Parish church Gattendorf (Burgenland)
The Roman Catholic parish church of Gattendorf is located in the municipality of Gattendorf in the Neusiedl am See district in Burgenland . It is consecrated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Deanery Neusiedl am See in the Diocese of Eisenstadt . The building is a listed building .
history
The church building is medieval. The parish was founded before the Reformation and rebuilt before 1626. In the second half of the 17th century the church was redesigned in Baroque style . A modern extension and restoration took place between 1977 and 1978.
Church building
- Church exterior
The church is a medieval rectangular building with a recessed square choir. A church tower with slit windows and an octagonal stone pyramid spire adjoins the southwest side of the nave. Side chapels are attached to the middle nave yoke. Parts of the Romanesque portal and the early Gothic windows have been exposed at the choir .
- Church interior
The three-bay nave is barrel-vaulted with stitch caps . The gallery with the parapet in front lies on a wide arch. The nave opens in a round arched passage to the two- bay cross - vaulted side chapels. There is a high triumphal arch between the choir and the nave . There is a groin vault above the choir. Modern rooms with flat ceilings are connected to the right and left.
Furnishing
The high altar consists of a cafeteria with a high tabernacle with angels from around 1780. Above is a late Baroque image of the Holy Trinity.
The left side altar was built in the form of a chapel altar. The carved figure of a Pietà from the 18th century stands on a pedestal . On the side are four angels and two baroque figures of saints representing the saints Johannes Nepomuk and Florian .
On the pulpit from the first half of the 18th century, putti and the count's coat of arms of the Esterházy family are depicted. The font dates from the 17th century. The baroque carved figure of Maria Immaculata comes from the first half of the 18th century.
In the right side chapel there is an oil painting in the empirical frame , which depicts the Holy Trinity. It was possibly painted by Károly Lotz in the middle of the 19th century . The oil painting of St. Elisabeth from around 1900 hangs on the north wall of the nave.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch - The art monuments of Austria - Burgenland. Gattendorf, Parish Church of the Holy Trinity. Edited by Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt with contributions by Friedrich Berg , Clara Prickler-Wassitzky and Hannsjörg Ubl. Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85028-400-4 , p. 106.
- Bundesdenkmalamt (editor), Andreas Lehne (editorial management): Austrian art topography. Band LIX. The art monuments of the political district of Neusiedl am See . Verlag Berger, Horn 2012, ISBN 978-3-85028-554-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burgenland - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of May 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 57.2 ″ N , 16 ° 58 ′ 59.7 ″ E