Parish church of Edelbach
The parish church of Edelbach described in the Austrian art topography belonged to the parish of Neu-Pölla . With the 1938 made resettlement of Edelbach to bear the military training area Döllersheim it was left to decay.
history
The church of Edelbach used to belong to the parish Altpölla. The parish of Edelbach was founded in the first half of the 13th century by the Lords of Winkel through excision. Ortlieb von Winkel donated it to Zwettl Abbey in 1258 with patronage rights .
Since the parish was not occupied between 1654 and 1708, it was temporarily provided by the Windigsteig parish .
It is not clear whether the nave of the parish church , commissioned by the abbot of Zwettl Abbey, Melchior von Zauneck, and built by master mason Mathias Atzmühlner from Zwettl in 1707 was a renovation or a new building. The church tower was built in 1752 under Abbot Rainer. In 1810 it was increased.
In 1709 the parish of Edelbach was granted an indulgence , which was renewed in 1716.
When representatives of the church visited the churches and chapels on the site of the military training area in 1955, the church of Edelbach was found to be still in good condition. Blasting exercises later caused the south wall of the church and subsequently parts of the roof to collapse. In October 1976 the church tower collapsed. In the meantime (July 2014) all of the surrounding walls have collapsed, so that only foundations and piles of stones tell of the former church.
description
The parish church of Edelbach had a single nave vaulted with a flat arched barrel with a late Gothic and reticulated choir from the 15th century. The baroque tower was added on the east side. The staircase to the choir was built on the south side and a rectangular sacristy with oratory on the north side .
The rectangular front door with stone framing was located together with a square hatch and two transverse oval windows in the west-side, smooth gable front crowned with a stone cross. The originally transverse oval windows of the nave were replaced by pointed arched windows in the course of renovation work, and such windows were also installed in the music choir later.
The choir was narrower, but the same height as the nave and closed in five sides of an octagon. The first, third and fifth sides of the polygon each had a pointed arch window.
Both the nave and the choir roof were designed as a gable roof . The ceiling of the rectangular nave was vaulted with a flat longitudinal barrel, while the choir had a late Gothic star vault.
The high altar, made of wood and dating from around 1674, was marbled in red and yellow and had gilded decorations. The altarpiece showed a representation of Mary with the child and was labeled "Klemens Beuttler ... 1674". This picture, ordered by Abbot Caspar of Zwettl Abbey in 1673, originally came from the women's altar in the abbey church and was transferred from there to Edelbach in 1728 under Abbot Melchior.
Two side altars were purchased under Abbot Melchior, but removed in 1864. Their altarpieces remained in the church.
The square wooden pulpit was on the north side of the triumphal arch .
literature
- Paul Buberl: The monuments of the political district Zwettl in Lower Austria (without Zwettl Abbey). Part 1: Allentsteig judicial district (= Austrian art topography . Vol. 8, 1). Commissioned by Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1911.
- Johannes Müllner: The desecrated homeland. 2nd Edition. Association Information Waldviertel, Allentsteig 1998, ISBN 3-9500294-0-0 .
- Margot Schindler : Having to go. The resettlement of the Döllersheim area (Lower Austria) 1938–1942. Folklore aspects (= publications of the Austrian Museum for Folklore 23). Austrian Museum for Folklore, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-900359-38-5 .
- Ernst-Werner Techow: The old home. Description of the Waldviertel around Döllersheim. Published by the Deutsche Ansiedlungsgesellschaft Berlin. Sudetendeutsche Verlags- und Druckerei-GmbH, Eger 1942.
Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 0.8 ″ N , 15 ° 24 ′ 28.4 ″ E