Getzersdorf parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church of Getzersdorf is located in the center of Getzersdorf in the municipality of Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf in the St. Pölten-Land district in Lower Austria . The church, consecrated to St. Michael the Archangel , belongs to the dean's office in Herzogenburg in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
It is assumed that a parish incorporated by the Göttweig Abbey was established around 1363. Today's simple, late baroque building with a west tower facade, built after 1750 , probably has a Gothic choir . In 1986 a restoration took place.
architecture
- Exterior
The nave under a hipped roof has rounded corners and a simple facade structure with pilaster strips . The portal and an oval window are located in the basement of the tower. The tower structure has bell-shaped sound windows and an onion hood. A lower sacristy annex adjoins the three- eighth choir that has been drawn in on the same axis .
- Interior
The two-bay nave with rounded corners and oblong square vaults on sturdy double pilasters with wide belt arches has a sweeping, sturdy dentic beam that continues around the choir. The retracted Vorhallenjoch carries a swinging gallery . The choir closes like a basket arch and has a pressed barrel vault.
Furnishing
The free-standing altar table has a tabernacle structure with a book with seven seals from the end of the 18th century. Behind it hangs the canvas painting Engelsturz , painted by Ferdinand Maurer (1785) , on the wall . There are the paintings Christ the Risen and Christ in Emmaus , painted by Romanus Jacobs (1914), and the left side altarpiece of Mary and Child , also by Romanus Jacobs (1943). The right side altar painting Crucifixion comes from the fourth quarter of the 18th century. The baroque hanging pulpit has a sound cover. The Stations of the Cross are from the 19th century.
The polygonal baptismal font is late Gothic, the baluster-shaped offering box is probably modern. The floor consists of Kelheim slabs from 1764.
The organ was built by Franz Meinl (1854).
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Getzersdorf, parish church hl. Michael, pp. 525-526.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 42 " N , 15 ° 41 ′ 42.4" E