Filial church Schranawand
The Roman Catholic branch church Schranawand is located in Schranawand in the municipality of Ebreichsdorf in Lower Austria . The Church of St. George belongs to the deanery Weigelsdorf in the vicariate Unter dem Wienerwald in the Archdiocese of Vienna . The church and the cemetery wall are under monument protection.
history
The place is first mentioned in 1120 as Scranwat , when the boundaries of the mother parish Traiskirchen were described. In 1320 Ulrich von Schranewaten was allowed to build a church. The parish was independent until the 15th century, then at Ebreichsdorf and from 1721 at Unterwaltersdorf.
architecture
The early Gothic church is still surrounded by the cemetery. It consists of a nave and a recessed choir square. On the north side is a lancet window with a pointed arch that was uncovered in 1976, and there are also some baroque round windows. The north tower with slit windows has a sound floor with Tuscan columns and a curved pointed helmet (renewed in the 19th century).
- Interior
During restoration work in the 1970s, frescoes were discovered on the front of the choir. They date from the time the church was built (1320/1330). Depicted are St. Mary with the baby Jesus and St. Catherine . Two sacrament houses with ornamental frames were also uncovered.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Schranawand, Filialkirche St. Georg, pp. 2144-2145.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 45.9 ″ N , 16 ° 26 ′ 35.8 ″ E