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33-626: Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps an ancient lake basin) and lies at the confluence of the Ahr with the Rienz , which itself flows into the Eisack river. Here the northern Tauferer Ahrntal side valley and the southern Val Badia of the Gran Ega creek join the broad Pustertal. Bruneck wide valley, located between the two straits of Kiens downstream and Percha upstream, delimited to

66-476: A monastery at the "Spitalangerle", which still exists today. On 11 April 1723, the worst fire in the town's history occurred. In 1741, a convent was built by the Ursulines . In Oberragen, not far from the church, a fire broke out, which soon spread by the strong east wind across a large part of the town, mostly destroying it. During the long-lasting Napoleonic Wars the town suffered no material damage, but as

99-404: A Sunday display, and a display for special holy days. Commissioned for Abbot Benedict Eck of Mondsee in 1471 and completed in 1481, the giant polyptych has two sets of wings that can be closed across the inner corpus with the sculptured Coronation presenting a majestic array of huge Gothic figures dominated by the beautifully kneeling Madonna. The carved and painted gold centerpiece is visible when

132-513: A donation from the noblewoman Svainilde, around 1000, became part of the possessions of the Brixen bishops. The town was probably named after its founder, the Brixen prince-bishop Bruno von Kirchberg, and first appeared as Bruneke in a deed issued on 23 February 1256. At that time, the town consisted of two rows of houses forming a narrow lane. During the turbulent times of the interregnum upon

165-660: A marching station went into great debt because of housing and feeding soldiers and infantrymen for many years. After World War I, South Tyrol and so also Bruneck became part of the Italian State, getting the Italian name. The city was spared damage in World War I , but in World War II the town was bombed, leading to loss of both life and property. The emblem is a tower with a sloping roof, on an embattled wall with

198-516: A uniquely personal style of painting. Pacher was born around 1435 near Brixen on the southern slopes of the Alps in the County of Tyrol . Little is known of his training. His earliest recorded work is an altarpiece that was dated 1465 and signed, but which is now lost. Pacher visited Padua in northern Italy, where he became heavily influenced by the modern fresco work of Andrea Mantegna . Mantegna

231-539: Is twinned with: The locality is home to HC Pustertal Wölfe , a professional ice hockey team currently playing in the Alps Hockey League . [REDACTED] Media related to Bruneck at Wikimedia Commons Ahr (South Tyrol) The Ahr ( German pronunciation: [aːɐ̯] ; Italian : Aurino [auˈriːno] ) is a river in South Tyrol , Italy , which flows through

264-835: Is considered one of the most remarkable carved and painted altar shrines in all of European art. It contains scenes from the life of Jesus and the Virgin Mary . Pacher's other great work, the Altarpiece of the Church Fathers , created in 1483 for Neustift Monastery, combined painting and sculpture to produce a unique art form. Pacher's influence was primarily North Italian, and his work shares characteristics with that of painters such as Andrea Mantegna . German influences, however, are also evident in his work, especially in his wood sculpture. Pacher's fusion of Italian Renaissance and Northern Gothic realism helped him to produce

297-467: Is depicted in his cardinal's attire. Jerome, who is well known for a story in which he drew a thorn from a lion's paw, is indeed accompanied by the lion in Pacher's work. To his right is the panel of Augustine, portrayed with the child from a legend about Augustine. According to this legend, Augustine was walking along a beach one day when he saw a child scooping up the water with a spoon. When Augustine asked

330-504: Is probably Pacher's second most famous work. The significance in this work by Pacher lies in that the boundary between painting and sculpture was no longer clear. The Altarpiece of the Church Fathers is divided into four sections, with each section depicting one of the four Great Doctors of the Western Church: Ambrose , Augustine , Jerome , and Pope Gregory I . On the very left is the altarpiece of Saint Jerome, who

363-654: The Dolomites , the Bruneck Hausberg with the Messner Mountain Museum Corones building designed by Zaha Hadid on top at an elevation of 2,275 metres (7,464 ft) and a popular ski area. The Bruneck town centre is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Brixen and 70 kilometres (43 mi) of the regional capital Bolzano . To the east, the town is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Winnebach (part of Innichen ) on

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396-564: The Puster Valley was reunited with Tyrol because of a testamentary contract between the house of Habsburg and the counts of Görz . The town of Bruneck remained an episcopal possession. In 1610, Bruneck, which had previously belonged to the parish of St. Lorenzen , became a parish in its own right. The first parish priest documented was Johann Herlin in 1613. In 1626, the Capuchin order came to Bruneck. The Fathers built themselves

429-566: The St. Wolfgang Altarpiece , remains in its original location and setting in St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut on the Abersee (the western end of lake Wolfgangsee) in Austria. The altarpiece is a polyptych, or Wandelaltar, where a painting is divided into four or more segments or panels. There are two pairs of movable wings, and three different displays for use on different occasions: an everyday display,

462-542: The Tauferer Ahrntal . [REDACTED] Media related to Ahr at Wikimedia Commons This Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Michael Pacher Michael Pacher ( c. 1435 – 1498) was a painter and sculptor from Tyrol active during

495-473: The 1960s, tourism was especially important to the town, resulting in the building of numerous new hotels and guest houses. Bruneck is characterized by the manufacturing and service industries . Important tourist centers are found all around Bruneck. Especially worthy of mention is the ski resort on Kronplatz mountain. As of 22 October 2001, the day of the Italian population and employment census, Bruneck had 10,692 employed people in 1,678 workplaces, making it

528-622: The Assumption of Mary). The first church inside the town walls (at first only a small chapel) was built beneath the castle by the Brunecker burgher Niklas von Stuck. This church is today the Rainkirche . In 1358, Heinrich von Stuck , brother of Niklas, brother, funded the hospital / almshouse that was built in the following years. Soon the town received the right to hold a weekly market and impose high justice . A castle leader occupied

561-643: The Crucifixion. In the centerpiece, Christ is sitting on a throne sincerely blessing Mary, whom he has crowned as the Queen of Heaven. In keeping with the traditions of German Gothic art , angels are fluttering around while John the Evangelist looks on. The inner faces of the second panels, on both sides of the carved body, are painted with scenes from the life of the Virgin . Some scholars believe that Pacher

594-836: The South by the circular elevation of Kronplatz and opened to the North in the Tauferer Tal (Val di Tures), owes its conformation and extent to the action of glaciers and, subsequently, to the erosive action of the waters. The municipal area stretches from the slopes of the Zillertal Alps in the west to the Rieserferner Group of the High Tauern range in the east. In the south rises the Kronplatz massif, part of

627-517: The border with East Tyrol in Austria . According to the 2011 census, 82.47% of the population speak German, 15.24% Italian and 2.29% Ladin as first language. The wide valley where today the city of Bruneck rises up was initially uninhabited until it was occupied by the Romans ; the local populations, because of the danger of flooding of the river Rienz, used to live on the sides of the valley or in

660-465: The child what he was doing, the child replied by saying that his own activity was as pointless as Augustine's attempts to understand the concept of the Holy Trinity with his rational mind. To Augustine's right is Pope Gregory I, depicted with Emperor Trajan , for whom Gregory I is known to have prayed to restore dead Trajan's soul and baptized his soul in order to deliver him from purgatory . On

693-488: The death of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II in 1250, the prince-bishop had a fortress erected above the town, which was first mentioned in 1276. The castle was significantly enlarged under Prince-Bishop Albert von Enn, who also had the town walls and moat completed until 1336. Soon thereafter, further rows of houses were built outside the eastern gate. These led to the small Church of Our Lady (today's Church of

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726-662: The fortress as the bishop's representative. In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was brisk trade between Augsburg and Venice . Some of the traded goods were brought through the Puster Valley and often stored long-term in Bruneck on the Ballplatz. This soon brought the town prosperity and fame. In this time, the Puster Valley painting school was founded by the painter Hans von Bruneck and others. The great masters Michael and Friedrich Pacher studied at this school. In 1500,

759-471: The house still exists. His skill in wood carving and painting provided him with employment for German style altars. They usually consisted of carved figural centerpieces, carved Gothic summits on top, a platform where the altar stands below, and painted scenes on panel wings. Pacher spent much of his time during the 1470s in Neustift by Brixen , where his work mainly consisted of painting frescoes. In 1484 he

792-476: The inner panels are open, and shows the Coronation of the Virgin . The outer two pairs of painted wings represent four scenes of Saint Wolfgang. Wolfgang was appointed as bishop Benedictine of Ratisbon, where he established himself radiantly for his revolutionary passions and also for his skills as statesman. The entire altarpiece is overshadowed by an elaborate wooden structure that is placed on top, enclosing

825-613: The neighbouring hills. The valley floor was soon to be populated since the Puster Valley was the main arterial road used to connect Northern Italy to the Danube area of Europe. In 1901, following the passage of the Pustrissa countship from Henry IV to the Bishop of Brixen Altvino, the episcopal administration was established in the village of St. Caterina. Nearby the small village of Ragen rose up as well as some farmsteads , which, after

858-504: The second half of the fifteenth century. He was one of the earliest artists to introduce the principles of Renaissance painting into Germany. Pacher was a comprehensive artist with a broad range of sculpting, painting, and architecture skills producing works of complex wood and stone. He painted structures for altarpieces on a scale unparalleled in North European art. Pacher's masterpiece, the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece (1471–1481),

891-477: The second-largest employer of the province. It lay only just after Brixen (Bressanone), which on census day employed 239 fewer people. Five companies in the town employ more than 250 people each, and five more companies employ more than 100 people each. All year round many famous markets and festivals take place here. For example, the popular Stegener Market at the end of October, the largest market in Tyrol. Bruneck

924-410: The silver gate lifted. The gules tower and the wall are placed on a vert hill with three peaks: the castle was built by Bishop Bruno von Kirchberg in the second half of the 13th century. The castle appeared on the coat of arms for the first time in the second half of the 15th century. The emblem was adopted in 1931. Due to its high elevation, with a mean height of around 830 metres above sea level,

957-404: The town of Bruneck has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen : " Dfb "), with warm summers and chilly winters in Italian standards. Its alpine geography heavily contributes to its weather, as it brings large diurnal temperature variations. After the war, industrial zones, workshops, and department stores were built, permitting the town considerable economic and geographic growth. In

990-453: The very right is the archbishop Ambrose, shown with a baby in a cradle, which probably symbolizes a legend regarding his life: when Ambrose was in his cradle as a baby, a swarm of bees covered his face and left a drop of honey. Ambrose’s father took it as a sign of Ambrose’s future ability as an eloquent speaker (sweet-tongue). Another interpretation of the child in a cradle is that it was a child who requested that Ambrose be bishop of Milan. Each

1023-529: Was commissioned by the Franciscan Order in Salzburg , to create an altarpiece, portions of which are still extant. Many of Pacher's works have been destroyed or badly damaged, some of them during the hostilities in the late 17th century, others in 1709. His most important surviving works are the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece and the Altarpiece of the Church Fathers . Arguably his most well-known work,

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1056-474: Was considered the renowned master of perspective, whose stunning, low-set standpoint spatial compositions were important to the development of Pacher's own style. Pacher's Italian influences set him apart from most German artists of the time. By 1467, Pacher was a distinguished artist and sculptor in Bruneck , twenty-five miles east of Brixen in the Puster Valley , where he had a workshop for making altarpieces;

1089-427: Was not the only artist who has contributed to this very large altarpiece. His brother Friedrich Pacher may have painted the outer pieces of work depicting scenes from the life of Saint Wolfgang that are visible only when the altarpiece is closed shut. Nevertheless, the inner paintings all seem to have been completed by Michael Pacher himself. The Altarpiece of the Church Fathers , created in 1483 for Neustift Monastery,

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