Parish Church Ohlsdorf (Upper Austria)

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Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Ohlsdorf

The Roman Catholic parish church of Ohlsdorf is located in the municipality of Ohlsdorf in the Gmunden district in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to St. Martin and belongs to the Deanery Gmunden in the Diocese of Linz . The building is a listed building .

Location description

The parish church stands on a hill at Hauptstraße 18 in Ohlsdorf.

history

A church is first mentioned in documents around 750. Until 1328 it was a branch church of the parish of Gmunden . In 1950 the interior was restored.

Church building

Church exterior

The church has a mighty west tower that merges into an octagon on the upper floor . Above it is a neo-Gothic pointed helmet. The north and south portals are Gothic. Both are presented with a vaulted vestibule. The sacristy door is also Gothic. On the northern outer wall there is an inscription board that says "Hans von Aichlhann 1501". Possibly this is the name of the builder.

Church interior

The building is a two-aisled Gothic hall church. The nave is 3½ bays long. The western yokes are vaulted with net ribs with two parallel ribs. The eastern yokes are arched with six-pointed stars. The middle yoke is widened. The vault rests on octagonal columns. The retracted choir is 2½ yoke and has a 3/8 end. The choir is vaulted with net ribs. The buttresses are stepped. In the west is a three-axis gallery over two bays. It is arched under the ribs.

Furnishing

The high altar was erected in 1689 and 1690. On it is the image of grace “Mary of Good Hope”. The side altars and the pulpit were built around the same time. In the choir are two wrought iron wall arms from the second half of the 17th century. The wrought-iron bell train from the third quarter of the 18th century is made in the Rococo style.

literature

  • DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Ohlsdorf. Parish church hl. Martin. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, p. 222.

Web links

Commons : Pfarrkirche Ohlsdorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of June 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).

Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '37.9 "  N , 13 ° 47' 32.8"  E