Old parish church of Stans
The Roman Catholic Old Parish Church of Stans stands outside the village in the Austrian municipality of Stans in Tyrol . The parish church of Sts. Laurentius und Ulrich belongs to the deanery Schwaz in the diocese of Innsbruck . The church and the churchyard are under monument protection .
history
A church was mentioned in documents in 1337. The Gothic church was built around 1505/1510. The church, named the Kuratiekirche in 1816, was elevated to a parish church in 1891. The church was desecrated in 1896 and its furnishings were robbed.
architecture
The north tower with a ribbed vault and an iron door on the ground floor has a steep pointed helmet. The choir has a five-eighth closing. The portal is grooved. A single-bay choir, slightly drawn in on the left, adjoins the three-bay nave. The vaults as pointed cap barrels were baroque in 1726 with bandwork stucco and frescoes. The frescoes show the glory of Laurentius in the choir and a wreath of angels in the nave, the torture of Stephen and the guardian angel. The choir arch shows the chronogram 1726.
literature
- Stans in Tirol, churches and chapels, former parish church of St. Laurentius and Ulrich, Karin Hösch, Peda art guide No. 189/2002, pp. 6–17
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Tirol 1980 . Stans, Schwaz district, old parish church St. Laurentius and Ulrich, outside the village, with a floor plan, pp. 758–759.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ N , 11 ° 43 ′ 4 ″ E