Purkersdorf parish church
The parish church of St. Jakobus the Elder is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Lower Austrian town of Purkersdorf . It is consecrated to St. James the Elder and belongs to the Purkersdorf deanery .
history
Before 1333 there was a patronage church of the manor. According to the purchase contract of December 15, 1333, the dukes Albrecht II and Otto acquired the castle and fortress of Purkersdorf with "church fiefs and all accessories" from Reinprecht and Elisabeth von Wallsee.
In 1500 the princely patronage church was looked after by the latter with the establishment of the Imperial Forest Office in Purkersdorf Castle . In 1529 it fell victim to the devastation by the Turks and for 41 years it was unusable for worship in the barren area. In 1570, Emperor Maximilian had the church restored and expanded for the new settlers from Swabia. In 1571 the pastor Karl Weinmann had to leave the village because he could not make a living. In 1621 Ferdinand II appointed a priest for Purkersdorf again with income commensurate with his class. After the destruction in 1683 during the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna , it was rebuilt in the baroque style.
In 1726 a sacristy (treasury) and a baptistery were added to the north. On May 5, 1727, the miraculous image of "Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted" ( Madonna lactans ) was transferred from the Marienkapelle to the church and there is an increasing pilgrimage. On August 23, 1842, the church and 13 other houses burned down in a major fire. In 1885 the church tower was given a baroque spire and was increased by 2 meters to a total height of 33.63 m. A further expansion took place in 1935/36 by adding a low aisle to the south according to plans by Karl Holey and extending the nave towards the west, which now ends with a semicircular entrance area.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dehio-Handbuch: Lower Austria, south of the Danube, part 2, p. 1772; Berger publishing house, Horn / Vienna 2003
- ↑ Lt. Information board in the church; accessed on June 5, 2017
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 26.6 ″ N , 16 ° 10 ′ 32.1 ″ E