Parish church Gars am Kamp
The parish church Gars am Kamp stands on the east side of the main square in the market town of Gars am Kamp in the Horn district in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to Saints Simon and Jude Thaddäus belongs to the deanery Horn in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
The place was officially mentioned in documents in 1282, a Simonskapelle in 1387 and a market church in 1595 when a new parsonage was built. Fires were mentioned in 1620 and 1724. From 1724 to 1727 the church was rebuilt with the use of older parts and the preservation of the choir from 1593 and 1623. In Josephinism , services were relocated from the former parish church of Thunau am Kamp hl. Gertrud came here, whereby the branch church was elevated to a parish church. An exterior restoration was carried out in 1957 and an interior restoration in 1969.
architecture
The exterior of the church shows a nave under a gable roof on the north side with arched windows. The western gable front contains a projected and retracted tower in the center, volute cantilevers in the gable and round arched windows with profiled framing and wedge stones at the side, the local stone structure is painted. The western main portal in the tower has a profiled frame and a blown segment gable roofing and is supplemented on the right with a rectangular side portal. The raised choir, closed on three sides, shows itself with a pilaster structure. In the sloping choir there is a portal with stone walls from around 1600. The southern sacristy under a pent roof with windows with stone walls is from the end of the 16th century. The three-storey tower is structured with cornices and corner pilasters, the lower storeys are cuboid, the tower was raised in 1868 and received arched sound windows, clock gables and an onion helmet.
Furnishing
The church has three classical, marbled pilaster-flanked stucco altars, which were integrated into the choir walls.
The organ was built by Gerhard Hradetzky (1975). There is an evangelist bell from the 14th century and a bell with the name Hans Meixner 1582, both bells were transferred here from the Gertrudskirche.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Gars am Kamp, market and parish church Hll. Simon and Jude Thaddäus, rectory. Pp. 239-240.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 50 ″ N , 15 ° 39 ′ 39 ″ E