Bisamberg parish church
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The Roman Catholic parish church Bisamberg stands elevated above the municipality Bisamberg in the Korneuburg district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to St. John the Baptist and belongs to the dean's office in Korneuburg in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is a listed building .
Location description
The church stands on the slope of the Bisamberg hill above the village and is surrounded by a cemetery.
history
The parish church was built and financed in 1294 at the expense of the community and the landowners. As early as 1203, in addition to the Freihof and the stately castle , a castle chapel is also mentioned, which forms the still preserved Romanesque core of today's parish church. This Romanesque core was built before 1203 and consisted of a 6.65 × 11.60 m, three-bay nave and a flat ceiling. Adjacent to the nave was a 4.35 m wide choir square, which served as a chancel. This choir square was later extended by a late Gothic choir room with a reticulated vault and pointed arched window. In the 17th century the nave was given a barrel vault with belts and stitch caps. From 1736 to 1737 the baroque west facade was built with today's dome tower, which is crowned with a knob and a cross. The Gothic tower was demolished. The church was later expanded by adding a sacristy. In 1906 the tower received a clock.
architecture
- Church exterior
The core of the church is a Romanesque church that has been converted to Baroque style . The choir is late Gothic and the tower in the west is late baroque. The deep front facade with tower was built between 1720 and 1735. The single-yoke substructure is structured by giant pilasters. In the two lateral axes there are niches with central windows. The slightly recessed church tower is placed between two volute approaches and has round-arched sound windows . On the clock floor with volute supports , the tower tapers off very strongly. The onion helmet rises above it . The tower structure, which is divided into three floors, is emphasized by protruding cornices . There are baroque arched windows on the simply designed nave. On the south side is a chapel extension from the 18th century. On the north side is a newer porch. The choir from the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century has moved in and closes in a 5/8 end. It is structured by triple-stepped buttresses . The choir is broken through by two-lane tracery windows. A sacristy annex adjoins the south side . Inscribed tombstones from 1695 and 1694 are attached to the wall. There is also a Gothic and a Baroque coat of arms tombstone.
- Church interior
The two tower floors are vaulted by pressed cap barrels . In the three-bay nave, too, there are pressed lance-cap barrels , which are stored over belt arches . These, in turn, rest on wide pilasters from the early 18th century. The south-facing baroque chapel is vaulted with groin vaults . The triumphal arch is drawn in and instrumented in baroque style. The two-bay choir closes in a 5/8 end. Above the choir there is a ribbed vault with a crown rib and is supported on consoles from the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century. A coat of arms stone and a pointed-gable sacrament niche are set into the wall. The stained glass windows depict Saints Joachim , Anna , Maria , Josef and the baptism of Christ. The windows were made around 1900.
Furnishing
The high altar picture in a free and lavishly designed acanthus frame shows the Holy Family . The frame is flanked on the side by floating angels and crowned by a heraldic cartouche. The altar was built around 1700. The tabernacle from the same period is on a more recent canteen . The side altars are wall altars with triangular gables from the second half of the 18th century. The altar panel on the left shows Maria Immaculata . It was painted by Johann (es) Höfel in 1821 . The right altar panel shows Jesus Christ and dates from the same time. The pulpit from the second half of the 18th century. The basket relief represents the “pasture of my lambs”. The sound cover is bell-shaped. A console figure of St. Michael comes from the first half of the 18th century. In the church there is also a crucifix from the second half of the 18th century. A statuette of the Risen One from the 18th century stands in a canopy niche. In the church there are also tombstones of Anna Theresia Countess von Abensberg-Traun († 1771), Johann Adam Graf von Abensberg-Traun († 1786).
organ
The organ was built by Franz Ullmann around 1850. The case is designed in the classical style.
Bells
A bell was cast in 1629. The second bell was made by Franz Ulrich Scheichel in 1737.
Calvary
In 1683 the landlady donated a calvary on the church hill up to the church. Eleven groups of figures made of sandstone recall the Passion of Christ. There is a saint grave chapel in front of the church. In it there is a figure of Christ.
literature
- Dehio manual . The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Bisamberg. Parish church hl. John the Baptist. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 62f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
- ^ Rudolf Maier "Marktgemeinde Bisamberg" Editor: Marktgemeinde Bisamberg 1982
- ^ Austria Forum
Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 44.7 ″ E