Parish Church of Maria Laah
The parish church of Maria Laah is located in Maria Laah in the market town of Wolfern in Upper Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church of Mariä Namen belongs to the deanery of Steyr in the diocese of Linz . The church is a listed building .
history
The once much-visited pilgrimage church was mentioned in a document as early as 1212. It originated from a chapel near a holy well. The water of this "healing well", which is now only a few steps east of the parish church, has long attracted numerous pilgrims. The spring rises directly under the altar of the church and is led into a well chapel. It was previously assumed that this fountain formed a pool and derived the name Maria an der Lache - later Maria Laah - from it. The name comes from "Lohe Loch", which means "the location in the forest". At the end of the 15th century the chapel was already called the Chapel of Laach and belonged to the Hauzenbach noble estate at that time.
In 1627 the church came to Achaz von Losensteinleiten, who occupied it with Dominicans from Steyr. Franz Anton von Losenstein , Provost of the Cathedral in Passau , had the church expanded in 1690 and consecrated it in honor of the Holy Trinity, the Mother of God and the 14 helpers in need.
Maria Laah was established as an independent parish in 1786 under Emperor Joseph II .
architecture
The Gothic, slightly retracted three-and-a-half-bay, ribbed vaulted choir from the end of the 15th century has a three-eighth closure. The single-nave, three-bay lance-cap barrel vaulted nave was built in 1690. The turret-like west tower in the nave has an onion helmet.
Furnishing
The decor is neo-Gothic. The high altar bears a statue of Mary and Child , a baroque replica of a Gothic miraculous image. The pulpit was built at the end of the 19th century.
Auersperger Crypt
On the western outside of the church there is a crypt in which the princes Auersperg , owners of Losensteinleithen Castle , found their final resting place. When the hall above was renovated in 1892, the crypt was also examined and 18 simple wooden coffins were found there. On the side walls of the crypt there are three memorial plaques reminding of "Maria Josefa Fürstin von Auersperg", "Aglae Adelheid Pauline Countess von Windischgrätz " and "Marie Franziska Scheldon, Imperial Countess von Daun , née Princess von Auersperg".
In the hall there is a stone sarcophagus with an inscription on the marble cover plate in memory of Karl Joseph Anton , 5th Prince of Auersperg:
“ CARL JOSEPH DES SALVATION. ROME. RICH PRINCE OF AUERSPERG, DUKE OF GOTTSCHER, PRINCE COUNT ZU WELS, LORD OF THE RULES LOSENSTEIN, LOSENSTEINLEUTEN GSCHWENDT, AND STADLKIRCHEN THEN THEIR RULES SEISENBERG, WEIXL, BERG, PÖLLAND, COSCLIACO, CEPICH, AND GRADICNA, OBERSTERBLAND, MARSHAL AND OBERSTERBLAND, Chamberlain in the Duke, THUM KRAIN AND THE WINDISH MAARK, KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN KÄMER. BORED ON FEBRUARY 17, 1720. IN THE LORD SLEEPED OCTOBER 2, 1800. GOD LET HIM REST "
Since the end of the 19th century, the members of the Auersperg family have been buried in a specially built mausoleum near Losensteinleiten, because around 1880 the eighth Prince Karl Wilhelm Philipp von Auersperg had a mausoleum built for himself and his family near Losensteinleithen Castle , which was subordinated to 1911 the ninth Prince Karl Maria Alexander von Auersperg received its present form. Although Losensteinleithen Castle was sold in 1953, the grave is still owned by the Auersperg family. The last descendant of the Austrian line died in November 1998 and was buried in the mausoleum. For the Bohemian line, the Auersperg family crypt is in Vlašim in Bohemia.
literature
- Maria-Laah, Parish Church of Our Lady. In: Erwin Hainisch , Kurt Woisetschläger (revision): The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Upper Austria. Forewords to the 3rd edition (1958) and 4th edition (1960) by Walter Frodl . Sixth edition, Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1977, p. 192.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '34.6 " N , 14 ° 21' 32.8" E