Parish church Emmersdorf
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The Roman Catholic parish church of Emmersdorf is elevated and dominant in the Hofamt district in the market town of Emmersdorf an der Donau in the Melk district in Lower Austria . The parish church consecrated to St. Nicholas of Myra belongs to the Deanery Spitz in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church and an epitaph are under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
In the 13th century, the church was probably a vicariate and a branch from afar . A parish was mentioned in a document in 1336, and in 1429 Emmersdorf became an episcopal Passau feudal parish . From 1456 to 1461 the parish was incorporated into the Mattighofen Collegiate Foundation . In 1590 the parish was under the patronage of the Barons von Hoyos and belonged as a parish to the Emmersdorf rule.
The late Gothic pillar basilica with an older core from the 14th century has a long choir from the third fourth quarter of the 15th century and a baroque-style western tower. In the central nave, the foundations of a previous Romanesque building with a round apse were exposed. The late Gothic basement of the west tower is from the second half of the 15th century, the baroque octagonal tower was built in 1738.
architecture
In the south and west, because of the location on the slope, a lining wall with massive buttresses was built. The three-aisled, three-bay basilica nave has a narrow arcade zone with arched windows and buttresses gabled on the side aisles. The nave has in the south a triple grooved pointed arch portal with a set shoulder arch portal with two console heads with little remains of a polychrome plating from around 1500. On the north side the nave has a portal porch in the second yoke with a chamfered round arch gate. The west front of the nave is presented by a massive, square tower with plastering. The baroque octagonal tower has four corner obelisks and clock gables and has a multi-tiered bell helmet. The very high, mighty choir building in the east has gabled buttresses with remains of finials. The windows are walled up except for a lunette shape. In the polygon there are still remnants of the barbed, ogival window reveals. There is a small lighthouse in the south. In the north of the choir is the late Gothic sacristy building with two rectangular windows with tracery and a pent roof.
The interior of the nave is a three-aisled, three-bay pillar basilica. The side aisles are opened to the central nave by high pointed arches on octagonal pillars. The central nave is vaulted with a parallel net rib vault from the third quarter of the 15th century, the vault rests on profiled round consoles. The side aisles have ribbed vaults on polygonal consoles. The late Gothic four-axis west gallery stands on low octagonal pillars and is open to the nave with pointed arches and arched under with ribbed vaults. The hall from the tower ground floor has a groined vault on consoles in relief. The north portal vestibule has a ribbed vault and a ribbed shoulder arch gate in a rectangular bar frame with a pointed gable top, probably from the 19th century. The triumphal arch between the nave and the choir has not been drawn in. The two-bay choir with a five-eighth closure is significantly higher than the nave. It shows itself in slim proportions rising with a ribbed vault on consoles. In the polygon there are partly bundled services on small fluted plinths with relief keystones with rosettes, a free plastic three-pass and a foliage flower. The sacristy portal has a shoulder arch with a late Gothic wrought iron door and the associated door knocker.
The stained glass is from 1949. The sculptures of saints were made in 1904.
Furnishing
The high altar from the end of the 17th century was renovated in 1766. The double column retable on a high, continuous base stands between sacrificial passageways, the extension between segmental arches repeats the shape of the retable. The tabernacle is embedded in the base zone above the cafeteria. The side statues show Peter and Paul , at the excerpt Barbara and Katharina, probably works from the workshop of Matthias Schwanthaler . The high altar sheet Adoration of the Magi and the top picture St. Nicholas was created in the late 17th century. The left side altar with cartilage decoration as a column retable with a rectangular extension between a blasted segmented arch gable was created in the first half of the 17th century, the altarpiece Maria Immaculata and the top image Christ with the globe are from the 19th century. The right side altar as a columned retable with lateral volutes and a blown triangular gable around 1700 carries the statues Barbara and Katharina and shows the altarpiece St. Joseph from the 19th century. The altar in the tower chapel is from the third quarter of the 18th century. The pulpit was created by Christian Kurzmann in 1770/1771, the basket and sound cover are richly decorated with rocailles, the top bears putti and glory of rays.
The organ case with rich rococo decor was created by Franz Albertha (1760).
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Emmersdorf an der Donau, parish church St. Nikolaus, with floor plan, pp. 185–187.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 34.4 " N , 15 ° 20 ′ 3.2" E