Münichsthal parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church Münichsthal is located in the center of the village Münichsthal in the municipality Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to St. John Nepomuk and belongs to the Wolkersdorf deanery in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The church is a listed building .
history
The church was built in 1737. In 1907 it was expanded with a lower extension in the southwest. Since 1958 it has been an independent parish church; before that it belonged to the parish Ulrichskirchen .
Building description
The church is a simple, baroque hall building with a gable roof and a tower with a bent pointed helmet in the north. The church is oriented to the northwest. The entrance facade in the southeast is crowned by a volute gable. The facade is structured by corner pilasters , arched windows and a circumferential, profiled eaves cornice.
Furnishing
The interior has a flat ceiling. The main altar is a baroque altarpiece with a triangular gable and pilasters on the side . The altar panel shows St. John Nepomuk. The foundation stone with the inscription “1737” can also be seen.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Münichsthal. Parish church hl. Johannes Nepomuk. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 766.
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).
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 11.4 " N , 16 ° 28 ′ 17.8" E