Parish church Groißenbrunn
The Groißenbrunn parish church is located in the village of Groißenbrunn in the market town of Engelhartstetten in the Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church and pilgrimage church consecrated to St. Aegidius - incorporated into Melk Abbey - belongs to the Deanery Gänserndorf in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
A vicariate existed before 1400. A parish in 1677 was rebuilt in 1783 and incorporated into Melk Abbey.
The mighty baroque church building was started in 1751 with Matthias Gerl and completed in 1763 with Joseph Gerl . There was fire damage in 1825 and severe war damage in 1945. From 1984 to 1986 there was static protection and restoration.
architecture
The large west-facing pilgrimage church is visible from afar in the north of the village and is surrounded by a cemetery.
The raised tower facade shows strict pilaster strips, the facade tower with large acoustic windows and a pointed helmet from 1825 rises above the triangular gable. The portal has a segmented arch. The large nave has a pilaster structure and segmented arched windows, the retracted choir is flanked with two side chapels.
The interior of the church shows a hall-like two-bay nave with square vaults between double belts on flat double pilasters. The Emporenjoch located in the east has a slightly swinging gallery. Towards the choir, the nave has rounded corners and a segmented triumphal arch. The retracted single-bay choir with a flat rounded end has a square vault between double belts on double pilasters. The four chapels on the side of the choir have lancet vaults.
Furnishing
The high altar is a concave stucco marble altar from 1774 with a Pilat structure and a curved end with a central eye of God and the high altar picture St. Aegidius. On the free-standing cafeteria stands the miraculous image of Mariahilf flanked by adoring angels, a copy of the Viennese Mariahilf image from the second half of the 17th century, which was transferred here from the Maria Bründl Chapel in 1771.
The simple side altars from 1774 show the altar leaves on the left Franz of Assisi and on the right Theresa, the patron of the then imperial couple.
There is a notable baroque chandelier from the 18th century. The communion grille is from the 18th century. A coat of arms stone mentions 1734.
Simon Burkhard built the organ in 1757.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Groißenbrunn, community Engelhartstetten, parish church hl. Aegydius with floor plan, rectory, manor. Pp. 315-316.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 21.5 ″ N , 16 ° 54 ′ 15.5 ″ E