Parish church Moosdorf
The Roman Catholic Parish Church of Moosdorf is located in the municipality of Moosdorf in the Braunau am Inn district in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to St. Stephen and belongs to the Deanery Ostermiething in the Diocese of Linz . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
A church in Moosdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1150. The original church was Gothic . It was rebuilt in 1682 by Josef Vilzkotter and consecrated in 1709.
architecture
- Church exterior
The west tower has a top with beveled corners. The tin hood was put on after a fire in 1807.
- Church interior
The nave of the church has one nave and three bays. The choir has moved in and raised a little. The one-yoke choir is closed on 3/8. Both the nave and the choir are random Hat barrel vaulted . The west gallery has two bays. There is rich stucco in the choir that dates back to the construction period. In the nave there is a simple division of fields. The nave is divided by richly decorated capitals with angel heads and fruit cords.
Furnishing
The richly decorated stucco high altar was created around 1700 and probably changed at the end of the 18th century. The altarpiece shows St. Stephen. The picture was painted by Anton Hitzenthaler in 1797 and restored in 1900. The old high altar painting from the end of the 17th century now hangs on the music choir. The side altars are from the old church, which was built in 1639. They were revised around 1680. On the right side altar is a statue of St. Mary and Child from the second third of the 18th century. The pulpit was built at the end of the 17th century. The wrought iron grille is from 1839.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Moosdorf. Parish church hl. Stephan. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, pp. 203f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 21, 2016 (PDF).
Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 43.9 ″ N , 12 ° 59 ′ 16 ″ E