Parish Church Pregarten
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The Pregarten parish church is located in the town of Pregarten in the lower Mühlviertel in Upper Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Anna is part of the Pregarten dean's office in the Linz diocese . The church is a listed building .
history
After the old St. Anna Church on today's town square had become too small due to the growing population, it was decided to build a new one. The new, neo-Gothic three-nave, four-bay church with ribbed vaults was built between 1893 and 1897 according to plans by cathedral builder Otto Schirmer . The main element of the building made of ashlar blocks and quarry stones is the steeple with a pointed roof from the west facade above the entrance.
The parish church was inaugurated on August 28, 1897. Their patron saint is St. Anna, whose statue is in the upper part of the high altar. The figure on the left of the tabernacle represents St. Joachim (= husband of Anna), and the figure on the right is St. John the Baptist.
The left side altar shows the Virgin Mary and the right one shows St. Joseph. White marble from Carrara in Italy was used for the stone altars, which were otherwise rare in the 19th and 20th centuries. The altars and statues were made in Innsbruck. Walls and pillars are made of granite. The old church on the market square was demolished in 1903 and a Marian column was erected on the site of the old church, which still characterizes the town square today.
The church is 40 m long and 21 m wide. The tower on the west side is 56 m high. In the cross ball there are documents and coins from the time of construction. The bells were cast in St. Florian , the organ comes from master organ builder Breinbauer from Ottensheim. The wooden cross above the people's altar comes from the earlier St. Anne's Church and establishes a tradition from the old to the new church. The redesign of the interior was done by Herbert Friedl .
The old church was demolished in 1903, a Marian column reminds of the former location.
literature
- Church leader Pregarten
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Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 19.3 ″ N , 14 ° 31 ′ 56.9 ″ E