List of Romanesque buildings in Austria
The list of Romanesque buildings in Austria is intended to give as complete an overview as possible of Romanesque buildings in Austria . There are also buildings listed that are not purely Romanesque but, for example, were later rebuilt in the Baroque era , or of which only parts (e.g. the apse ) were built in the Romanesque style. However, only those buildings are listed where Romanesque elements are still visible and Romanesque is not only present as an overmolded building core.
The list is sorted by federal state .
Burgenland
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Bergkirche Stoob BDA-ID: 85078 Wikidata |
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The church, located on a hill above the village of Stoob, dates from the early 13th century. Remains of wall paintings from around 1230 have been found in the apse. |
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Carinthia
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Karner in Altenmarkt im Gurktal BDA-ID: 105396 |
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The Karner in Altenmarkt (municipality of Weitensfeld im Gurktal ) is a round building with a conical roof that adjoins the cemetery wall. |
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Parish church Berg im Drautal BDA-ID: 61426 |
Location |
The originally late Romanesque church was converted into a Gothic fortified church in the 15th century, but the Romanesque portal (with tympanum painting) and wall paintings from the 13th century are still preserved. There is a late Romanesque-early Gothic charnel house in the cemetery. |
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Filialkirche St. Lorenzen am Johannserberg, Brückl BDA-ID: 102032 |
Location |
The simple Romanesque church in the municipality of Brückl received additions from later times, but is essentially unchanged. |
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Karner in Deinsberg BDA-ID: 61482 |
Location |
The Karner in Deinsberg ( Guttaring municipality ) is a late Romanesque rotunda |
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Branch church in Dielach BDA-ID: 61495 |
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The St. Rupert branch church in Dielach ( Mölbling municipality ) is a simple building with a Romanesque nave and an early Gothic apse. |
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Filial church St. Lamprecht in Diex BDA-ID: 61939 |
Location |
The church in Diex is a small building with a roof turret and a just drawn in apse. |
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Church in Dobrowa BDA-ID: 82051 |
Location |
The small building on the outskirts of the town of Völkermarkt has a round apse and a roof turret covered with wooden panels. |
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Filial church St. Egid in Dröschitz BDA-ID: 62024 |
Location |
The branch church in Dröschitz (municipality of Velden am Wörther See ) is a simple building with a round apse. |
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Heiligengeistkirche Eberndorf BDA-ID: 61537 |
Location |
The small originally Romanesque church with a round apse and wooden roof turret was later rebuilt in Gothic and Baroque style. |
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Karner in Feldkirchen BDA-ID: 67923 |
Location |
The Karner von Feldkirchen in Carinthia is a simple round building from around 1200. |
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Affiliate church Freundsam BDA-ID: 61709 |
Location |
The small late Romanesque-early Gothic church in Freundsam ( Liebenfels municipality ) has an apsidal choir and wall paintings from the construction period around 1300. |
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12th century |
Parish church Friesach BDA-ID: 61726 |
Friesach 37 location |
The two-tower westwork of the Friesach parish church from the 12th century is Romanesque , and the Gothic long choir is from the 14th century. In the churchyard there is also a fragment of the portal of the former Karner. |
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around 1076 |
Keep and Rupert's Chapel in Petersberg Castle BDA-ID: 34264 |
Location |
Petersberg Castle above Friesach was laid out by Archbishop Gebhard von Salzburg and expanded by Archbishop Konrad I around 1140 . In the 15th century, the castle was modernized and rebuilt, but was abandoned after a fire in the 17th century and fell into disrepair. |
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Teutonic Order Church Friesach BDA-ID: 61725 |
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The gothic and later baroque church has a Romanesque core, frescoes from around 1180 were rediscovered in 1946. |
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Branch church Gablern BDA-ID: 61738 |
Location |
The essentially Romanesque church of Gablern (municipality of Eberndorf ) was changed in Baroque style, but has frescoes from before 1300. |
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Tower of the parish church of Gallizien BDA-ID: 61745 |
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The tower of the Gothic parish church of Gallizien is still in Romanesque style. |
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Filial church St. Andrä in Glandorf BDA-ID: 68358 |
Location |
The church in Glandorf ( St. Veit an der Glan ) has a Romanesque nave and a late Gothic choir. |
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Karner in Glantschach BDA-ID: 61766 |
Location |
The Karner in Glantschach ( Liebenfels municipality ) is a round building with a small apse. |
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Karner von Gmünd in Carinthia BDA-ID: 61778 |
Location |
The Karner von Gmünd in Carinthia is a round building from the 12th half of the 12th century and was Gothic changed at the end of the 14th century. |
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Parish Church of Grades BDA-ID: 61806 |
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The church of Grades (municipality of Metnitz ) has a Romanesque core, which can still be seen especially on the tower. |
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Church in Gratschach BDA-ID: 61836 |
Location |
The church in Gratschach ( Villach ) is a small building with a low square choir and a wooden roof turret |
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Stiftskirche Griffen and Alte Kirche next to the monastery BDA-ID: 34360 |
Location |
The church in Griffen was first mentioned in a document in 1272 and is essentially a Romanesque pillar basilica, which was later changed to Baroque style. The old church is located in the center of the churchyard and was first mentioned in 1235. It was redesigned in Gothic and Baroque style. |
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around 1140 |
Gurk Cathedral BDA-ID: 110156 |
Domplatz 1 location |
Gurk Cathedral is often referred to as the most important Romanesque building in Austria. It was built around 1140–1200, with important frescoes in the jagged style in the west gallery. |
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Branch church Hart BDA-ID: 94029 |
Location |
The church of Hart (municipality of Feldkirchen in Carinthia ) has a conical apse, a wide western porch and an apse. |
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Filial church St. Andreas in Hausdorf BDA-ID: 61943 |
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The branch church in Hausdorf ( Strasbourg municipality ) is a Romanesque building with a retracted and just closed choir. |
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St. Radegundis Church in Hohenfeld BDA-ID: 61966 |
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The church in Hohenfeld (municipality of Strasbourg ) has a Romanesque nave, an apse and a Romanesque portal. |
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Branch church in Höllein BDA-ID: 68367 |
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The church of St. Leonhard in Höllein (municipality of Strasbourg ) is an 11th century building with an apse. The west tower is a later ingredient, probably from the 14th century. |
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Branch church St. Willibald in Kappel am Krappfeld BDA-ID: 63365 |
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The small branch church in Kappel am Krappfeld has a Romanesque nave and an attached Gothic choir. |
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Karner at the parish church Kappl am Krappfeld BDA-ID: 62014 |
Location |
The Karner of the parish church Kappel am Krappfeld is a round building. |
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Branch church Kerschdorf BDA-ID: 62026 |
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The church in Kerschdorf (municipality of Velden am Wörther See ) has a semicircular apse. The fresco of St. Christopher on the outer wall is late Gothic. |
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Filialkirche am Kulm BDA-ID: 82041 |
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The branch church of St. Katharina am Kul (municipality of Völkermarkt ) is a simple building with a round apse. |
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Gotthard Church in Lansach BDA-ID: 62360 |
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The small Romanesque church in Lansach (municipality of Weißenstein ) already contains an early Gothic portal. In the apse there are paintings from around 1250. |
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West portal of the Lieding parish church BDA-ID: 62404 |
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The parish church of Lieding ( Strasbourg municipality ), which was built after 1200 and converted into a Gothic church after 1330 , still has the Romanesque west portal. |
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between 1006 and 1039 |
Parish church Maria Hilf Assumptio in Malta BDA-ID: 62464 |
Location |
The parish church in Malta is essentially Romanesque, with important frescoes from around 1300. The church became known worldwide when the image of a mythical creature that strikingly resembles Mickey Mouse was discovered when the frescoes were uncovered in 2002 . The Karner at the adjacent cemetery is also Romanesque. |
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Romanesque elements of the Maria Wörth church complex BDA-ID: 12933 |
Location |
Romanesque elements can still be seen on both the parish and the winter church, a late Romanesque element in particular is the Karner. |
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around 1060-1088 |
Millstadt collegiate church and cloister BDA-ID: 21751 |
Stiftgasse 1 location |
There are Romanesque components above all at the collegiate church and at the heart of the monastery, the Millstatt cloister . |
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Branch church Obergottesfeld BDA-ID: 62608 |
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The branch church in Obergottesfeld (municipality of Sachsenburg ) has a recessed low semicircular apse. |
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early 11th century |
Ossiach Collegiate Church BDA-ID: 96305 |
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The former collegiate church of Ossiach was built in the early 11th century as a Romanesque pillar basilica, rebuilt in Gothic style after a severe fire in 1484 and later rebuilt in Baroque style. |
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Branch church Rabenstein BDA-ID: 101924 |
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The branch church of Rabenstein (municipality of Althofen ) probably dates from the 11th century. It has a round apse and a roof turret. |
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Karner in Radsberg BDA-ID: 6958 |
Location |
The Karner St. Michael in Radsberg (municipality of Ebenthal in Carinthia ) is a round building with a small apse. |
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Karner in Rechberg BDA-ID: 67917 |
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The Karner in Rechberg (municipality of Eisenkappel-Vellach ) is a round building and has a semicircular apse, both have pointed conical roofs. |
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Karner in Reichenfels BDA-ID: 62821 |
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The Karner von Reichenfels is a round building with a stepped oriel apse and covered staircase. |
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Church in Rückersdorf BDA-ID: 81516 |
Location |
The nave of the church in Rückersdorf (municipality of Sittersdorf ) is Romanesque, the sacristy was added in the Gothic and the arched portal was installed. |
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Former branch church St. Johann im Tale BDA-ID: 95551 |
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The church in the parish of Strasbourg, which has meanwhile been profaned, has a Romanesque nave and a polygonal Gothic choir with buttresses that was added later. |
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Tower of the St. Margaretha Church near Eisenkappel BDA-ID: 62831 |
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The church of St. Margarethen (municipality of Eisenkappel-Vellach ) is essentially Romanesque, especially the massive tower on the north side of the Gothic choir. |
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Karner in St. Margarethen ob Töllerberg BDA-ID: 69519 |
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The Karner of St. Margarethen ob Töllerberg (municipality of Völkermarkt ) is a round building, the apse-like wall niche does not protrude to the outside. |
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Church of St. Martin am Wallersberg BDA-ID: 63128 |
Location |
The church in St. Martin am Wallersberg (municipality of Ruden ), which was later extended to the west, has remains of paintings from the 10th / 11th centuries in the choir. |
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End of the 12th century |
Collegiate Church of St. Paul in Lavanttal BDA-ID: 93318 |
Hauptstrasse 1 location |
The basilica of the monastery in St. Paul im Lavanttal from the end of the 12th century was given a Gothic vault after a fire in 1367. |
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Filial church St. Peter ob Gurk BDA-ID: 68370 |
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The branch church of St. Peter (parish of Strasbourg ) has a Romanesque nave and a retracted, transverse rectangular choir, which is located in the place of the apse. |
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West portal of the parish church of St. Veit an der Glan BDA-ID: 63261 |
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The mainly Gothic parish church of St. Veit an der Glan has a Romanesque west portal. |
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Karner von St. Veit an der Glan BDA-ID: 68351 |
Location |
The Karner von St. Veit an der Glan is a Romanesque building, to which a Gothic ribbed vault was added later. |
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Karner von Sittersdorf BDA-ID: 81567 |
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The Karner von Sittersdorf with a round domed vault dates from the middle of the 12th century. |
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Parish church and Karner in Stein im Jauntal BDA-ID: 63378 |
Location |
The nave and the round apse have been preserved from the former castle chapel of Stein im Jauntal (municipality of Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See ). A Romanesque charnel house, which was later changed to the Gothic style, has also been preserved on the former castle grounds. |
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Branch church in Straganz BDA-ID: 63406 |
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The church of the Holy Trinity of Straganz (municipality Mölbling ) from the middle of the 13th century has a polygonal round apse and a roof turret . |
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Filial church of St. Maria Magdalena in Strasbourg BDA-ID: 68369 |
Location |
The branch church in Strasbourg is a simple building with a round apse. |
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Streimberg branch church BDA-ID: 68360 |
Location |
The Romanesque building has a roof turret and a vaulted round apse. |
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Filial church St. Margaretha in Tiffen BDA-ID: 68363 |
Location |
The church in Tiffen (municipality of Steindorf am Ossiacher See ) is a simple building with a round apse. |
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Karner from Tigring BDA-ID: 12962 |
Location |
The Karner at the cemetery in Tigring (municipality of Moosburg ) dates from the middle of the 12th century. |
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Karner von Untergreutschach BDA-ID: 67976 |
Location |
The round building with oriel apse in Untergreutschach (municipality of Griffen ) was Gothicized in the 14th century, and the wall paintings inside also come from this time. |
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1202 |
Viktring Collegiate Church BDA-ID: 68135 |
Stift-Vitkring-Straße location |
The collegiate church of Viktring was consecrated in the form of a pillar basilica in 1202, the choir area was later extended in a Gothic style and half of the nave was demolished in the 19th century. |
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Filial church St. Michael in Villach BDA-ID: 63142 |
Location |
The church on the edge of Villach is a small building with a round apse and roof turret. |
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City Parish Church of St. Maria Magdalena in Völkermarkt BDA-ID: 63647 |
Kirchgasse location |
The parish church of Völkermarkt is essentially Romanesque and was later rebuilt several times. It has a preserved Romanesque west portal. |
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Karner of St. Ruprecht's Church in Völkermarkt BDA-ID: 68444 |
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The apse of this rotunda was replaced by a choir in the early Gothic period. |
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Filial church St. Maria Magdalena in Weitensfeld BDA-ID: 105383 |
Location |
The church in Weitensfeld is a simple building that was later changed to the Gothic style. The Magdalene window, the oldest surviving Romanesque window in Austria, comes from here . |
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City parish church St. Markus in Wolfsberg BDA-ID: 63733 |
Location |
Of the parish church of Wolfsberg , which was later rebuilt in Gothic and Baroque style , the Romanesque portal can still be seen. |
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Filial church St. Thomas in Wullross BDA-ID: 68462 |
Location |
The small Romanesque church in Wullross ( Weitensfeld municipality in the Gurktal ) has a round apse and a wooden roof turret. |
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Parish church Zweinitz BDA-ID: 63805 |
Location |
The church of Zweinitz (community of Weitensfeld in the Gurktal ) was rebuilt in the Gothic style, but the western portal, decorated with a braided band and two console heads, is a Romanesque element. |
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Lower Austria
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around 1220 |
Church in Altweitra BDA-ID: 26311 |
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The hall church in Altweitra was built around 1220. the sound arcade is an ingredient from the 19th century. |
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Ardagger Collegiate Church BDA-ID: 27916 |
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The collegiate church has a Romanesque core, in particular the crypt is still visible. The Margaret window from around 1230 (now behind the high altar) is the oldest figurative glass window in Austria. |
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after 1050 |
Nave of the parish church Bad Deutsch-Altenburg BDA-ID: 11074 |
Kirchenberg 1 location |
The church of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg was built after 1050 in the form of a pillar basilica. The three-aisled nave is Romanesque, the choir and tower are Gothic additions. |
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around 1200 |
Karner in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg BDA-ID: 11094 |
Kirchenberg 3 location |
The charnel house with a semicircular apse and portal porch on the west dates from around 1200. |
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Castle Chapel St. Georg in Droß BDA-ID: 69591 |
Schlossstrasse location |
The Romanesque nave was expanded to include a Gothic choir with a turret, and the interior was given a Baroque style. |
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12th century |
Towers of the parish church Eggenburg BDA-ID: 53563 |
Location |
The east towers have been preserved from the Romanesque building of the Eggenburg parish church , while the nave and choir are Gothic. |
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Collegiate Church Geras BDA-ID: 90747 |
Location |
The collegiate church of Geras is an essentially Romanesque pillar basilica, which was converted to Baroque style in the 18th century. |
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Karner in Hadersdorf BDA-ID: 69958 |
Location |
The late Romanesque-early Gothic Karner of Hadersdorf am Kamp ( Hadersdorf-Kammern municipality ) was built around 1270. |
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Karner in Hainburg on the Danube BDA-ID: 11170 |
Location |
The Karner is a round building from around 1220. |
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Karner in Hardegg BDA-ID: 11991 |
Location |
The Karner in Hardegg dates from the middle of the 12th century and is considered the oldest Karner in Lower Austria. |
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End of the 12th century |
Nave of the collegiate church Heiligenkreuz BDA-ID: 77240 |
Heiligenkreuz 1 location |
The three-aisled nave of the basilica was completed towards the end of the 12th century. |
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after 1136 |
Church in Kleinmariazell and cloister of the former monastery BDA-ID: 54469 |
Location |
The core of the former collegiate church is Romanesque and was later changed to Baroque style. Two Romanesque portals are still preserved. A late Romanesque-early Gothic cloister is still preserved from the former monastery, which was built after 1136. |
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Church in Kleinzwettl BDA-ID: 1415 |
Location |
The hall church, which is Romanesque in its core, was later converted into a Gothic fortified church , but Romanesque components can still be seen on the outer walls and inside. |
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12th Century |
Klosterneuburg Abbey BDA-ID: 8901 |
Stiftsplatz location |
The monastery was founded in the 12th century and later rebuilt many times; Romanesque remains can still be seen at the Klosterneuburg monastery church . |
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Phillipskirche in Kranischberg BDA-ID: 54592 |
Location |
The church at Kranichberg ( Kirchberg am Wechsel ) is a hall building from the 13th century, the Gothic choir and the roof turret are later elements. |
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around 1200 |
Church of St. Martin in Lanzendorf BDA-ID: 29197 |
Lanzendorf location |
The Martinskirche in Lanzendorf near Böheimkirchen has a rectangular nave from around 1200 and a square choir with a round apse. The striking leaning west tower dates from the 15th century. |
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around 1135 |
Liechtenstein Castle BDA-ID: 49210 |
At the Hausberg location |
The castle was built around 1135, later fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in the 19th century in the neo-Romanesque style. Some of the walls and especially the castle chapel have been preserved in their original form. |
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Parish church Maiersdorf BDA-ID: 26880 |
Location |
The church of Maiersdorf (municipality of Hohe Wand ) dates back to the 12th century and was extended by a Gothic upper floor in the 14th century . The choir tower is also Romanesque, the effect of which has been lost due to the addition of additional floors. |
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12th century |
Marbach am Walde cemetery chapel BDA-ID: 70643 |
Location |
The 12th century chapel in Marbach am Walde with a retracted rectangular choir was restored in 1932 and consecrated as a war memorial in 1935. |
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Karner von Margarethen am Moos BDA-ID: 11109 |
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Beginning of the 13th century. | Karner in Mistelbach BDA-ID: 1249 |
Cemetery location |
The Karner in Mistelbach was built at the beginning of the 13th century and changed to Baroque style in 1719. |
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after 1180 |
Karner in Mödling BDA-ID: 32941 |
Location |
The Karner, also used as a chapel, was built after 1180 and later extended |
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Laurenzi Church in Haag near Markersdorf (Neulengbach) BDA-ID: 73510 |
Location |
The Laurenzi Church in Haag near Markersdorf ( Neulengbach parish ) was originally a round church from the second half of the 12th century, a Gothic choir and later a tower were added in 1500. |
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before 1125 |
Castle Church of Oberranna BDA-ID: 33062 |
Oberranna 1 location |
The castle church was built before 1125 and has a single-nave nave and east and west choirs and a crypt |
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1st half of the 12th century |
Round chapel Petronell BDA-ID: 11544 |
Location |
The chapel of St. John the Baptist in Petronell is a round building from the 1st half of the 12th century, which was probably originally a building by the Knights Templar . |
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Parish Church of St. Michael in Pulkau BDA-ID: 20237 |
Location |
The Romanesque core of the church in Pulkau dates from the 12th century, Romanesque elements can still be seen, especially on the tower. |
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Mid 13th century | Karner in Pulkau BDA-ID: 20238 |
Location |
The Karner in Pulkau was built in the middle of the 13th century and contains Romanesque and Gothic elements. The portal in particular is Romansh. |
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around 1050 | Crypt below the parish church of St. Pantaleon BDA-ID: 28386 |
Location |
Below the parish church of St. Pantaleon (parish of St. Pantaleon-Erla ) there is a crypt from around 1050. Spolia from the nearby Roman legion camp was also used for its construction. |
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around 1150 |
St. Pölten Cathedral BDA-ID: 778 |
Domplatz location |
The cathedral, which was originally built as a monastery church around 1150, has been redesigned in Baroque style, but the late Romanesque core has been preserved. |
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between 1130 and 1140 |
Parish church Scheiblingkirchen BDA-ID: 55586 |
Location |
The church of Scheiblingkirchen corresponds to the type of a round church and was built between 1130 and 1140. Additions were made in the Baroque period and in the 19th century. |
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First third of the 13th century |
Parish Church Schöngrabern BDA-ID: 11723 |
Location |
The church in Schöngrabern is a late Romanesque hall building and dates from the first third of the 13th century and is best known for its “ Stone Bible ” on the apse, which is unique in Austria . |
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Middle of the 13th century | Karner in Tulln BDA-ID: 21574 |
Kirchengasse 17 location |
The late Romanesque Karner , eleven-sided on the outside and round on the inside, in Tulln on the Danube dates from the middle of the 13th century. Today it is used as a chapel. |
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City parish church St. Stephan in Tulln BDA-ID: 21573 |
Kirchengasse 17 location |
The church was built as a pillar basilica and redesigned Gothic and Baroque. Romanesque elements can still be seen on the southern nave and on the portals. |
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Karner from Unserfrau BDA-ID: 26325 |
Location |
The Karner in Unserfrau (municipality of Unserfrau-Altweitra ) dates from the end of the 12th century, was used as a burial chapel in the 18th and 19th centuries and given a classical facade. |
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Wiener Neustadt Cathedral BDA-ID: 10535 |
Location |
The Wiener Neustadt Cathedral was consecrated in 1279. It is essentially late Romanesque, especially the nave and the western towers. From 1468 to 1785 it was the cathedral of the Diocese of Wiener Neustadt . |
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End of 10th century |
Parish church Wieselburg BDA-ID: 20988 |
Location |
The parish church of St. Ulrich in Wieselburg was built at the end of the 10th century and later Gothicized. In its original octagonal shape, it is an important example of a central building. The frescoes were exposed again in the 1950s. |
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around 1200 |
Church of St. Nicholas in Wildungsmauer BDA-ID: 11685 |
Location |
The church in Wildungsmauer was built around 1200. Almost all of the original has been preserved, only the roof and ridge turrets were changed in the 19th century. |
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Propstei Zwettl BDA-ID: 128769 |
Propstei 1 location |
The complex in Zwettl , which dates from the time of the Kuenringer , consists of a church, a cemetery chapel, a charnel house and the remains of a castle wall. |
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after 1138 |
Zwettl Abbey BDA-ID: 34133 |
Location |
From the Zwettl Abbey, founded in 1138, the late Romanesque-early Gothic cloister has been preserved. The majority of the monastery was baroque. |
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Upper Austria
photo | Construction year | Surname | Location | description | Metadata |
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Monastery church of Lambach Abbey BDA-ID: 117662 |
Klosterplatz location |
The monastery church of Lambach Abbey was consecrated in 1089 and has significant frescoes (the oldest in the southern German-speaking area). |
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Martinskirche in Linz BDA-ID: 93758 |
Martingasse location |
The core of the current church dates from the 10th / 11th centuries, the church was later rebuilt in a Gothic style. |
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Karner in Mauthausen BDA-ID: 17146 |
Location |
The Karner von Mauthausen is a round building that was later extended in the Gothic style. The interior frescoes date from around 1260 and are in the jagged style. |
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Church of Pfarrkirchen im Mühlkreis BDA-ID: 14072 |
Location |
In the church of Pfarrkirchen im Mühlkreis , which was baroque in the 17th century , Romanesque frescoes from around 1250 have been preserved, showing the martyrdom of John the Evangelist. |
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Parish church Rechberg BDA-ID: 1619 |
Location |
In the parish church in Rechberg , which was rebuilt in Gothic style after 1440 , the original Romanesque character is still preserved in the flat-roofed nave, where frescoes from the 13th century have also been found. |
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Parish Church Suben BDA-ID: 17455 |
Location |
The parish church of Suben was rebuilt in the 18th century, but remains of the Romanesque predecessor church can be seen there. |
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Portal of the parish church of Wels BDA-ID: 117923 |
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The portal, like the entire church in Wels, was given a Baroque style, but inside you can still see the original Romanesque structures from the beginning of the 13th century. |
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Romanesque portal of the Wilhering collegiate church BDA-ID: 121578 |
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A Romanesque portal from the previous church was integrated into the Wilhering collegiate church, which was built in the 18th century . |
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Salzburg
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Romanesque portal within the parish church in Altenmarkt im Pongau BDA-ID: 18871 |
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Georgi Church in Bischofshofen BDA-ID: 23230 |
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The Gorgi Church in Bischofshofen is a rectangular building with a semicircular apse under a gable roof with a turret . |
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Nave of the Franciscan Church in Salzburg BDA-ID: 71304 |
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The Romanesque nave of the Franciscan church in Salzburg has been preserved (consecrated in 1123?), The choir is Gothic, the facade and furnishings are baroque. |
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Stiftskirche Nonnberg BDA-ID: 102138 |
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From the Romanesque church on Nonnberg , the church tower, portal parts and the "paradise" with its frescoes have been preserved. |
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St. Peter Abbey in Salzburg BDA-ID: 102225 |
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The monastery, the oldest in the German-speaking area, was converted to Baroque style in the middle of the 18th century, but the Romanesque components are the crypt of the collegiate church and the cloister. |
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before 1227 | Mariazellerkapelle at Petersfriedhof BDA-ID: 102225 |
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The Mariazellerkapelle (Katharinenkapelle), founded in 1215, is attached to the southern transverse arm of the collegiate church of St. Peter and was consecrated in 1227 |
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St. Rupert in Weißpriach BDA-ID: 24595 |
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The later Baroque church in Weißpriach has an important fresco cycle from the time between 1050 and 1200. |
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Styria
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Church of St. Rupert and Karner in Bruck an der Mur BDA-ID: 107161 |
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The church of St. Ruprecht in Bruck an der Mur was first mentioned in 1195, but today, apart from the baroque tower, it is mainly Gothic in appearance and also has important Gothic wall paintings from around 1415. The Karner at the cemetery dates from the 13th century. |
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Church in Dietmannsdorf BDA-ID: 56548 |
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The church of Dietmannsdorf (municipality of Trieben ) was built in the middle of the 12th century, it has in particular a round arched portal with cube capitals. |
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Karner in Hartberg BDA-ID: 81070 |
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The two-part rotunda next to the parish church in Hartberg dates from the late 12th century and has significant frescoes of unclear content from around 1200 inside. |
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Göss Abbey BDA-ID: 86295 |
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The Romanesque crypt of the gothic church of the Göss Abbey in Leoben , built around 1020, is still preserved. |
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Parish church St. Rupert in Kobenz BDA-ID: 57278 |
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The parish church of Kobenz is one of the oldest in Styria. In its current appearance, the church is mainly Gothic (with frescoes from the 15th century), while the tower made of masonry rubble is mainly Romanesque. |
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Church and Karner von Pöls BDA-ID: 57505 |
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The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Pöls (municipality of Pöls-Oberkurzheim ) was built in the 12th century as a three-aisled pillar basilica, which was later partially gothic and inside baroque. There is also a Romanesque charnel house in the cemetery. |
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Johanneskapelle in Pürgg BDA-ID: 57514 |
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The Johanneskapelle in Pürgg (municipality of Stainach-Pürgg ) is estimated to date before 1120. It has important frescoes from the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. |
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Parish church St. Marein near Neumarkt and Karner BDA-ID: 57664 |
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From the Romanesque church of the Assumption of Mary in Sankt Marein near Neumarkt , the choir square tower and some walls in the otherwise Gothic-style nave have been preserved. There is a Romanesque charnel house at the cemetery. |
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Seckau Abbey Church BDA-ID: 57582 |
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The Seckau basilica was built around 1143–1164. It was later vaulted in Gothic style. Changes also took place in the Baroque period and in the 19th century, in particular the towers, which had already been baroque, were rebuilt in neo-Romanesque style. |
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Tyrol
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Church of St. Nicholas in Matrei BDA-ID: 3052 |
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The Nikolauskirche in Matrei in Osttirol was built at the end of the 12th century, the tower and the Gothic vault are a later addition. Two chapels have fresco paintings from around 1270. |
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Vorarlberg
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Church of St. Nikolaus in Zitz BDA-ID: 65134 |
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The St. Nikolaus branch church in Zitz ( Bludesch municipality ) is one of the oldest churches in Vorarlberg. It has a late Romanesque nave and a brick spire; it has important frescoes from around 1330-1340. |
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Vienna
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Westwork of St. Stephen's Cathedral BDA-ID: 50321 |
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The westwork of the previous Romanesque building to which the Gothic cathedral was added has been preserved. In particular, it concerns the giant gate and the pagan towers from the period from 1230 to 1245. |
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Ruprechtskirche BDA-ID: 50528 |
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The Ruprechtskirche is the oldest church in Vienna that has been preserved in its original state and dates back to the early Middle Ages. The tower in particular is Romanesque; the early Gothic nave probably dates from after 1276. |
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Michaelerkirche BDA-ID: 40779 |
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Michaelerkirche, built around 1220, is some of the oldest churches in Vienna, but has been heavily transformed into Gothic, Baroque and Classicism. Romanesque elements can still be seen in the crypt. |
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Schottenkirche BDA-ID: 120228 |
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The Dark Sacristy and the Romanesque chapel are still preserved from the previous building of today's Baroque church, which was built in the second half of the 12th century . |
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See also
- List of Gothic buildings in Austria
- List of Renaissance buildings in Austria
- List of baroque buildings in Austria
- List of classical buildings in Austria (with Biedermeier)
- List of historic buildings in Austria
- List of brutalist buildings in Austria
Web links
- Entry on Romanesque in the Austrian lexicon aeiou
- www.burgen-austria.com Comprehensive overview of castles, palaces and palaces in Austria