Parish church Münichreith an der Thaya
The parish church Münichreith an der Thaya stands elevated on a step in the west of the village Münichreith an der Thaya in the market town of Karlstein an der Thaya in the district Waidhofen an der Thaya in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to the Apostle Bartholomew belongs to the deanery Waidhofen an der Thaya in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
A church was mentioned in a document around 1180. 1335 was a church consecration. A parish was founded in a document in the 14th century and renewed in 1810.
The church, which is Gothic in its core, was given a Baroque style and a baroque west tower. The church was expanded in 1781, 1784 and 1864.
architecture
The church is surrounded by a cemetery with a former charnel house.
- Church exterior
The simple nave shows a low lancet window from the 14th century from the Gothic core on both sides at the east end. The arched stone windows are from the Baroque era around 1781/1784. The southern rectangular portal has a late baroque double wooden door. On the north side, the nave has strong baroque buttresses. The slightly indented Gothic choir has a five-eighth end around 1400 and stepped buttresses, the pointed arch windows, the window in the apex is two-lane with tracery, the side windows were renewed in the second half of the 19th century with a plaster profile. The two-storey extension from 1784 built on to the south has rounded corners. The addition of the sacristy in the north is from the second half of the 19th century.
Outside the church there are two marble baroque heraldic grave slabs and a former medieval granite stone. The presented simple west tower from 1701 has arched sound windows and clock gable and wears an onion helmet.
- Church interior
The originally two-aisled Gothic nave is now vaulted over three bays with oblong square vaults over pressed belt arches on pilasters, in the west there is a barrel-vaulted girder and a flat organ gallery from the 19th century. The slightly retracted triumphal arch has a lowered blade. The one-bay choir has a ribbed vault around 1400 with keystones above capitals and round services. The choir is open to the south with arched openings to the southern extension. The northern sacristy portal is from 1950.
The stained glass Bartholomäus and Maria Immaculata was created around 1950.
Furnishing
The pre-conciliar choir furnishings were created in 1954. There are several console figures from around 1900. The figures Herz Mariä and Ecce homo were created by Ferdinand Stuflesser from Val Gardena in 1898.
Franz Jüstel built the organ in 1875 with a parapet at the same time. There is a bell from 1567. Hans Neipauer mentions a bell from 1597.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Münichreith an der Thaya, parish Karlstein an der Thaya, parish church hl. Bartholomäus, with floor plan, former Anna chapel south of the church originally Karner, rectory. Pp. 765-766.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '35.5 " N , 15 ° 23' 8.1" E