Parish church Höflein on the Danube
The Roman Catholic parish church Höflein an der Donau is located in the center of Höflein an der Donau , a village and cadastral parish of the Lower Austrian municipality of Klosterneuburg .
She is St. Margareta , belongs to the Klosterneuburg Dean's Office of the Archdiocese of Vienna and is looked after by Klosterneuburg Monastery .
The Romanesque hall church was built in the 12th century in an elevated position above the town as a fortified church, which is surrounded on the north side by a quarry stone defensive wall. In 1248 the estate and the parish were sold to the Klosterneuburg monastery and incorporated into the monastery in 1399 . In 1682 the sacred building was redesigned in Baroque style and enlarged to double its original size towards the east.
The pastor is a graduate engineer. Mag. Reinhard Schandl, Can. Reg. From Klosterneuburg Abbey .
literature
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria, south of the Danube , part 1. Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, page 840f, ISBN 3-85028-364-X
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephanscom.at: Klosterneuburg Dean's Office ; Retrieved on Aug. 7, 2010
- ↑ Klosterneuburg Abbey : The 24 Abbey Parishes ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved on Aug. 7, 2010
- ^ Parish Höflein an der Donau: History ; Retrieved September 29, 2014
Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '58.6 " N , 16 ° 16'24.8" E