Vaduz Cathedral

The St. Florin Church in Vaduz is a geostete Gothic three-nave church with front tower in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, erected between 1869 and 1873 according to plans by Friedrich von Schmidt, under the architect Ignaz von Banko. The patron of the church of St. Florin ( Florinus ), who lived in the 7th century and originated from mud in Val Venosta.

• 2.1 Rheinberger Organ

History

Religious center in the uplands of the Principality of Liechtenstein was present from the earliest times to neighboring Schaan with the built on the foundations of the Roman fort St.Peterskirche. Around 1250, a secular priest for Vaduz is called the first time. After the founding of the county of Vaduz ( in 1342 ) was the chapel Florin in Vaduz Count's own church; the rights of patronage were in 1712 with the acquisition of the county over to the Prince of Liechtenstein. A chapel may have originated in the early Middle Ages; the house of God is repeatedly mentioned in 1375, renovated several times in the sequence and enlarged. At times, the chapel was also the burial place of rulers from the families of the Counts of Berg, Barons of Brandis, Count of Sulz and of Hohenems. 1602 was a Neuweihe the chapel. In 1842 the ratio eased to the mother church in Schaan through the establishment of an independent Kuratie ( Lower chaplaincy ). Since 1844 the church located southeast of the cemetery is open for general use; in the 17th century, the cemetery was solely reserved for the count's house and his servants.

Architectural History

In 1868 the decision was taken to build a church building in Vaduz, since the Florin Chapel of the increased demands could no longer cope. As the area south of the building site until then existing Florin Chapel has been selected. The church was built according to plans by Friedrich von Schmidt under the direction of architect Ignaz von Banko. The foundation stone was laid on August 17, 1869, on 18 June 1870, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated. The consecration of the three altars followed finally in October 1873. The cost was no interior fittings around 205,000 florins, of which more than three quarters was fed controls by the Prince of Liechtenstein.

1872, the tower and the sacristy of the chapel Florin were aborted and finally followed in 1874 the demolition of the last vestiges of probably dating from the last third of the first millennium earlier building.

Own parish and elevation to cathedral

The parish of St. Florin comprises the territory of the Commune of Vaduz, which has an area of ​​17.284 km ², which is home to 5,038 inhabitants, of whom 3,616 are Catholics. It emerged with the inauguration of the Church of St. Florin in 1873 from the area of the parish Schaan.

Pope John Paul II has been affiliated with the Apostolic Constitution "Ad satius consulendum " of 2 December 1997, the territory of the Principality of Liechtenstein from the diocese of Chur and re-erected the Archdiocese of Vaduz for this area. First Archbishop Wolfgang Haas was. The parish church of St. Florin was applied simultaneously to the cathedral.

Equipment

• Around 1520 the 47 cm high Büstenreliquiar of St. Florin emerged as half figure with biretta and chalice. A breast niche in the Figure was prepared to receive a relic.
• By 1550, probably originated in Vorarlberg as part of a representation of the Coronation of the Virgin, the resulting 77 cm high wooden sculpture of God the Father. ( Other figures are available in various shrines in the local area, such as the house Verling in the Middle Village )
• 1670 emerged the baroque wall figures, probably for the former Florin Chapel: Apostles Peter and Paul next to the high altar, and in the side chapel Christ as ruler of the world, Mary under the cross and Evangelist John.
• The high altar with statues of the four evangelists was created in 1873 by Josef Leimer in Vienna.
• Under the altar is a Gothic wooden sculpture grave Christ, which probably originated from Carinthia.
• 1873 were delivered by Grass Mayer in Feldkirch the bells: John Bell ( 2442 kg ), Lady Bell (1288 kg), Lucius Bell ( 734 kg ) and Florin bell (302 kg).
• 1961 created by the sculptor Hans von Matt from Stans bronze figures and Christmas Pietà at the staircase to the church.
• 1965, the parish church in renovating a 125 cm high Gothic wooden sculpture of Madonna was ( created in 1480 in the Lower Bavarian workshop) with child donated.
• 1965 created by the sculptor Emil Gehrer from Bregenz the crossroads of the parish church.
• 1965 delivered Eschmann from Wil two more bells: Trinity Bell ( 6190 kg ) and angel - bell ( 736 kg ).
• The glass paintings are works by the artist Martin Häusle († 1966) from Feldkirch: Canticle of the young men in the fiery furnace ( Dan 3, 51-90 ), The Spirit of God over the abyss, the passage through the Red Sea and the Easter morning.

Rheinberger Organ

The great organ was built in the years 1872-1874 according to the plans of the composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger ( 1839-1901 ) of the organ builder Steinmeyer. The instrument was rebuilt and enlarged in 1947, 1979 and renovated again by organ building Mathis. In 2013 the organ was returned by Hermann Eule organ building Bautzen in the original condition as part of a restorative new building. The instrument has 48 registers on three manual and pedal works.

Princely tomb

Until the period after the Second World War there was the traditional grave lay the House of Liechtenstein in Vranov u Brna ( Moravia ). After the collapse of the Austro -Hungarian monarchy, the Liechtenstein princes had to leave their South Moravian chateaux in Lednice ( Lednice ) and Valtice ( Feldberg). After Austria was connected to the German Reich in March 1938, the new reigning Prince Franz Josef II decided the first prince of Liechtenstein - due to the rejection of National Socialism - to move his residence to Liechtenstein in Vaduz Castle. Thus, it was also necessary to build a new family grave lay. In 1960, the Princely tomb was completed at St. Florin. It is located south then to the Cathedral and is only once a year, on All Saints' Day (1 November ), open to the public.

The following members of the Liechtenstein princely family were buried here:

In the Prince's tomb, there is a ban on audio and video recordings. see also: tombs of European monarchs

Fürstengruft (interior)

Grave of Franz Josef II

Postwertzeichen

The parish church of Vaduz, together with the government building for the first time in 1925 motif of a postage stamp issue of the Principality (face value CHF 1 ½ ).

1930 shows the aspect of a whole thing (face value 20 cents ) a view of Vaduz with the castle, the church and the surrounding area.

On December 6, 1966 four-part edition series pays tribute to the restoration of the parish church with side view (face value 5 cents ) and figure details St.Florin ( Wertsufe 10 cents), Madonna (face value 30 cents ) and enthroned God the Father ( Wertsufe 170 centimes).