Kemeten parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church of Kemeten in the municipality of Kemeten in the Oberwart district in Burgenland is consecrated to St. Nicholas and belongs to the Pinkafeld dean's office in the Eisenstadt diocese . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
The parish originally founded in the Middle Ages was closed at the time of the Reformation . The current church was built in 1797 and elevated to a parish church in 1808. Restorations took place in 1909, 1966 and 1967.
Church building
- Church exterior
The church is a single-nave hall building with a somewhat retracted semicircular choir. The eastern facade tower has a high double onion helmet . A two-storey sacristy is built on the south side of the choir .
- Church interior
Under the tower and gallery is a six-bay vestibule, which is vaulted with groin . The nave has three bays and is square vaulted . In between are belt arches that rest on strong pilasters . The gallery is triaxial. The triumphal arch is semicircular and separates the nave from the choir. In the choir bay there is a square vault, in the apse there are stitch caps between belt arches. The church is sparingly decorated with stucco.
Furnishing
In the apse is a crucifix from the second half of the 18th century. The carved figure of St. Nicholas is a late Gothic carved figure from around 1500. It was restored in 1967. On the walls of the nave there are figures of the holy kings Stephan and Emmerich . The two figures date from around 1770 and originally stood at the high altar. Two other carved figures depict St. Barbara from the second half of the 18th century and St. John Nepomuk , also from the second half of the 18th century. On the parapet of the organ gallery are seated figures of the four evangelists from the second half of the 18th century . They come from the pulpit that was demolished in 1966.
Web links
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch - The art monuments of Austria - Burgenland. Kemeten, parish church of St. Nicholas. Edited by Adelheid Schmeller-Kitt with contributions by Friedrich Berg , Clara Prickler-Wassitzky and Hannsjörg Ubl. Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85028-400-4 , p. 142.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burgenland - 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).