Parish church Neuhofen an der Krems

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The parish church of St. Matthäus in Neuhofen an der Krems
Altkirchevom the nave to the choir, probably weekday chapel and baptistery
The modern hall church as an extension
Modern church interior to the altar wall

The parish church Neuhofen an der Krems is located in Neuhofen in the municipality of Neuhofen an der Krems in Upper Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Matthäus - incorporated into Kremsmünster Abbey - belongs to the Kremsmünster Dean's Office in the Diocese of Linz . The church is a listed building .

history

The church was mentioned in a document at the end of the 9th century. The late Gothic building was partly redesigned in Baroque style in 1658 . In the north between the church and the rectory, a new parish church was built from 1968 to 1970 according to the plans of the architect Karl Rebhahn , which is connected to the old church and the rectory.

architecture

The small late Gothic church has a nave vierjochiges sting cap barrel vaulted nave and a drawn-zweijochigen network rip vaulted choir with five-eighth circuit. A side chapel has recently been added. The west tower has an onion helmet from 1658.

The new parish church is a uniform, almost square hall with a folding roof, whereby the small pointed gables of the roof end are designed as windows.

Furnishing

The furniture is in a neo-Romanesque style.

literature

  • Neuhofen an der Krems, parish church hl. Matthew. P. 210. 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.

Web links

Commons : Catholic parish church hl. Matthäus, Neuhofen an der Krems  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Protected monuments in Neuhofen (PDF; 3.9 MB). Website of the market town of Neuhofen an der Krems. Official announcement: Gemeinde Info March / April 2009, page 14. Accessed March 7, 2012

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 12.6 ″  N , 14 ° 13 ′ 45.9 ″  E