Parish Church Münchendorf
The Roman Catholic parish church Münchendorf in the Mödling district in Lower Austria is under the patronage of St. Leonhard von Limoges . The parish Münchendorf belongs to the dean's office Mödling in the vicariate Unter dem Wienerwald of the archdiocese of Vienna . The building is a listed building .
history
In 1147 the Babenberger brothers Heinrich II. Jasomirgott and Konrad , Bishop of Passau , donated the Minchindorf estate to the Cisterce Heiligenkreuz . The Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz, which had already gained a foothold in Trumau in 1138 , now founded a grangie . In 1187, Duke Leopold V of Austria granted the monastery the lower court over the village. Because at that time the monastery halved the grounds into an own operation of the monastery and in 30 whole fiefs, which it handed over to rural settlers. Thus the monastic chapel became a separate church of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey. The Cistercians chose St. Leonhard, whom they venerated as the patron saint of cattle and their farms. The church itself is the first time in Urbar mentioned of 1452, where a "peunt retro ecclesiam" (a piece of land behind the church) is led.
In the brotherly dispute between Emperor Friedrich IV. And Albrecht VI. the church was expanded into a permanent tabor in 1462 , but later stormed and looted. In 1529 ( first Turkish siege of Vienna ) and 1606 (insurgent Transylvanians under Stephan Bocskay ) the place and the church were burned down. In 1616 and 1644, major fires each destroyed one row of the village. Rebellious Hungarians under Gábor Bethlen invaded the district under the Vienna Woods in 1620 and devastated it. They destroyed over 100 places, including Mödling , Traiskirchen and Münchendorf. In 1680 a new church tower was erected, in 1683 the village and the church were completely destroyed again in the second Turkish siege . Reconstruction of the church began in 1686. As a result, a new 163 pound bell was purchased. In 1689 the high altar (St. Leonhard) and the side altars (Our dear wife, St. Anton zu Padua) were donated by two citizens.
After Münchendorf had been looked after by the Heiligenkreuz Abbey for more than 800 years, it had to be ceded to the Archdiocese of Vienna in 1957 due to the lack of priests.
Today's church
As early as 1717, the community turned to the Heiligenkreuz Abbey to expand and raise the church. Since the parsonage was rebuilt in the years 1742–1750, the funds for the new church should not have been available. Because it was not until 1773 to 1774 that today's church was built according to plans by architect Franz Anton Pilgram .
Church interior
The church has three bays with the tower in the east and a recessed round apse . The first yoke with rounded corners is shorter. The organ gallery above rests on two square pillars and has a wooden ceiling and a square vault above . The middle yoke is wider (almost square) with sloping corners and steeper vaults, the third yoke has narrower rounded niches (walled-up exit to the former cemetery and opposite the vestry exit) and also a flatter vault. This is followed by the drawn-in circular segment or arched apse with semi-dome. There are double belt arches between the yokes . The strong, continuous main cornice has a frieze in between and closes with a smaller cornice. There are two pilasters under each belt .
- Interior fittings and altars
The high altar including tabernacle was a gift from Empress Maria Theresa (it was previously in the Hofburg chapel in Vienna). The high altar picture shows St. Leonhard, the left side altar picture the Holy Family in the type of holy change (both from the construction period, 18th century) and the right Maria Immaculata (signed Nigg 1922). New reredos have replaced simple ones since the last renovation Prints: with the Holy Family on the left St. Francis and on the right Maria Restituta Kafka , in the middle is an older picture of the Heart of Jesus . The right side altar also received new paintings: St. Therese von Lisieux on the left and St. John XXIII on the right . new, in the middle is a tabernacle. For the attachment of photos of the baptized or deceased, a curved, light wooden construction was created in the same style as the church chairs.
At the side altars there are two figures of saints on consoles. They are early baroque and probably come from the previous church: on the left St. Florian and St. Jacobus , on the right St. Sebastian and St. Rochus . In front there is St. John Nepomuk and a monk (St. Benedict or Leonhard, the attributes are missing), both of which were created later.
Under the organ gallery there is a Führich Way of the Cross from the late 19th century. The pulpit is late baroque.
Right side altar Maria Immaculata
Left side altar of the Holy Family
St. Sebastian
St. Rochus
St. James the Elder Ä.
St. Florian
- organ
The organ was built into an old baroque case by Christoph Erler in 1835.
Renovations
- 1834 after a fire
- In 1857 the original late baroque church spire was replaced by a new steep roof
- In 1907 the outside of the church facade was renewed
- In 1935 the interior of the church was renovated
- 1946-48 the war damage was repaired and the entire roof was renewed
- 1956 interior renovation, 1958 restoration of the high altar
- 1992 to 1998 major renovation of the church (cutting through and moisture insulation, new sacristy, new underfloor heating, restoration of the pictures)
- 2006 to 2007 renewal of the outer facade based on the old model from 1907
- 2010 Beginning of the restoration of the old cemetery wall from the early Middle Ages
literature
- Hanns Augustin: Becoming and growing home . Münchendorf 1977
- Petrus Kaserer: Chronicle Münchendorf 4300 BC to 2004 AD . Münchendorf 2004
Web links
- Parish Münchendorf - Parish Sankt Leonhard on the website of the Archdiocese of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
- ↑ Document: Heiligenkreuz, documents (~ 1133-1775) 1150 (document from the monastery archive of Heiligenkreuz) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
- ^ Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria south of the Danube. Vienna / Horn 2003
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 48.3 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 43.4" E