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St. Arbogast Pilgrimage Church

St. Arbogast Pilgrimage Church

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St. Arbogast Pilgrimage Church

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Location: Götzis, Bezirk Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria

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Paul

July 15, 2022

Branch church of St. Arbogast, Götzis
The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Arbogast in the Vorderfeld plot in the hamlet of St. Arbogast in the market town of Götzis
The church was first mentioned in 1473 as the church “St. Arbogast in der Klaus”. The church was enlarged in 1710 and consecrated again in 1721. During the time of Josephinism, this church was also supposed to be closed in 1789 and then demolished. This was prevented by popular protests. In 1790 the use of the church was permitted again.
Between 1885 and 1896 a renovation was carried out for around 5,000 guilders, during which the tower was increased and a blue starry sky was painted in the choir, the side altars were renovated and a new floor was laid. In 1942 the smaller of the bells in the pilgrimage church was removed to be melted down. In 1984 the church was extensively renovated again.
Text/Source: Wikipedia
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Paul

June 28, 2024

St. Arbogast pilgrimage church
From May to September, a procession to St. Arbogast takes place every Saturday. Since 1767, such processions have been held to St. Arbogast (every Saturday, with minor time differences from May to September).
The reason or motivation for the introduction of these processions is not (yet) known. 22 years after its introduction, the "St. Arbogast procession" was already on the verge of being disbanded.
As part of the "Josephinian measures", the St. Arbogast chapel was closed and the procession was therefore to be cancelled. The Götzners did not accept the closure and resisted. As can be read in the Götzner local history book, the officials who were supposed to call for obedience were threatened "with stones and physical violence". The following year (1790) it was already permitted to use the St. Arbogast chapel again. The procession was thus also saved.
Processions and supplications, like all religious expressions, are shaped by the respective social conditions. This was also the case during the Nazi era. The photo from 1940 shows a St. Arbogast procession on “Ascension Day”. In the week before Ascension Day, the so-called “Cross Week”, supplications to churches in neighboring communities also took place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. These supplication days were only abolished in the 1960s. One of the reasons may have been the increasing traffic. Since then, a pilgrimage to Rankweil has been held regularly on Ascension Day.

During the Nazi dictatorship, church celebrations were silent but impressive demonstrations against the Nazi regime. Anyone who wanted to get ahead during the Nazi era no longer showed up in church.

Manfred Dünser, contact May 2002
Text / Source:
pfarre-goetzis.at/pfarre/8181/informationen/pfarrekirchenpfarrsaal/kirchenundkapellen/kirchestarbogast

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September 26, 2023

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