Parish church Groß-Enzersdorf
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The parish church Maria Schutz is located in the municipality of Groß-Enzersdorf in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church Maria Schutz belongs to the Marchfeld deanery in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg in the Archdiocese of Vienna . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
The parish was founded in 1203 by the Hochstift Freising . The mighty, former fortified church with a massive north tower is visible from afar in the city center. The essentially early Gothic pillar basilica with a fortified tower was built at the end of the 13th century, the choir and the tower elevation are additions from the end of the 14th century. In the second half of the 17th century, a baroque renovation was carried out.
External church building
The high, essentially early Gothic nave under a mighty gable roof has a simple west facade with a profiled, early Gothic pointed arch portal from the end of the 13th century. Above the portal is a baroque segmented arched window, a high set cornice and a triangular gable with a round arched niche with a baroque Madonna from the 18th century. Above the low side aisles are high, baroque segmented arched windows on the side of the nave between pilaster strips. The much higher, retracted, Gothic choir from the end of the 14th century has tall, single-lane and two-lane tracery windows and raised, roofed buttresses with water hammer. The mighty, former fortified tower has a clearly separated, plinth-like ground floor from the end of the 13th century. It shows ashlar masonry, has a large pointed arch niche and narrower upper floors with simply beveled pointed arch windows and corner blocks from the 2nd half of the 14th century. The dome with a lantern is from 1817. To the east of the tower is the two-story, baroque sacristy from the 17th century. To the north of the nave is a baroque chapel extension from 1730 with pilaster strips, segmented arched windows and a pyramid roof with a bell tower. In the pointed arch niche of the tower is a wall painting from the middle of the 14th century with a Deesis depiction over two rows with the Saints Veit, Leonhard, Wolfgang, Sigismund and Korbinian. In front of it stands the baroque figure of the risen one from the end of the 17th century. It comes from the chapel of the Freising castle. Above the choir head is a baroque figure of Maria Immaculata from the mid-18th century.
Inner church building
The three-aisled, four-bay nave is provided with a groin vault between simply stuccoed belts on pillars. The chamfered, square, early Gothic pillars are connected to one another via wide round arches. There is a richly cranked cornice all around. The slightly swaying, three-part, baroque organ gallery rests on Tuscan columns. The lower, four-bay aisles with groined vaults were built in 1620. Towards the nave are walled, early Gothic windows in the roof truss area. The triumphal arch is stuccoed in baroque style. The high, two-bay choir with a five- eighth end has a ribbed vault with figural keystones Christ, the Lamb of God and the pelican on bundles of services that end on the surrounding coffin cornice. In the southeast of the choir a simple, walled-up, early Gothic session niche has been preserved. To the north of the choir is a baroque sacristy with a lancet vault from the 17th century. Then, by the retracted choir, between the sacristy and the nave is the tower ground floor with a heavy ribbed vault from the end of the 13th century. In the north of the nave is a baroque chapel extension with a square floor plan and rounded corners, pilasters and a flat dome over a surrounding cornice. The chapel was originally dedicated to St. Johannes Nepomuk was consecrated and transformed into a war memorial chapel. The glass windows are from 1936.
In the north aisle there is an inscription tombstone of Pastor Andreas Gmainer, died 1495, a coat of arms gravestone Bohuslaw Kreß, died 1484, a coat of arms gravestone Wilhelm Praunstorffer, died 1454. In the south aisle there is a coat of arms gravestone Caspar Anfang, died 1575, a coat of arms gravestone Rosina Caspar, died 1581, a coat of arms grave stone Sabina Frauenbrunner, died 1594, a coat of arms grave stone Conrad Phillip Anton Engl von Wagram, died 1669, a coat of arms grave plate Ulrich Pawenberg 1367.
Equipment and furnishings
The baroque high altar from the first quarter of the 18th century, inserted at the end of the choir, is a rich double-columned altar and bears a Madonna of Mercy from the beginning of the 17th century and the side figures of Saints Joachim and Anna, Zacharias and Elisabeth in a set-like, openwork central niche . The tabernacle with the exposure niche is flanked by angels and in the exposure zone has a richly moved group of figures depicting the coronation of Mary.
organ
The baroque organ case dates from 1773 when Josef Silberbauer from Znojmo installed a new organ as part of the baroque renovation of the church. In 2017 a new organ was installed in the existing case by the Belgian organ building company "Manufacture d'orgues Thomas". The new organ has over 1,600 pipes and 26 registers spread over 3 manuals and pedal. The conversion and renovation of the old housing resulted in costs of approx. 500,000 euros.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Groß-Enzersdorf, Parish Church Maria Schutz, p. 323f.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '9.8 " N , 16 ° 33' 2.4" E