Parish church Gänserndorf
The Roman Catholic parish church of Gänserndorf is located in the municipality of Gänserndorf in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to the Holy Guardian Angels and belongs to the Deanery Gänserndorf in the Vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is a listed building .
Location description
The former fortified church is slightly raised in the north of Gänserndorf. Originally it was surrounded by a fortified cemetery.
history
The core of the late Romanesque building dates from the 13th century. The Gothic choir was built around 1400. The parish is first mentioned in a document in 1345. After severe fire damage in 1683, the church was redesigned in Baroque style in 1695 . In 1784 the parish was rebuilt and incorporated into Melk Abbey . In 1961 Ernst Arthofer and Karl Burian extended the church to the west with a building that had a major impact on today's appearance.
Church building
- Church exterior
The church has a mighty rectangular nave with a dominant west facade. Above the main portal is a large arched window and a high triangular gable . The long sides are structured by high glass windows concentrated in the middle. Adjoining this is the late Romanesque nave with a Gothic polygonal choir, which has been preserved except for the westernmost yoke. Above is the octagonal church tower with a high pointed spire. On the sides of the nave, the remains of the late Romanesque arched windows and the early Gothic pointed arched windows can be seen below the baroque arched windows in the exposed quarry stone masonry.
- Church interior
The church has a wide hall-like nave with a flat ceiling. This is followed by the former baroque nave, which is also flat-roofed, and the essentially Gothic choir with a 5/8 end. Both the old nave and the Gothic choir are now used as a presbytery . The baroque sacristy connects to the north.
Furnishing
The furnishings come from the construction period in 1961. The altar was designed by the artist Susanna C. Polac . The monumental crucifix was made by Karl Nieschlag . Fred Gillesberger created the font . The glass painting in the baptistery is by Hans Zeiler .
organ
The organ dates from 1962 by Gregor Hradetzky .
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Gänserndorf. Parish Church of St. Guardian Angel. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 236.
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).
Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 32.5 ″ N , 16 ° 43 ′ 12.5 ″ E