Fornach parish church

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Catholic parish church hl. Leopold in Fornach

The Roman Catholic parish church Fornach is located in Fornach in the municipality of Fornach in the Vöcklabruck district in Upper Austria . The church, consecrated to St. Leopold , belongs to the Frankenmarkt dean's office in the Linz diocese . The church is a listed building .

history

The church was built in 1787.

architecture

The single-nave, three-bay hall church with a flat ceiling with a three-eighth end. The west tower has an onion dome.

Furnishing

The high altar around 1700 was later changed. The high altar picture St. Leopold was created at the end of the 18th century. The pulpit is from the end of the 18th century. The side altars are designed in the neo-renaissance style.

literature

  • Fornach, parish church of St. Leopold. P. 72. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Upper Austria. By Erwin Hainisch , reworked by Kurt Woisetschläger , prefaces to the 3rd edition (1958) and 4th edition (1960) by Walter Frodl , sixth edition, Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1977.

Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '25 "  N , 13 ° 25' 53"  E