Parish church Blumau an der Wild
The parish church of Blumau an der Wild is located in Blumau an der Wild in the market town of Ludweis-Aigen in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to St. John the Baptist - incorporated into the Geras Abbey - belongs to the Geras deanery in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
A church was incorporated into the Geras monastery around 1155. A parish church was mentioned in a document around 1230. Around 1750 the church was rebuilt under Abbot Paul Gratschmayr.
architecture
The church stands in the north-east of the village as the northern end of a street square, raised on a step and surrounded by a walled cemetery with a charnel house. The late baroque hall church has an east tower at the head of the choir and a northern addition to the sacristy .
Furnishing
The marbled interior was built after the middle of the 18th century. The high altar - occupying the back wall of the choir - with innovations from the 19th century has a mighty column structure with slightly swinging three-column side parts with the statues Sebastian, Zacharias, Elisabeth, Johannes Nepomuk. The altarpiece from the second half of the 19th century and in a baroque frame depicts John the Baptist. The ceiling frescoes with scenes from the life of the church patron, the Visitation of Mary , the naming of John, the baptism of Christ and the beheading of John were Created by Franz Zoller in 1777 .
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Blumau an der Wild, Parish Church of St. Johannes d. T., with floor plan, Karner, rectory. Pp. 65-66.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Wagner: The South Tyrolean baroque painter Franz Zoller (1726–1778) . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna, 2008 urn : nbn: at: at-ubw: 1-29320.26050.140559-8
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 35.2 ″ N , 15 ° 27 ′ 8 ″ E