Parish Church of Haugschlag

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Parish Church Exaltation of the Cross in Haugschlag
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The Roman Catholic parish church Haugschlag is in Haugschlag in the municipality Haugschlag in Lower Austria . The Parish Church of the Exaltation of the Cross belongs to the deanery of Gmünd in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building .

history

The Josephine Hall Church with a south tower was completed in 1787. As early as 1784 the church was elevated to a parish church. In 1902 there was a renovation.

architecture

The church stands on a step in the north of the village next to a granite shell stone. A five-sided retracted choir adjoins the three-axis nave. The church has arched windows and a cornice. There is a sacristy annex to the left of the choir. The top square tower with an onion helmet is part of the gable facade presented to the south-west of the nave with a three-storey pilaster structure and a rectangular portal.

The interior of the church shows a wide nave and the choir under flat ceilings over a cornice. The nave has two double pilasters each, the corners of the hall are rounded. The retracted triumphal arch is pressed on pilasters. The organ gallery stands on two pillars. The stained glass Isidore and Joseph in the choir is from 1953.

Furnishing

The high altar as a semicircular open column tempietto made of marbled wood above a free-standing cafeteria with a tabernacle is from the end of the 18th century. He carries a crucifixion group around 1780, which was transferred here from the former Dominican Church in Krems . There are baroque carved figures Rochus and Sebastian from the 2nd half of the 18th century. There are two door wings of a former holy grave with an oil painting Emmingang around 1800. The baptismal font made of marbled wood bears a group of figures Baptism of Christ with God the Father (around 1800). The Stations of the Cross were created around 1800.

The late baroque organ case contains a work by the organ builder Philipp Eppel (1953).

Rectory

The single-storey rectory under a hipped roof south of the church was built from 1785 to 1787 and has Josephine window baskets.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 54.3 "  N , 15 ° 3 ′ 30.5"  E