Sibratsgfall parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church Sibratsgfäll is north of the cemetery in the village of Bregenzerwälder municipality Sibratsgfäll in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg . It is dedicated to the Archangel Michael and belongs to the deanery of Vorderwald-Kleinwalsertal . The church is a listed building .
history
In 1732 a chapel was first mentioned in a document. A new building was built in 1805 and expanded in 1845. The church tower was built in 1815 and raised in 1894. In 1951 the hall was extended. A comprehensive renovation took place between 1951 and 1958. In 1807 the church was elevated to a parish church.
Church building
The church consists of a four-bay nave and a recessed, polygonal apse with segmented arched windows . The tower presented in the east has round-arched, coupled sound windows and a pointed gable helmet. On both sides of the apse there are sacristy additions from the 19th century and from 1947.
The west portal has a segment arch. In the nave and in the choir is a mirror vault with stitch caps . The corners from the nave to the triumphal arch wall are rounded. The triumphal arch is flat and slightly drawn in. The transverse rectangular chancel has a 3/8 end. The deep west gallery has an organ bay.
In the choir, glass windows from 1926 depict the “ Sacrifice of Isaac ” and the “ Brazen Serpent ”. In the nave, ornamental glass windows from around 1900 are installed. The ceiling painting "The Coronation of Mary " was created in 1953 by Hans Strobel .
Furnishing
The high altar with tabernacle structure from the second half of the 19th century is characterized by a crucifixion group consisting of a crucifix from 1950 by Franz Albertani and figures of St. Mary and St. John from the middle of the 17th century.
The side altars were created in 1876. The altar panel on the left side altar shows Saints Dominic and Simon Stock in front of the Madonna. The archangel Raphael is depicted on the altar panel of the right side altar . Both altar pieces were painted by Franz Bertle in 1876. Two canvas paintings by Andreas Brugger from around 1800 hang in the choir . On the one hand they show the Archangel Michael, on the other hand a representation of a Rosary Madonna . A niche figure of St. Joseph is placed in the nave . Gebhard Moosbrugger created it at the beginning of the 20th century. The Stations of the Cross are from the 19th century.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Vorarlberg. Sibratsgfall. Parish church hl. Michael. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 380.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ 35.7 ″ N , 10 ° 2 ′ 15.8 ″ E