Gunskirchen parish church

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Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Gunskirchen

The Roman Catholic parish church Gunskirchen is in the municipality Gunskirchen in the district of Wels-Land in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to St. Martin and belongs to the deanery Wels-Land in the diocese of Linz . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).

history

Gunskirchen is mentioned as a "Kundeschiricum" in a document from Mondsee Monastery from 819. The word suggests that a church was already standing here at that time. Another document from 1088 shows that Gunskirchen is a parish.

The late Gothic church was built in several stages from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century. The year 1456 is entered in a window reveal of the tower and the number 1515 on the eastern keystone of the choir vault. At the beginning of the 18th century, the Gothic furnishings were replaced by a Baroque one, and in 1775 the west tower was given a Baroque design. In the years 1884 to 1897 the church interior was redesigned. Among other things, a neo-Gothic high altar was set up, which was created by the academic sculptor Engelbert Westreicher . During the renovation in 1962, the facility was partially redesigned. In 1990 the Rieger Orgelbau company installed a new organ with 29 registers. For this, the upper gallery had to be removed and a new staircase through the tool chamber was created. In the course of this work, a late Gothic fresco with a scene from the Mount of Olives was uncovered.

On October 25, 2015, the 500th anniversary of the completion of the parish church took place.

architecture

Southwest view of the church

The late Gothic two-aisled hall church surrounded by a cemetery has a three-bay nave, which is vaulted with star and net ribs . The three-bay choir is vaulted with mesh ribs and has a 3/8 end . The gate to the sacristy is late Gothic, the sacristy itself is vaulted with star ribs.

Furnishing

The decor is neo-Gothic . Older altar figures were reused for the furnishings. On the south side altar there are sculptures of St. Anne , St. Catherine and St. Barbara . They were originally located in the Fallsbach branch church and originally date from the end of the 15th century. A baroque figure of St. John the Baptist , which is believed to have come from the old altar from 1706, is in sprung. The figures of this altar come from the Wels sculptor Johann Baptist Carlperger . On the north side altar are baroque statues of Saints Joachim , Anna and Joseph from the beginning of the 18th century. Opposite the south portal is a Gothic crucifixion group from the beginning of the 16th century. Opposite the pulpit is a baroque picture of St. John Nepomuk from the second quarter of the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Parish Church Gunskirchen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 21, 2016 (PDF).
  2. ↑ a b c d Martinsblatt of the Roman Catholic. Gunskirchen parish: The history of the parish church, 500 eventful years ; Issue 3/2015 ( online )
  3. ↑ DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Gunskirchen. Parish church hl. Martin. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, p. 101.

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '2.2 "  N , 13 ° 56" 31.3 "  E