Parish church Croatian Minihof

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Parish church Croatian Minihof

The Roman Catholic parish church of Croatian Minihof stands free on the tree-lined green by the main square of Croatian Minihof ( Croatian Mjenovo , Hungarian Malomháza ) in the municipality of Nikitsch (Croatian: Filež , Hungarian: Füles ) in the Oberpullendorf district in Burgenland . It is consecrated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Croatian deanery in Großwarasdorf .

history

The original church was built in 1731 on a square that was created in the first quarter of the 18th century - today's church square. Originally there was a group of three dilapidated small houses or corresponding parcels of houses there. On the occasion of the construction of the old Minihofer Church in 1731, the landlords of the time ordered that these three houses not be rebuilt for fire protection reasons. So it says in a protocol from the year 1767: It would be 3 oede Hoffmark von Hoffstädlers, but those who do not want to build the rule because of the limited narrowness of their houses, sometimes the churches are newly built, to avoid all danger.

The first church was built in 1731 and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. A cemetery was also created around the church. A major renovation took place in 1856. In 1870 Croatian Minihof was made an independent parish and thus parishly separated from Nikitsch. So in 1874 a new church was built. The furnishings of the old church - from the 17th and 18th centuries - were transferred to the new one, missing objects were newly acquired. The cemetery was demolished and relocated to what was then the outskirts, with historically valuable tombstones being brought there. Extensive renovation and restoration took place between 1996 and 1998.

On the occasion of the construction of the new church in 1874, the tower of the previous church from 1731 was extended and raised two floors. Even today, however, you can still see the height of the bell chamber of the old tower. This was on the floor that is now provided with a circular window. This is where the four windows of the old bell house and the number of bells were originally located. When the tower was raised in 1874, two windows were completely walled up and one was made smaller than it is today. However, one window (or more precisely a window frame) has largely been preserved and has provided access to the attic of the church since 1874. This is the window that was on the originally free-standing south side of the old tower and that came to lie under the nave roof when today's church was built. If you climb through this window to the vaulted attic of the church, you have the opportunity to see the old baroque window frame and various remains of painting.

Architecture and equipment

The church is a simple hall building in the classicism style with a three-storey, exposed south tower. The gable facade has an arched frieze . The choir is flat and rounded and slightly drawn in. It is flanked by the oratory and sacristy extensions. The nave is three-bay and has a square vault between double belt arches that rest on high double pilasters . The three-axis gallery is supported by a square vault. A narrow triumphal arch separates the choir from the nave. There is also a square vault above the choir. The high altar, a baroque columned altar, was built around 1740. In the altarpiece there is a sculptural group of figures of the Holy Trinity. On the side are small figures depicting Saints Sebastian and Rochus . The altarpiece of the Holy Trinity was created in the middle of the 19th century. The left side altar with the altarpiece Maria Lourdes was created like the right side altar with a picture of St. Anthony at the end of the 19th century. The right side altar has no attachment. The pulpit, which was built according to a baroque model, dates from the 19th century. The baptismal font with an Anabaptist group was created in 1871. On the north wall there is an Eisenstadt Madonna , a polychrome , clad bell Madonna made of wood from the end of the 17th century. An oil painting from the middle of the 19th century depicting St. Leonhard hangs over the sacristy door . The fourteen Nazarene stations of the cross were painted in the second quarter of the 19th century.

Web links

Commons : Parish Church Croatian Minihof  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Dehio Burgenland 1976 , Croatian Minihof, Catholic parish church of St. Trinity , p. 162.
  • Nikitsch community (ed.) , Mjenovo. Croatian mini farm, 2013
  • Stefan René Buzanich: Small contributions to the history of Croatian mini farm in the 18th and 19th centuries. With a contribution by Dr. Felix Tobler , Vienna 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan René Buzanich: Small contributions to the history of Croatian Minihof in the 18th and 19th centuries. With a contribution by Dr. Felix Tobler . Vienna 2019, p. 11 .
  2. ↑ Maria Jahns: Crikva i fara - church and parish, pp 166-189, in: Local Nikitsch (ed.), Mjenovo. Croatian mini farm, 2013
  3. ↑ Stefan René Buzanich: Small contributions to the history of the Croatian Minihof in the 18th and 19th centuries With a contribution by Dr. Felix Tobler . Vienna 2019, p. 17 .
  4. ↑ Dehio Burgenland 1976, Croatian Minihof, Catholic parish church of St. Trinity, p. 162.

Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '34.4 "  N , 16 ° 38' 42.9"  E