Filial church hl. Nikolaus (Winkl)
The branch church of St. Nikolaus in the village of Winkl , which belongs to the municipality of Kirchberg am Wagram in Lower Austria, is a Roman Catholic church that was probably built in the first half of the 14th century. The early Gothic building is surrounded by a cemetery and a western tower was added in the second half of the 19th century .
Exterior construction
An equally high and only slightly narrower, just closed choir adjoins the nave . The sacristy on the north side and the north aisle have pent roofs . The incised corner blocks of the facade come from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century. On the north side, on the sacristy and on the side aisle there are narrow arched windows , in the east a two-lane tracery window and in the south pointed arch windows . In the north, the building is accessible through a pointed arch portal. The west tower has a plaster structure and is crowned by a pointed helmet over arched sound windows.
inner space
The cross-rib vaulted nave with organ loft has a one- bay, oblong main nave and a slightly narrower, two-bay aisle, which is connected to the main nave by ogival wall openings, and a Gothic session niche with cloverleaf arch from the first half of the 14th century. The choir has two bays and an ogival triumphal arch . The sacristy and the first floor of the tower are covered with barrel vaults .
Facility
The early Baroque high altar from the third quarter of the 17th century - with columns construction blasted gable and sacrifice portals with painted fields - has a with Klimesch 1801 designated altarpiece hl. Nicholas , a top picture mercy seat , figures of Saints Joseph, Katharina, Antonius and Barbara as well as a tabernacle crowned by putti . Further fittings include a neo-Gothic organ, Gothic figures: a Maria with child from the beginning of the 15th century and a Saint Sebastian, a Baroque Saint Anna from the first half of the 18th century, a Baroque crucifix and a tombstone with an incised cross from the 14th century Century.
literature
- DEHIO Lower Austria north of the Danube . Berger, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , p. 1297.
Web links
- Description of the church on the website of the Winkl Beautification Association.
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 0.9 ″ N , 15 ° 53 ′ 56 ″ E