Grainbrunn parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church of Grainbrunn is located in the north of the village of Grainbrunn in the market town of Sallingberg in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria . The parish and pilgrimage church , dedicated to the feast of the Assumption of Mary , belongs to the Deanery Zwettl of the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building .
history
In 1544 the place was documented as a branch of the parish Großreinprechts . The place was first mentioned as a place of pilgrimage in 1674. A hermitage was founded in 1694. The church was built between 1694 and 1696 with Bartholomäus Hochhaltinger. In 1783 the church was elevated to a parish church. The tower was built in 1846 with Leopold Pichler. 1898 and 1929 were renovations.
architecture
The short, almost square nave is followed by a low, drawn-in choir with a triangular closure. A low, closed passage under a pent roof was built around the choir. In the north of the choir is also the sacristy annex. The slender, front-built west tower is three-story with arched sound windows and has an onion helmet.
Furnishing
The baroque high altar around 1700 has a column structure with a blown gable with a top and sacrificial passage portals.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Grainbrunn, parish church Mariae Himmelfahrt, with floor plan, rectory, Bründlkapelle, pp. 308–309.
Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 15 ° 16 ′ 21.9 ″ E