Parish Church Pötting

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in the Gothic choir to the high altar
the Gothic nave to the organ gallery with the baroque figure of St. Helena with the cross

The Roman Catholic parish church of Pötting is located in the municipality of Pötting in the Grieskirchen district in Upper Austria . The church, consecrated on the feast of the Finding of the Cross , belongs to the Peuerbach deanery in the Linz diocese . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection .

history

A church was mentioned in documents in 1371. The tower was raised in 1885 with an essay and pointed helmet.

architecture

The Gothic hall church makes a high and wide spatial impression. The two-aisled three-bay nave with a ribbed vault with a two-parallel rib figure is followed by a two-bay cross-rib vaulted choir with a five-eighth end . The tower in the southern choir corner has a tower and a pointed helmet. The Gothic sacristy portal has a door with Gothic fittings.

Furnishing

The decor is neo-Gothic. In the nave there is a baroque figure of St. Helena (see finding the cross ) around 1750/1760.

literature

  • Pötting, Parish Church Finding the Cross. Pp. 240-241. 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 : Pfarrkirche Pötting  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 57.4 "  N , 13 ° 46 ′ 14.8"  E