Filial church Fuchsenbigl

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Filial church of St. Gertrud and Mechthild in Fuchsenbigl
inside view

The Roman Catholic branch church Fuchsenbigl is located in the village of Fuchsenbigl in the Haringsee municipality in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to Saints Gertrud and Mechthild and belongs to the parish Haringsee in the Marchfeld deanery in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).

Location description

The church stands a little higher in the west of the village of Fuchsenbigl.

history

The small village church dates from 1718. It was donated by Countess Katharina Barbara Herberstein . The church was renovated in 1908.

architecture

The church is a simple building with a stepped round gable. The choir has not moved in much. There is a small bell tower above the entrance. The wall is pierced by segmented arched windows.

The inside of the small church is barrel vaulted .

Furnishing

The small, neo-Gothic altar dates from the end of the 19th century, as do the Stations of the Cross.

literature

  • DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Fuchsenbigl. Filial church of St. Gertrud and Mechthild. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 231.

Web links

Commons : Filialkirche Fuchsenbigl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. (PDF), ( CSV ). Federal Monuments Office , status: 23 January 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Fuchsenbigl. Filial church of St. Gertrud and Mechthild. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 231.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 44 ′ 47 ″  E