Parish church Marbach am Walde
The Roman Catholic parish church of Marbach am Walde is slightly elevated on the edge of the Angers in the village of Marbach am Walde in the municipality of Zwettl-Lower Austria . The parish church , consecrated to St. James the Elder , belongs to the Deanery Zwettl of the diocese of St. Pölten . The church, the cemetery and the Romanesque cemetery chapel are under monument protection .
history
The parish of Marbach already existed before 1338, was a vicariate in 1483 and again its own parish from the 16th century.
The originally Gothic church from the 13th / 14th centuries In the 19th century, a late Gothic choir was added and around 1500 a south tower was added to the baroque style in 1726 . In 1775 a vestibule was added. In 1884 the church was renovated. 1947/1953 and 1982 were restorations.
architecture
The church is surrounded by a cemetery and a low stone wall.
The nave has a smooth gable front and arched windows from 1699. The baroque vestibule with a protruding middle section and rounded corners is structured by pilasters and cornices . The choir has moved in slightly. It has a three-sided end and buttresses . The tower has a late Gothic portal and sound windows . It is crowned by a French bonnet . On the north side of the choir is a single-storey sacristy extension with Gothic rectangular windows .
The two-bay nave was given a barrel vault with stitch caps in 1726 . Inside, a three- arched gallery arched with a cross ridge rises on the west side . In front of the slightly raised choir, which like the nave has a needle cap barrel, there is a round arched triumphal arch . The sacristy is under a barrel vault.
Furnishing
The baroque high altar was made by Hans Jörg Zöttler in 1713. It has a column structure made of wood with a blown gable, an altar panel Holy Family from the mid-19th century and a baroque relief of St. James in the Exodus. The left side altar in the early Baroque style from around 1700 has figures of the Madonna, God the Father and St. Joseph from the time the altar was built. In the middle is a late Gothic group of St. Anna Selbdritt from the second half of the 15th century can be seen. On the right side there is a statue of John Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century. An early Gothic tombstone with an incised cross serves as the altar plate. The right side altar is decorated with a crucifixion from the first half of the 18th century.
Additional features include an early Baroque pulpit by Michael Miller with a later modified sound cover and an organ by Benedikt Latzl from 1865.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . Marbach am Walde, parish church hl. Jakob d. Ä., Cemetery chapel St. Anna, Pfarrhof, pp. 708-709.
Web links
- Entry on the parish church of Marbach am Walde in the Austria Forum (chapter sacred buildings)
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '53.4 " N , 15 ° 5' 12.6" E