hippolytus of you can see the whole Passeiertal to Meran.

The chapel contains frescoes with scenes from the life of the saint from the time of origin, the iconographic have rarity value, because they do not relate to the Bishop Hippolytus, but the legendary Roman jailer same name. Other fragments of frescoes represent the Last Judgment and Coronation of the Virgin dar.

An oil painting, dated 1616 or 1646, Christoph Dax is attributed from Innsbruck; his theme is the Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus, dragged by a horse to death.

Schildhof and church in Gomion

In the fraction Gomion is one of the 11 obtained in pass eggs Schildhöfe. This was invested in 1478 after the extinction of the Camianer Georg von Annenberg.

Compared to the Schildhof is the single-nave church Maria Lourdes ( 1891) with carved wooden Madonna from Ortisei.

Hermitage in the Mörre

In the fraction Mörre the chapel built in 1848 is exposed to about 700 m above the Passeiertal. It contains Baroque sculptures and votive picture of Passeirer school of painting.

Recreational facilities

St. Leonhard has an indoor tennis court and an outdoor swimming pool, two stables and bicycle rental.

The challenging 18-hole golf course is located in the fraction Prantach. The easiest access via the parish of St. Martin in pass eggs. Since the space but the east of the register is located the plant in the municipality of St. Leonhard.

Policy

The mayor since 1927

Fascist official mayor ( podestà ) and provisional mayor:

Elected mayor after the Second World War:

Coat of arms

Description: In the black coat of arms, a golden -curved peak.

Personalities

St. Leonhard is the birthplace of Andreas Hofer. In addition, the North Pole rider Johann Haller was born on June 30, 1844 in St. Leonhard in pass eggs, as well as the chamois hunter Josef Pichler ( called Pseirer Yosele ), which in 1804 commissioned by the Archduke John of Austria succeeded in the first ascent of the Ortler.