Bürgerspitalkirche Waidhofen an der Ybbs
The Bürgerspitalkirche is structurally connected to the former Bürgerspital in the statutory town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria . The patronage of St. Catherine imputed Roman Catholic branch church is part of the Dean's Office Waidhofen an der Ybbs the diocese of St. Poelten . The church also serves as a branch of the Protestant parish Amstetten / Waidhofen . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
In 1274 a foundation for a leper house was established by the citizen Hugo Eberhard. As a leprosy house, initially outside of the city fortifications in front of the Weyrer-Tor, this area was included in the second wall ring around 1400 and the hospital gate in front was built as a result. In 1328 the hospital was donated by Elisabeth, wife of Frederick the Beautiful.
The church was restored in 1973/1974.
architecture
The unequal two-aisled church building in the core probably from the 13th century with a tent roof with a narrower south nave has a tower with a baroque dome in the southeast corner of the choir.
The nave with buttresses has pointed, round arched and round windows on the south-east side has a walled portal with bar supports to the side aisle, the north-west main portal has a late Gothic pointed arch. The strongly drawn-in choir with a five-eighth closure has stepped buttresses and high, wide lancet windows with removed tracery; at the place of the walled-in central window there is a mural St. Katharian with angels. The mighty five-storey tower from 1777 stands as an extension of the side aisle and shows painted paired giant corner pilasters above a grooved base storey with a baroque bell, it has a double-constricted onion dome over clock gables.
The interior of the church shows a two-aisled nave with pointed arched pillar arcades open to the aisles, the four-bay main nave from the mid-15th century has a close-meshed ribbed vault on consoles. The wide Emporenjoch is bricked up in the main nave and in the space created there is a passage to the former citizens' hospital. There a late Gothic portal to the gallery staircase with a Gothic staircase with the stone railing to the former hospital ward at the height of the gallery. The five-bay aisle around 1470 with a sloping east bay has a ribbed vault with a vortex configuration on tapering approaches.
The pointed arched, profiled triumphal arch is drawn in. The two-bay choir with a five-eighth end has a ribbed vault on hanging services, to the south of the choir is a rectangular portal and a Gothic peephole to the sacristy.
Wall painting from the beginning of the 16th century was uncovered in 1974.
Furnishing
The three early baroque altars were built around 1634.
The late Gothic polygonal stone pulpit over a twisted shaft shows remains of paintings by the evangelists on the basket.
The organ from the mid-19th century has a neo-Gothic case. FS Hollederer calls a bell in 1863.
literature
- Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Bürgerspitalkirche hl. Katharina and former citizen hospital. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Pp. 2494-2496.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 31.3 ″ N , 14 ° 46 ′ 22 ″ E