Michaelnbach parish church

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Catholic parish church hl. Michael in Michaelnbach
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The Roman Catholic parish church Michaelnbach is located in the municipality of Michaelnbach in the Grieskirchen district in Upper Austria . The church, consecrated to St. Michael the Archangel , belongs to the deanery Peuerbach in the diocese of Linz . The church is a listed building .

history

A church was mentioned in a document around 1130.

architecture

The late Gothic hall church has two aisles and is therefore identical to the Heiligenberg parish church . The three-bay nave is followed by a slightly drawn-in, elevated two-bay choir with a three-eighth end. The nave and choir are vaulted with mesh ribs . The tower in the northern choir corner has a pointed helmet.

Furnishing

The decor is neo-Gothic . The high altar picture St. Michael is from the second half of the 17th century. The right side altar bears a high relief of the Holy Kinship from the end of the 15th century. There is a crucifixion of Christ from the beginning of the 16th century. Outside the church is a baroque mount of olives from the second quarter of the 18th century.

literature

  • Michaelnbach, parish church St. Michael. S. 197. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Upper Austria. By Erwin Hainisch , reworked by Kurt Woisetschläger , prefaces to the 3rd edition (1958) and 4th edition (1960) by Walter Frodl , sixth edition, Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1977.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '18.1 "  N , 13 ° 49' 53.4"  E