Bartenstein-Vrints crypt chapel (Falkenstein)

Crypt of the Bartenstein-Vrints at the Falkenstein cemetery

The crypt chapel of the Barons von Bartenstein and the Counts Vrints zu Falkenstein was created through the renovation of an old church in the cemetery of the Lower Austrian market town of Falkenstein . The chapel-like structure was built in 1855.

history

Franz Xaver Schweickhardt describes the crypt as a remnant of the oldest church in Falkenstein and reports on the discovery of a column for the Eternal Light and a baptismal font. On this underground vault a church dedicated to St. George consecrated church, but no documents are available about its origin and disappearance. The underground construction was used as an ossuary . In 1819, Christoph Johann Freiherr von Bartenstein had the vault converted into a family crypt. Bartenstein was the owner of the Poysbrunn estate and son of Johann Christoph Bartenstein . In 1844 a chapel-like structure was placed on top of the crypt. On behalf of Maximilian Vrints zu Falkenstein , heir of the Bartenstein, the crypt was renewed and given a bronze coat of arms.

description

The crypt chapel is a simple classical building, a round arch with triangular gable and light rustication rests on pillars with beams . A stone alliance coat of arms of Baron Christoph Johann II von Bartenstein and his wife Eugenie Countess von Helmann von Termeeren in the crown. On the pillars two bronze coats of arms, the right one with the coat of arms of the Vrints zu Falkenstein including the count's crown , the left one shows the coat of arms of the Barons von Osy de Zegwaart from Belgium. In the chapel niche there is an antique epitaph with a laurel wreath. There are four crypt covers in front of the chapel. The crypt is bordered by a classical iron grating.

Buried people

• Christoph Johann II Freiherr von Bartenstein (1759–1843) and his wife Eugenie Countess Helmann von Termeeren (1759–1834)
• Franz von Bartenstein (1783–1818) and his wife Sophia von Bartenstein (1786–1867)
• Johann Josef Freiherr von Bartenstein (1746–1847)
• Ludovika von Bartenstein, married Baroness Osy von Zeegwaard (1786–1847)
• Karl von Bartenstein (1794–1847) and his wife Eugenie Osy von Zeegwaard (1807–1871), daughter of his sister Ludovika, 2nd wife of Maximilian Vrints von Falkenstein
• Franziska Posthuma von Bartenstein (1819–1847), daughter of Franz von Bartenstein (1783–1818), first wife of Maximilian Vrints von Falkenstein
• Maximilian Vrints zu Falkenstein (1802-1896)
• Maximilian II. Vrints zu Falkenstein (1844–1900) and his wife Konstanzia Countess von Althann (1851–1900)
• Alexander Vrints zu Falkenstein (1871–1932) and his wife Anna Wolf (1878–1953)

literature

• Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens, through a comprehensive description of all castles, palaces, lordships, cities, markets, villages, Rotten etc. etc., topographically-statistically-genealogically-historically processed and according to the existing four district quarters [alphabetically] ranked . (1831-1841).

Web links

Commons : Gruftkapelle Bartenstein-Vrints  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presentation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns, Volume 22, page 321
2. ↑ Vienna's surroundings on twenty hours in a circle , Volume 2, p. 363

Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '23.7 "  N , 16 ° 35' 7.3"  E