Parish church Puchkirchen am Trattberg

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Catholic parish church hl. Jakobus the Elder in Puchkirchen am Trattberg

The Roman Catholic parish church of Puchkirchen am Trattberg is located in the municipality of Puchkirchen am Trattberg in the Vöcklabruck district in Upper Austria . The church consecrated to St. James the Elder belongs to the Deanery Schwanenstadt in the Diocese of Linz . The church and the former cemetery area are under monument protection .

history

A church was mentioned in a document in 1480. The Gothic choir has been preserved. The nave and the west tower were rebuilt in 1854. In 1938 the church was restored.

architecture

The Gothic retracted single - bay cross - rib vaulted choir closes with a five-eighth end . The single-nave four-bay nave is vaulted with Prussian caps on belts. The west tower wears a pointed helmet.

Furnishing

The neo-Gothic high altar - late Gothic in the top - has an over-carved statue of St. Jakob around 1500. The two side altars around 1640 show new pictures.

A bell was cast in 1615.

literature

  • Puchkirchen am Trattberg, parish church hl. Jakob d. Ä. P. 243. 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.

Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 39.5 "  N , 13 ° 34 ′ 23.3"  E