Niederau parish church
The parish church Niederau stands on the southern edge of the village Niederau in the municipality Wildschönau in the district of Kufstein in the state of Tyrol . The Roman Catholic parish church, which is subordinate to the patronage of Sixtus II, belongs to the deanery of Reith im Alpbachtal in the Archdiocese of Salzburg . The church and the war memorial are under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
A church was documented in 1409. The church was elevated to a parish church in 1891.
architecture
The essentially Romanesque and late Gothic church building from the fourth quarter of the 15th century was redesigned in Baroque style by Jakob Singer in 1740 and expanded to the west in 1970 according to plans by the architect Clemens Holzmeister . The tower on the north side of the choir shows Romanesque bifor windows from the 13th century and has a Gothic pointed gable helmet.
After the extension from 1970, the interior of the church shows two bays of the nave and the two-bay choir with a five-eighth end under Gothic baroque plastered vaults. The pointed triumphal arch shows baroque plaster profiles. The nave has pillars on the walls, the choir has a pilaster structure. Johann Singer created the stucco work in 1740. Johann Georg Höttinger painted the ceiling paintings in 1740, the picture fields in stucco frames showed the Holy Family , farewell of St. Sixtus of two of his deacons. The image of St. Sixtus presents the poor was removed in 1970 and transferred to the outside on the south wall.
Furnishing
The high altar with cartilage from 1676 bears the middle relief Sixtus and Oswald by Josef Bachlechner 1900 and baroque statues Stephanus, Johannes the Baptist and Peter from 1676 created by Thomas Eder.
The left side altar around 1695 shows the picture Mariahilf and bears the statues Sebastian and Rochus by Johann Michael Mayr. The right side altar around 1685 shows the altar sheet Anna selbdritt by Jakob Niederkircher and bears the statues of the weather saints Johannes and Paulus by Johann Michael Mayr.
Johann Seisl created a so-called oriental holy grave around 1900.
Barthlmä Köttelath names a bell in 1657.
literature
- Wildschönau, parish church St. Sixtus, in Niederau, Pfarrhof 1975/1976 by Peter Schuh. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Tirol 1980 . Pp. 884-885.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '56.1 " N , 12 ° 5' 26.5" E