Parish church Krenglbach
The Roman Catholic parish church of Krenglbach is located in the municipality of Krenglbach in the Wels-Land district in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to St. Stephen and belongs to the Deanery Wels-Land in the Diocese of Linz . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
The church was first mentioned in a document in 985. The late baroque hall church was built around 1777.
architecture
- Church exterior
The church is a late baroque hall church. The mighty late Gothic church tower has a baroque onion helmet .
- Church interior
There is a flat ceiling over the nave. This is followed by a drafted, two-bay choir with a straight degree. There is a cross vault above the choir .
Furnishing
The furnishings are neo-baroque . On the west gallery is a painting of the "Lamentation of Christ". It is a copy after Anthony van Dyck . The frame dates from the 1720s. A high-quality copy of the Annunciation hangs in the nave. It was painted around 1630 by a painter close to Jakob Jordaens . The frame dates from the middle of the 18th century. The font with a figural group of the "Baptism of Christ" was created in 1613. In the sacristy is a baroque nativity scene from the 1710s. It is protected by an excellent, richly carved glass shrine from the time the nativity scene was built.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Krenglbach. Parish church hl. Stephen. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, p. 146f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Upper Austria - 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).
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '14.3 " N , 13 ° 57' 22.6" E