Parish church of Schalchen

Catholic parish church hl. James the Elder in Schalchen in Upper Austria

Baroque vault with stucco and painting

The Roman Catholic parish church of Schalchen is located in the municipality of Schalchen in the Braunau am Inn district in Upper Austria . The church, consecrated to St. James the Elder , belongs to the Mattighofen Dean's Office in the Diocese of Linz . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection .

history

A church was mentioned in a document in 1143. The Gothic church building was converted to baroque style.

A slightly retracted single-bay choir with a five -eighth end connects to the single-nave three-bay nave .

The high altar shows an altar painting by the painter Tobias Schinagl (1677) and has good contemporary statues.

Schalchen, Filialkirche St. Jacob. Pp. 296-297. 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.

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