Parish church Hornstein
The Roman Catholic parish church Hornstein is in the market town of Hornstein in Burgenland . The parish church of St. Anna belongs to the dean's office in Eisenstadt in the diocese of Eisenstadt . The church and the Pietà column are listed .
history
The old parish church under a castle was built in 1363 and demolished in 1776. The new parish church was built on the site in 1782 and consecrated in 1803. Restorations were in 1902, 1929, 1945/1946, 1973 and 1977.
A train bell that was confiscated during the Second World War was found by a Hornstein innkeeper in a Viennese bell cemetery in 1947 and was consecrated again.
architecture
The simple, large church building has an integrated facade tower with a pyramid helmet. The choir are three flat cones. The sacristy is attached to the east apse. The west portal shows the inscription Anno 1782. In the tower yoke is a gallery above a pressed arch with a needle cap barrel. The two-bay nave has square vaults on wide supports with double pilasters and double straps. The triumphal arch is strongly fluted. The choir has a square vault and half-domes over the cones.
Furnishing
The high altar with a free-standing rococo tabernacle shows on the wall a large altarpiece Anna with Maria in a curly frame with plait decoration.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Burgenland 1976 . Hornstein, Catholic parish church hl. Anna, cemetery on the eastern slope under the former castle, Karner in the old cemetery, chapel St. Theresia im Ort, Pietà column in front of the church, p. 133.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Events in 1947 on the website of the Hornstein community accessed on June 19, 2018
Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ′ 51.2 ″ N , 16 ° 26 ′ 45.6 ″ E