Zeitungsreise: Living History
7 articles
Following the passing of Emperor Franz I, authorities, the estates, the military, and the public gathered in Innsbruck for solemn memorial services at the parish church of St. Jakob. Alongside requiem services and addresses, inscriptions on a catafalque and poetic tributes honored the deceased monarch.
A historical overview of the parish of Tirol and four of its prominent 15th- and 16th-century parish priests who attained episcopal sees in Chur, Brixen, and Trent. The article outlines the careers of Ulrich Putsch, Leonhard Wiesmayr, Cristoforo Madruzzo, and Beat von Porta alongside their ecclesiastical and local impact on Meran and the surrounding region.
Second part of the historical treatise on the Church of St. Valentine in Mais and the Puellacher painter family. Following an architectural overview from the 8th-century translations of relics and modifications in the 15th and 17th centuries to the 1826 restoration, the biographical account of Joseph Anton Puellacher begins.
First installment of an ecclesiastical history treatise on Saint Valentine of Raetia and the Church of St. Valentine in Mais. It examines the historical sources, Valentine's missionary work and death in Mais around 470, and the subsequent stay and burial of Saint Corbinian.
A 1638 document from the curacy of Hafling records the outbreak of the plague in the autumn of 1636 around Vöran and Hafling, which claimed 62 lives. To avert the pestilence, the local community donated church banners and vowed to hold solemn processions.
A historical overview examines the background of the mountain community of Hafling from its first mention in 1166 to the establishment of its own curacy in the sixteenth century. Alongside demographic details on farmsteads and inhabitants, the account documents charters by the Prince-Bishops of Trent and agreements with the parish of Mais and Stams Abbey.
The historical description details churches and castles in the surroundings of Merano, including St. Valentin in Mais, St. Katharina in der Schart near Hafling, and Juval Castle. It also highlights local historical events from late antiquity and the Middle Ages to the Napoleonic Wars.
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