Gilgenberg parish church
The parish church of Gilgenberg is in the village of Gilgenberg in the community of Gilgenberg am Weilhart in Upper Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Aegidius belongs to the deanery Braunau in the Diocese of Linz . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection .
history
A church was mentioned in a document around 1195. The nave , consecrated in 1466, was built with Lienhart Zachenperger. The choir was consecrated in 1473. The baroque tower was built from 1698 to 1708.
architecture
The late Gothic three-aisled, three-bay hall construction made of tuff blocks has an almost square nave with four pillars. There is a sgraffito tracery frieze under the cornice. The central nave is vaulted with star ribs and the side aisles are vaulted with net ribs. The eastern nave yoke was widened trapezoidally when the choir was built. The two-bay, star-rib vaulted choir is wider than the central nave and has tracery windows and a three-eighth end. The four-bay west gallery with a keel arch arcade stands on a cross and ribbed vault. The west tower has a high eight-sided tower and a pointed helmet from 1857. The sacristy is vaulted with mesh ribs . The portal doors and the sacristy door have Gothic fittings.
On the outer head of the choir there is a figural representation of a Mount of Olives around 1694. A red marble slab from 1469 by the builder of the church Lienhart Zachenperger with the maker's mark is also attached to the head of the choir.
On the south side of the church there is a two-bay, star-rib vaulted ossuary .
The church tower has a height of 74 meters.
Furnishing
The high altar and the side altars are from 1665. The high altar was created by the sculptor Balthasar Mayr from Burghausen . J. Geiger (1745) painted the high altar picture. The top picture is by Johann Miller (1665) from Burghausen. The side altars are by the same masters. The right side altar bears the statue of St. Sebastian from the middle of the 18th century under a carved canopy by Johann Georg Lindt .
In the nave there is a Gothic figure of St. Leonhard , which is dated around 1520/1530, on the front arch there is an Immaculate from the middle of the 18th century. Clemens Evangelist della Croce (1815) painted the apostles .
literature
- Gilgenberg, parish church St. Aegidius. S. 89. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Upper Austria. By Erwin Hainisch , reworked by Kurt Woisetschläger , prefaces to the 3rd edition (1958) and 4th edition (1960) by Walter Frodl , sixth edition, Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1977.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Georg Lindt. Retrieved November 8, 2018 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 52.4 ″ N , 12 ° 56 ′ 18 ″ E