Franciscan Church (St. Pölten)
The Franciscan Church is located on Rathausplatz in the city of St. Pölten in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church Dreifaltigkeit belongs to the deanery St. Pölten in the diocese of St. Pölten . The monastery church and the Franciscan monastery are under monument protection .
history
The monastery church was built between 1757 and 1768 with the participation of the baroque master builder Matthias Munggenast . The church of the Carmelite Monastery had the patronage of the Infant Jesus of Prague until 1785 . The furnishings were built until 1779. In 1785 the church was elevated to a parish church under the supervision of the Franciscans. 1986 was a restoration.
architecture
The church building to the east of the monastery complex dominated the north side of the town hall square with the rococo main facade, probably also as a reflexion to the former Carmelite church diagonally opposite. The main facade has a high base zone and a segmental arch portal with the figure of the Infant Jesus of Prague from the 17th century. The main floor is divided into three axes by ionic pilasters and ends with a flat arched gable. The central axis is slightly swung. The windows and statue niches are crowned with bent and segmented arch gables and show the statues of Eljas and Theresia von Avila. The volute attachment is high and drawn in towards the central axis. He carries flame vases and has a niche with the figure of Joseph with adoring seraphim. The east facade of the church on Franziskanergasse is simply structured by wall templates.
The late baroque church is oriented to the north, the nave is determined by high quality, rococo-like delicate polychromy. Two transversely set, concave yokes with square vaults are framed by the retracted entrance yoke and the choir arch. The strongly drawn-in one-bay choir has a round apse. The walls are structured with pilasters through backed wall templates with gilded capitals. The profiled and strongly protruding entablature extends through to the apse. The choir walls have two oratorio windows on each side with wrought iron baskets. The two- bay Loreto chapel behind the choir has a square vault.
Furnishing
The high altar and the side altars were probably built by Andreas Gruber (1770/1772). The high altar as a high niche retable with columns set across the width of the apse carries a crucifix in the middle and the hll on the side. Joachim and Anna , John the Baptist , the Mother of God and, in the exodus, God the Father with the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.
The front side altars as wall column retables show the altar sheet with Our Lady on Mount Carmel (1773) on the left and an altar sheet with the death of St. Teresa (1772) by Martin Johann Schmidt . The left side altar carries the hll. Leopold and Florian , the right one the hll. Elijah and Antonius . The tabernacle picture on the left side altar shows a copy of the miraculous image of S. Pantaleon in Rome. The tabernacle picture on the right side altar shows St. Joseph .
The rear side altars show the martyrdom of St. Judas Thaddäus (1771); the altar panel on the right shows St. John Nepomuk distributing alms (1771); both works are by Martin Johann Schmidt. The left side altar bears statuettes of St. Martin and a holy bishop, who is depicted with a lamb as an attribute , a relief of St. Jude Squidward. The right side altar bears the statues of holy Carmelites and a relief of Our Lady in the top.
Under the organ gallery is a neo-baroque altar from 1900 with the statue of the Madonna of Gorizia from the 18th century, which was transferred here in 1918 from the St. Catherine's Church near Gorizia, which was destroyed in the war. The altar in the Loreto Chapel has a Rococo carving from 1760 and bears a statue of Our Lady of Loreto.
The pulpit with rich rocailles carving has a sound cover with the symbol of God of God, probably by Andreas Gruber (around 1770). Confessionals, pews and the vestibule were made around 1770. The organ in a richly structured three-part case around 1770 has an organ by Franz Capek (1904), expanded by Ferdinand Mölzer (1940).
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . St. Pölten, sacred buildings, Franciscan monastery (former Carmelite monastery) with parish church to St. Trinity, pp. 1990-1992.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 21 ″ N , 15 ° 37 ′ 22.6 ″ E