Mechters local chapel
The Mechters local chapel is a small church in the Mechters cadastral community of Böheimkirchen in the Sankt Pölten-Land district in Lower Austria . Their patron is St. Ulrich . As a local chapel, it is subordinate to the Roman Catholic parish Böheimkirchen in the Neulengbach deanery . The chapel is a listed building .
history
The small wooden chapel was built in the 19th century and renovated in 1986.
Architecture and equipment
The local chapel is a simple wooden building with a round apse on the road between Böheimkirchen and St. Pölten . The church with a gable roof covered, it is a ridge turret. The altar consists of a cafeteria with a reredos depicting the " death of Mary ". In the chapel there is also a baroque enthroned Madonna figure and statues of Saints Florian and Nepomuk from the 18th century. A canvas painting, also from the 18th century, shows Saint Joachim . A copper engraving shows a picture of Maria-Hilf from 1712.
literature
- Peter Aichinger-Rodenberger, Evelyn Benesch u. a .: Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria . Lower Austria. South of the Danube. Part 2 - M to Z. 1st edition. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-365-8 , Mechters , p. 1388 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 28, 2013 (PDF).
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '41.39 " N , 15 ° 42' 45.97" O