Parish church Gerasdorf near Vienna
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The Roman Catholic parish church Gerasdorf near Vienna is located in the southeast of the Angers in the municipality of Gerasdorf near Vienna in the Korneuburg district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Wolkersdorf Dean's Office in the Vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is a listed building .
Location description
The church stands in the southeast of Angers and is surrounded by the cemetery and the former defensive wall with a moat.
history
The Gothic church with a steeple on the east side was rebuilt in 1429 after being destroyed by the Hussites . At the end of the 17th century, an asymmetrical nave was built while retaining the original south wall. In addition, a sacristy was added to the south of the choir at the same time. The church tower was restored in 1953 after being destroyed in the Second World War .
architecture
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- Church exterior
The church has a late Gothic apse with a 5/8 end. The choir is as high as the nave. The choir is structured by flat stepped buttresses . The three eastern windows at the end of the choir are Gothic pointed arch windows . The middle one has two lanes and shows tracery . The north and south windows are arched windows.
The core of the nave is partly late Gothic. Originally the nave was as wide as the choir, but was widened during the reconstruction at the end of the 17th century. The western facade is closed at the top with a curved gable . At the side there are stepped supporting pillars and arched windows. The front door with a rectangular portal is protected by a gable roof . The door is a studded iron door with a baroque decor. The east-facing tower was restored to its original form in 1953 after war damage. The octagonal church tower with gothic sound windows is crowned by a bell helmet. The sacristy with a high gable roof protrudes like a transept. Daylight enters the sacristy room through rectangular windows with plug-in grids. In the gusset of the sacristy and nave is a small porch with a pent roof and oval windows. In it is a small chapel. A late Gothic dead portal from the 15th century, which is now walled up, was moved here in the 20th century.
- Church interior
The square vestibule is vaulted . The stained glass window dates from the third quarter of the 20th century and shows the Annunciation in late Gothic styles.
The nave is barrel-vaulted with continuous stitch caps . The three-part organ loft rests on Berlin caps . The slightly raised choir is at an angle to the nave. The single-bay apse ends in a 5/8 end. The choir is vaulted with ribs . The sacrament house stands in a Gothic rectangular niche . The glass windows in the nave were made in 1908.
Furnishing
The furnishings are late baroque. The high altar is a column structure with a volute gable from around 1780. The altar leaf shows the “Farewell of Saints Peter and Paul ”. The picture, which was taken around 1800, comes from the school of Heinrich Friedrich Füger . The picture is accompanied by two figures depicting Saint John the Evangelist and Saint James the Elder .
The two side altars have the same structure and date from the second third of the 18th century. The altar leaves are from Vinzenz Fischer . On the left, the Holy Family is depicted above a baroque tabernacle . The right altar panel shows the crucifixion of Jesus . The upper picture shows the heart of Jesus . The baroque pulpit bears relief cartouches of Saints Peter and Paul and the Annunciation. Under the sound cover is a medallion of St. Sebastian . The carved Pietà in the side chapel dates from the middle of the 17th century. A grave slab for Pastor Konrad Popp († 1738) is embedded in the floor
The organ from 1979 comes from Rieger Orgelbau .
literature
- Dehio manual . The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Gerasdorf near Vienna. Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 263.
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 ° 17 ′ 41.4 ″ N , 16 ° 28 ′ 17 ″ E