Parish and pilgrimage church Maria-Anzbach

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Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of Our Lady as Mother of Mercy in Maria-Anzbach
in the nave of the nave to the choir

The parish and pilgrimage church Maria-Anzbach stands in a walled plateau in the center of the village of the market town of Maria-Anzbach in the district of St. Pölten-Land in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church , consecrated to the patronage of Our Lady as Mother of Mercy, belongs to the Neulengbach deanery of the diocese of St. Pölten . The church and the former walled cemetery are under monument protection ( list entry ).

history

Edification and first records

The parish and pilgrimage church of the Mother of Mercy is a fortified church and was built in the 15th century. It is believed that the lords of Amicinesbach , who died out in 1203, had a church built. We received reliable news from a pastor from 1311.

First Turkish storm

In 1529 the church was totally destroyed by the Turks. 100 years later, in 1629, the church with a fortified tower (50 meters) was adapted as a fortified church.

On the feast of the birth of Mary in 1677, the imperial court preacher Abraham a Sancta Clara gave the famous sermon “The happy fish haul from Anzbach” in the parish and pilgrimage church.

Second Turkish storm

In 1683, the second Turkish storm brought again great destruction to the place. The church remained unscathed thanks to an extinguished torch that was thrown into the wooden pulpit . The extinguished torch can be seen in the church in a glass box.

Place of pilgrimage

The Marian pilgrimage in Anzbach has been documented since 1472.

After the plague of 1683, which was one of the worst consequences of the Turkish invasions, the area was almost wiped out. During this time, the annual pilgrimages of the places Ollern and Langenrohr , which are still observed today. The Pest Exvoto portraits, the marble tablets and two wax candles confirm this.

Building description

Detail from the statue of St. Rochus

The church is a three-aisled four - year staggered building from the 2nd half of the 15th century, with stone and rib vaults. The north and south portals are late Gothic and have the dates 1468 and 1491, as well as the Gothic inscription above the north, outside, "Mater Misericordie 1471", Mother of Mercy. At the south-western corner, next to the tower, we can still see the gable wall of the church with a long nave from the 14th century.

The tower houses 5 bells - 4 of which were consecrated in 1945, the predecessors had to be delivered for war purposes in World War II and only the nine-woman was spared in the two world wars because of its beautiful sound.

The baroque high altar was built in 1771. The centerpiece is the almost life-size statue of grace. It dates from the first half of the 15th century and is made of wood. Strangely enough, it survived all the chaos of war and the destruction of the church in 1529.

There are still 4 wooden sculptures on the high altar. Left: St. Archangel Michael and St. Joseph . Right: St. Archangel Raphael and St. Joachim .

There are art treasures on the walls of the presbytery . Left: St. Leopold (Gothic), on the presbytery pillar inside the reliquary with the extinguished Turkish torch and outside St. Antony . Right inside, reliquary with unknown relics and outside St. Joseph.

The side altars were transferred from other churches in 1785. The right cross altar shows a carved crucifix with the crucified, to the side his mother Mary and his favorite disciple Johannes . The left side altar shows St. Sebastian , to his right St. Rochus and on the left St. Florian .

In 1790, a new pulpit and staircase were made by the carpenter Franz Kraft. The organ was rebuilt in 1990/91 - the neo-Gothic prospect was preserved.

In the years 1977–1982 the interior of the church, all the figures, as well as the pulpit and the Martini chapel were restored. In 2009 another restoration of the interior of the church took place. In addition to an enlargement of the organ gallery, the benches in the main nave from around 1630 were completely renovated and the benches in the aisles were newly made.

At a festive service on October 25, 2015, the new people's altar was consecrated in the newly designed chancel and the new ambo was blessed. The St. Pölten Diocesan Bishop Klaus Küng consecrated the new altar .

Martini Chapel

Martini Chapel, east view from the market square

The parish and pilgrimage church is widely known for the peculiarity that almost two almost identical presbyteries can be found here, a free-standing one above the old ossuary (Martini chapel ) and the actual one with the high altar in the parish church. The Martini chapel is to the right of the entrance to the former cemetery that was laid out around the church. This chapel is a Gothic building from around 1400 and has a Gothic bay window on the side facing the church . In Karner the chapel the remains of the abandoned cemetery are kept.

Former pastors

The longest term in office was from 1858 to 1906, Anton Artner. Archdechant Wilhelm Schuh has been the pastor of Maria Anzbach since 2000 .

  • Walther in Entzesbach 1311
  • Kilian in the 15th century
  • Christofen around 1562
  • Nicolaus Cutigius around 1611
  • Georg Hiendl exp. 19. November 1626
  • Johann Greinwald 1638–1645
  • Maximilian v. Hainaut 1645–1649
  • Johann Chrysost.Golitius 1649–1656
  • Georg Arthueber 1656–1658
  • Christian Ernst Korneritz 1658–1666
  • Malachias Praumiller 1666-1670
  • Nicolaus Farkahs 1672–1674
  • Narcißus Romanus Rotwang 1674–1680
  • Johann Pichler 1680–1682
  • Michael Werz 1682–1684
  • Thomas Antoni 1684–1689
  • Franz Bichler 1689-1712
  • Petrus Morten 1712-1728
  • Johann Ernst Koller 1729–1742
  • Michael Schöberl 1742–1761
  • Christoph Schiechl 1761–1777
  • Barthol. Tourneller 1777-1800
  • Th. Wurm 1800-1814
  • Valentin Kirsch 1814-1830
  • Anton Hößler 1830–1858
  • Anton Artner 1858–1906
  • Josef Bach 1906–1914
  • Michael Müller 1914-1933
  • Johann Sitte 1934–1961
  • Johann Fischer 1961-2000
  • Wilhelm Schuh since 2000

literature

  • The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Maria-Anzbach, parish and pilgrimage church of Our Lady as Mother of Mercy, with floor plan, chapel of St. Martin on the northeast corner of the walled area, rectory. Pp. 1292-1294.

Web links

Commons : Parish Church of Our Lady as Mother of Mercy, Maria-Anzbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish history - Parish Maria Anzbach. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ This site requires a frames-compliant browser: General information. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (Austrian German).
  3. ^ Parish history - Parish Maria Anzbach. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (German).
  4. ↑ This site requires a frames-compliant browser: Pilgrimage Church "to the Mother of Mercy". Retrieved December 28, 2018 (Austrian German).
  5. ↑ http://www.pfarre-maria-anzbach.at/wir-als-pfarrgemeinde/pfarrer
  6. ↑ Former pastors of Anzbach - Parish Maria Anzbach. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (German).

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '24.6 "  N , 15 ° 55' 48.6"  E