Parish church Obersdorf
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The Roman Catholic parish church of Obersdorf is located in the center of the village of Obersdorf in the municipality of Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel in the Mistelbach district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to Saint Anthony of Padua and belongs to the dean's office Wolkersdorf in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The building is a listed building .
history
In 1703 and 1724, small chapels were built on the site of today's church. After fires, the church was rebuilt in 1858 and 1864. In 1912 it was extended to the north and south with additions to the nave.
Church building
- Church exterior
The church faces south. The exterior is kept very simple. On the north side is the retracted, polygonal closed choir. In the street-side south facade is the entrance, an arched portal on the ground floor of the tower. The church tower is drawn in front of the facade and integrated into the structure through two lower, side extensions. Above the arched portal is an inscription stone with the year "1724". The church tower has arched sound windows and an onion helmet from 1849 and 1890. The transept facades end in curved gables . On the south facade of the transept there is a figural representation of the Trinity by the painter Hermann Bauch (1993).
- Church interior
The three-bay church interior has a lancet vault in the first bay , and monastery vaults in the second and third bay . The yokes open in arched arcades to the narrow, transept-like extensions to the south and north with barrel vaults. The three-arched organ gallery rests on Tuscan columns. In the choir yoke there are stab cap barrels that rest on wall templates. There is a square vault on the tower ground floor. The stained glass in the windows is from the beginning of the 20th century.
Furnishing
The altarpiece shows St. Anthony of Padua in front of the Madonna. It was painted by Josef Kastner in 1864 .
organ
The parapet organ dates from 1897 by Johann M. Kauffmann .
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Obersdorf. Parish church hl. Anthony of Padua. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 832.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 12.8 " N , 16 ° 31 ′ 25.4" E