Zirl Parish Church
The Roman Catholic parish church of the Holy Cross Zirl is the largest church in the municipality of Zirl in Tyrol.
It was in the 19th century under the direction of Cons. Peter Alois Bauer and early knives Alois Moriggl built. The church painter Franz Josef Plattner with Arnold the Younger designed from the entire interior with frescoes in powerfully bright colors. The work employed the painter for a long time, as were, for example, the ceiling frescoes were created 1862-1874. Also noteworthy are the abstract decorative motifs that fill the walls of the church completely, and the gilded pulpit.
Architecture
The dominant use of the round arch lined up over the building under the neo-Romanesque buildings of the 19th century. Materials and construction techniques of the time allowed the installation of much larger windows than would have been possible in the original Romanesque architecture. The einflutende sunlight brings the frescoes the more powerful advantage.
Gothic style elements can be found in the pointed arches of the altar and the pulpit, but they harmonize with the overall structure.
Frescoes
The church vault adorn et al Representations of the birth and resurrection of Christ. Immediately above the altar is the Holy Trinity, mapped together with Mary, the prophets of the Old Testament, the four evangelists and surrounded by the community of believers.
On either side of the choir, there are of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and the raising of Lazarus.
An impressive interplay between sunlight and fresco, the artist succeeds on the left side of the choir, representing the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. At lunchtime dive incident solar radiation the Messiah and the people in his immediate surroundings in an almost blinding light. The waiting on him, desperately hopeful, whose most urgent, too understandable desire of earthly nature is to stay - yet - shrouded in semi-darkness. Force and certainty of the coming salvation are thus presented together with this side of doubt, human effort and despair.
- Frescoes in the church Zirl
Right Choir: Resurrection of Lazarus
Ceiling fresco: Birth of Christ, Adoration by the shepherds and the Magi
Ceiling fresco: Christ's Resurrection
Organ
The organ of the parish church dates back to a new building by Josef Aigner ( Schwaz ) from the years 1851/52. The housing, the neo-gothic decorative elements is included to be compared in its design language typical of Aigner and can do well with other instruments of his workshop. The superstructure is divided into two parts, so as not to completely cover the organ located behind the window. 1948/49, and 1981, the original 30 registers comprehensive instrument was rebuilt, both work led the company Reinisch Pirchner from ( Steinach am Brenner ). The work carried out in 1981 include, inter alia, the expansion of the scope pedal to 30 tones, as well as the renewal of the front pipes and the game system. The fronts of the Manual sub- keys are provided very Aigner style with goldornamentierten parchment strips. The organ has 28 stops on the main station, sub-station and pedal.