Martinskirche (Klosterneuburg)

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South-facing view of the parish church of St. Martin; left the lower nave and right the choir
View towards the organ gallery

The Martinskirche in the north of Klosterneuburg is a Roman Catholic parish church and is dedicated to the canonized Martin of Tours . It is Austria's second oldest Martinskirche, belongs to the Klosterneuburg deanery of the Archdiocese of Vienna and is looked after by Klosterneuburg Monastery .

Church history

The church was built on a slight terrace ledge in a dominant position over the Danube with a fortified church courtyard wall. In the southern area of ​​the church there was a Frankish settlement . At the end of the 8th century, at the time of the Avar Wars , a wooden church with a row cemetery was built, which was dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. In the early romantic period (11th century) a rectangular stone building with a choir square was built. In the 12th century the sacred building was expanded to the east and west. At the end of the 13th century, the high Romanesque church building was razed and replaced by a new early Gothic building. The nave is essentially the same as it is today. In 1291, the knight Ulrich von Kritzendorf donated a St. Bartholomew and a Maria Magdalena chapel (today sacristy ), which were added to the south of the nave. In 1363 the tower was built or increased. Around 1420 the foundation stone was laid for the current choir with three yokes and a five-eighth closure , which is one yoke more than the old one and is elevated compared to the nave. Furthermore, in the 15th century, the nave was raised and provided with pillars, and the chapels on the south side were connected and expanded to the east so that an annex-like annex was created.

During the second Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683, the church was sacked. In the course of the subsequent restoration, which was completed around 1725, the church was redesigned in Baroque style .

Furnishing

The high altar

The monumental, three-story, baroque high altar, which fills the entire late Gothic choir polygon, was transferred here from the Viennese Franciscan Church and adapted around 1720. The altarpiece was designed by the painter Sebastian Linck and depicts the apotheosis of Saint Martin.

The left and right side altars are each located in a chapel niche in the long wall of the nave. In the tower chapel, formerly the Maria Lourdes chapel, there is an aedical altar from the mid-18th century, which was transferred here from the St. Bartholomew Chapel on the south side (now used as a sacristy) (1982).

organ

The organ case on the three-axis gallery dates from around 1730. The positive back in the splendid gallery parapet is more recent. In 1984 the Viennese organ builder Herbert Gollini installed a new three-manual organ with 32  registers in the existing case .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Quintadena 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Pointed 8th'
4th viola 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th Pointed flute 4 ′
7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Super octave 2 ′
9. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Mixture V-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
12. Copula 8th'
13. flute 4 ′
14th Principle l 2 ′
15th Gemshorn 2 ′
16. Cimbel II 1 ⁄ 3 ′
17th shelf 8th'
18th shawm 4 ′
Tremulant
III Rückpositiv C – g 3
19th Dumped 8th'
20th Principal 4 ′
21st Reed flute 4 ′
22nd octave 2 ′
23. Nasat 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
24. Scharff IV 1'
25th Krummhorn 8th'
Pedals C – f 1
26th Sub-bass 16 ′
27. Octave bass 8th'
28. Covered bass 8th'
29 Chorale bass 4 ′
30th Rauschpfeife V 2 ′
31. trombone 16 ′
32. prong 8th'

Archaeological memorial

In the course of reconstruction and renovation work, archaeological investigations were carried out in and around the sacred building between 1977 and 1982, and a 5000-year history of settlement on the church hill and a first wooden church in the early Middle Ages ( Carolingian period ) were established. For the documentation of the settlement history of the church hill with archaeological finds, models and early medieval graves and leg depots, a showroom was set up below the main nave and opened on June 23, 1984.

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Martin Klosterneuburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephanscom.at: Klosterneuburg Dean's Office ; Retrieved July 16, 2010
  2. ↑ Klosterneuburg Abbey : The 24 Abbey Parishes , accessed on July 16, 2010
  3. ^ Parish of St. Martin: Church leaders ; Retrieved July 17, 2010
  4. ↑ Information on the organ
  5. ↑ Folk culture of Lower Austria: Archaeological Memorial St. Martin ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved July 16, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 195.58.166.60

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 51.3 ″  N , 16 ° 19 ′ 8.5 ″  E