Heiligenberg Church (Hautzendorf)
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The Roman Catholic pilgrimage church on the Holy Mountain (or pilgrimage church on the Holy Mountain ) is located on the Holy Mountain north of the village of Hautzendorf in the municipality of Kreuttal in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to St. Lambert and, together with the local church in Hautzendorf, belongs to the parish of Hautzendorf in the Wolkersdorf dean's office in the vicariate of Unter dem Manhartsberg in the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ). It is considered one of the oldest churches in Lower Austria.
Location description
The church stands on the Heiligenberg, far north of Hautzendorf, on a wooded hill. It is surrounded by the former churchyard wall with a gable and crenellated arched portal from the 17th century.
history
The Holy Mountain was first mentioned in 1178 in two deed of donation in the land register of Klosterneuburg Monastery during the reign of Duke Leopold V of Babenberg . The founding of the parish of Heiligenberg is likely to have taken place in Passau in the 12th century . In the parish register of Passau Bishop Otto von Lonsdorf , which was created from 1254 to 1256, it is written: “[…] item in monte sancto villa tota com ecclesi '[…]” (German:' […] Then a whole house on the Holy Mountain with the Church [...] ')
Various documents also point to a " Veste Heiligenberg " at a later date . In 1571 the church is described as a ruin, which stands on a meadow in the middle of a 15 yoke pond. The abandoned village of Heiligenberg, which is located at the foot of the Heiligenberg, is mentioned for the last time in the 15th century. It was probably destroyed in the course of the first Turkish siege of Vienna in 1529.
According to a legend, the place was destroyed by devastating floods, which occurred as a result of storms. Legend has it that this was the penalty for a high-spirited act by the local judge . After an argument with the priest friend, the local judge lured him into his house in the course of an accident . There the priest found a dead pig instead of a sick person. The downfall of the settlement from a flood hardened in the 1970s when bent reeds were found in the course of drainage work in the former pond field.
In 1690 the current church building was erected and again elevated to parish church.
The area of the parish of Heiligenberg extended over Heiligenberg, Hautzendorf and Traunfeld , but was very often not occupied by a priest because of its lack of income. The parish was mainly looked after by the dual parish Pillichsdorf - Ulrichskirchen , but sometimes also by priests from neighboring parishes. Only in 1724 was a separate vicar appointed, who had his seat in Traunfeld. In 1769 the consistory in Passau gave permission to build a church in Hautzendorf, which was also consecrated to St. Lambert. In the summer the services were held in the Heiligen-Berg-Kirche and in the winter from 1771 in the local chapel in Hautzendorf and from 1797 also in the church in Traunfeld. In 1844 both Hautzendorf and Traunfeld received their own local cemeteries. Until then, the residents of Hautzendorf were buried on the Holy Mountain. That is why the path leading to the church is still colloquially called the " path of the dead ".
On July 31, 1857, the church on the Holy Mountain received from Pope Pius IX. the altar privilege .
In 1890 the church was closed due to dilapidation. A committee formed as a result met in 1896 with the aim of restoring the church. The committee included clergy and many lay people from the surrounding villages. The church was restored around 1900. In 1961 the tower was restored. From 1971 to 1973 the church, again threatened with decay, was subjected to a thorough restoration. In 1998 the organ was completely renovated.
Church building
Church exterior
The church is a baroque hall from the end of the 17th century. The slightly retracted apse is closed in a semicircle. The Gothic west tower comes from the previous building and has moved a little off the central axis. It has Gothic slit windows and is covered by a tent roof. On the north and south sides are rectangular portals in stone frames from the second half of the 17th century. The walls of the apse are pierced by arched windows. A sacristy is attached to the south .
Church interior
The nave has three bays with a lancet barrel vault. The yokes are separated by belt arches that rest on pillars and a continuous cranked cornice . In the eastern yoke of the nave there are round arch niches. The three-axis arched gallery rests on Tuscan columns.
Furnishing
The high altar is a baroque columned aedicula made of stucco marble with an explosive gable . On the pediment is a group of figures representing the Most Holy Trinity . The altarpiece shows St. Lambert. Carved figures of Saints Joseph and Leopold from the first half of the 18th century stand above the sacrificial passage portals . The pulpit is designed in the classical style. Two oil paintings from around 1800 show St. John the Baptist and a Madonna. In the church there is also a white painted group of figures with St. John Nepomuk from the second half of the 18th century.
The tombstones on the outer wall date from 1832, 1842, 1850 and 1868.
organ
The organ dates from 1900 by Franz Capek and Max Zachistal . The historicist organ in a marbled case with gold-plated carvings has eight registers and two paddocks . She has the following disposition :
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- Couple:
- Normal coupling: Man / P;
- Super octave coupler : (extended up to g 4 ) (rows of pipes not extended however, the super octave coupler therefore only works up to f2)
The work was restored in 1998 and 2014. Tuning system : Equal , 435 Hz at 20 ° C and a wind pressure of 73 mm water column .
Bells
The bell was cast by Michael Anthofer in 1452 . It weighs 450 kg and is tuned to tone C. In addition to reliefs with scenes of the crucifixion, it has the inscription "O rex gloriae - veni in pace" (German: "Oh king of glory, come in peace"). During the Second World War the bell was hung in the tower of the local church, but was brought back to the church on Heiligenberg on May 15, 1955. The bell is now a listed building.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Traunfeld. Parish and pilgrimage church of St. Lambert. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 1182.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from February 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), ( CSV ). Federal Monuments Office , as of January 17, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Homepage of the Kreuttal community , accessed on August 6, 2016
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '44.6 " N , 16 ° 30' 0.6" E