Hanfthal parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church of Hanfthal is located in the village of Hanfthal in the municipality of Laa an der Thaya in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to St. Florian and belongs to the dean's office Laa-Gaubitsch in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is a listed building .
Location description
The church is in the northeast of the village of Hanfthal, a district of the city of Laa an der Thaya.
history
The parish was first mentioned in a document in 1784. The construction of Karl Prantner dates from between 1844 and 1846th
Church building
- Church exterior
The church is a mighty domed structure over a square floor plan. A narrower nave yoke connects to the west. In the east, the choir, which has also moved in, connects with a straight end. The two-story church tower is built in front of the western nave yoke. At the level of the eaves is a cornice on consoles . Above it lies the bell projectile. Above it is an octagonal pyramid roof . The arched portal on the side of the tower facade is framed and grooved with round bars. The nave and choir have a simple exterior facade and arched windows. In the protruding, domed central part are lunette windows. A single-storey sacristy extension with a triangular gable adjoins the choir to the east .
- Church interior
Above the nave is a pendentive dome over a cornice that rests on pilaster-structured pillars. In the western Langhausjoch there is a Platzl vault . Below the organ gallery is a flat ceiling, which is divided by plastered fields. The two-bay choir is square vaulted, in the sacristy there is also a square vault between belt arches.
Furnishing
The high altar is free-standing. Above it is a crucifix with side console figures depicting St. Mary and St. John . They were created by Sepp Kals in 1960 . There are two side altars in the dome. There are six Rococo candlesticks on the left cafeteria . On the altar is a mosaic of the “Baptism of Jesus” by R. Heinz from 1958. The altarpiece on the right side altar shows St. Florian . It was painted by Josef Kessler in 1876 .
organ
The organ was built in 1961 by Johann M. Kauffmann .
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Hanfthal. Parish Church of Saint Florian. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 387f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 10.3 " N , 16 ° 21 ′ 54.3" E