Sipbachzell parish church
The Roman Catholic Church on Sipbach , consecrated to St. Margareta , was built in 1478 in the late Gothic style as a fortified church and is located in the center of the municipality of Sipbachzell approx. 6 km from the responsible Kremsmünster Abbey .
history
Building history
It cannot be dated exactly when the first church in Sipbachzell was built, but historians assume that the first church was built at a time when the monasteries in the area were devastated by the "Hungarn" defeated on the Traun in 943 and the fleeing monks sought refuge in the area and built cells and chapels there . According to an old legend, a pagan temple is said to have once stood on the site of today's church .
In 1179 a church on the Sipbach is named for the first time in a bull by Pope Alexander III. (“ Ecclesia cellae cum omni decima et dote sua ”) mentioned. In a bull of the same name by Pope Innocent IV from 1248, a church is mentioned among the branches of the parish on the Kirchberge, the construction of which falls in 1098. In 1196, under Abbot Manegold , the Bishop of Passau, Wolfker, inaugurated the chapel of St. Michael am Kirchberge . Historians suspect that this refers to the church on the Sipbach , since the Archangel Michael has always been venerated here as the second patron saint and there is no other evidence to suggest that a chapel stood under this name there.
A copy of a letter of indulgence from 1587 says that today's church was built in 1478 under Pope Sixtus IV . The church and the later added sacristy are built entirely from ashlar pieces. The old Gothic fortified church is a simple central building with a 32 meter high spandrel tower. In the three-aisled interior there is a ribbed vault and stained glass windows with saints that are well worth seeing . The confessional chamber was only added later, in 1857, from the stones of the old cemetery wall.
Equipment and history of the church:
- A tower clock was purchased for the first time in 1620 .
- In 1645 the church tower was raised to the current level of 32 meters. A copy of a plan from 1639 shows the tower much lower.
- In 1649, the carpenter Simon Hätinger from Marchtrenk and the painter Theodor Schröder from Wels erected a Marien and Floriani altar.
- In 1657 a new high altar was built. (Painter Georg Kirchl, sculptor Sebastian Brindler both from Kremsmünster , carpenter Simon Hätinger)
- 1663 Acquisition of four panels for a sundial .
- In 1688 the parish bells in Linz were cast around and then hung up again in the tower.
- 1691 Construction of a new driveway.
- In 1696 a new organ was purchased from Passau for 128fl and brought by ship to Aschach and from there to Sipbachzell by horse and cart. This organ was rebuilt in 1709 and fitted with new pipes in 1736 and declared unusable in 1788.
- 1731 Covering of the church portal and the "general stores" on the church wall.
- 1733 purchase of a Floriani statue for 20fl.
- In 1734 a 113 pound church bell was cast over because of a "Schrickhs" in Linz.
- 1736 Acquisition of a new pulpit.
- In 1812 the church tower was fitted with a renewed tower clock.
- In 1820 the high altar erected in 1658 was replaced by a new, exaggeratedly simple high altar that Father Nonnos Altwirth had a carpenter in Vorchdorf make .
- In 1829, three bells are documented by Prelate Florian Oberchristl. The bells were cast by master Johann Hollederer in Linz and solemnly consecrated by Abbot Josef Altwirth at the church portal in Kremsmünster. During the First World War, the big bell had to be handed over to the K&K Army Administration for war purposes. The other two bells were spared the war and were sold to other churches in 1923.
- 1831 purchase of a new church clock for 152 fl.
- 1848 Acquisition of a new organ with 9 registers around 500fl from the organ builder Peter Heining from Wels.
- In 1856 the two side altars were renovated and in July 1859 a new altar and a new pulpit were built by the art sculptor Johann Fidelis Schönlaub from Munich . The new altar was inaugurated on July 22nd by the Prelate Mitterndorfer.
- 1890 The mission cross that now hangs in the chancel is purchased.
- On May 19, 1898 a new organ was inaugurated by the organ builder Johann Lachmair by Father Karlmann Seybold.
- 1903-1904 the church was partially restored. The old windows have been replaced with new stained glass windows with biblical scenes. The donors at that time were immortalized in the lower part of the window.
- In 1906 the statue of the Virgin Mary (Mary with the baby Jesus) was brought to the parish church by the carver Ludwig Linzinger from Linz.
- On January 18, 1917, due to the First World War, all church bells except for the two smallest were removed and melted down. The two smaller bells were sold to other churches in 1923.
- In 1923, after the end of the First World War, four new bells were ordered from Oberascher in Salzburg, which Abbot Leander Czerny inaugurated on June 10th. Unfortunately, the bronze bell had to be returned in 1942, in the middle of the Second World War, and consisted of the following bells:
- 1. Bell (Herz-Jesu-Bell, tone a1) weighed 650 kg, had a diameter of 100 cm.
- 2. Bell (Zwölfer or Florian bell, tone c2) weighed 360 kg, had a diameter of 80 cm.
- 3. Bell (Death or Heart Maria Bell, tone e2) weighed 250 kg, had a diameter of 68 cm.
- 4. The bell (Speis- or Josef-Bell, tone as2) weighed 62 kg, had a diameter of 48 cm.
- On the south-east side of the church, to the right of the entrance, there used to be a very impressive fresco painting of St. Christopher . In 1935 it was restored again by the Viennese professor Franz Windhager. According to an old newspaper article, the 3-4 meter high picture was considered a sight in Sipbachzell. Unfortunately the colors did not withstand the weather and so this unique painting was completely removed in the 50s.
- In 1942, in the middle of the Second World War , the 19-year-old bells were dismantled by order of the German Reich government and used for war purposes.
- In July 1949, the current bell quartet was ordered from the Oberascher bell foundry in Salzburg-Kasern in an inexpensive "Oberascher special alloy", a so-called new alloy. The appointment was made contrary to the urgent recommendations of the Episcopal Ordinariate, which for quality reasons explicitly referred to well-tried bronze bells. The bells, which are made of a low-tin alloy, are unfortunately among the worst post-war bells in the entire diocese. Unfortunately, they completely lack a solemn and melodious voice that bells normally have.
- In 1950, on Palm Sunday April 2nd, the following bells were solemnly inaugurated by Abbot Ignaz Schachermair :
- 1st bell (Herz-Jesu or St. Margarita bell) tone g1, 618 kg, diameter of 104 cm.
- 2nd bell (Florian bell, tone b1) 368 kg, diameter of 88 cm.
- 3rd bell (heart Maria bell, tone c2) 262 kg, diameter of 78 cm.
- 4th bell (Josef bell, tone d2) 188 kg, diameter 69 cm.
- In the same year, the church tower was also extensively renovated and the organ was also converted to electrical operation.
- In 1965–1966 the parish church was completely restored and got its current simple appearance. In connection with the restoration, the high altar, the two side altars and the pulpit were removed. The painting of St. Margaret, which was hanging in the church until a few years ago, is purchased from Bad Goisern. The bronze tabernacle comes from P. Dimmel from Linz.
- In 1972 the church got a new organ with 12 registers. The new organ comes from the Linz organ building workshop Bruno Riedl .
- 2013 restoration of the slug glass windows and the figural glazing.
- 2014 Sealing of the foundation with a special mix of clay and drainage of the outer masonry as well as renewal of the gutters and downpipes. Reinforcement and repair work on the main roof as well as complete renewal of the roof of the sacristy and the annex to the confessional.
- 2015 Construction of a seating system made of conglomerate stones behind the church and the construction of a gravel path around the church.
Ribbed vault inside the church.
Statue of St. Margaret. (Patron saint of the church)
Stained glass window with biblical scenes. (Here the Archangel Michael who is the second patron saint of the church)
Margareta bell of the parish church (consecrated in 1950 by Abbot Ignaz Schachermair).
Baptismal font under which, according to an old cemetery plan, a spring rises.
Gravestone inside the church of the honorable Mr. Bernhard Meuerl (died 1514) and his wife Elisabeth Pirchingerin. (former owner of Leombach Castle)
The 32 m high spandrel tower of the late Gothic fortified church was raised in 1645.
Parish history
In 1420, historical evidence of an own parish in Sipbachzell appeared for the first time. In a dispute between Abbot Jacob zu Kremsmünster and the pleban Heinrich zu Weißkirchen, an Andreas, pleban in Sipbachzell, is cited as a witness for the first time. Most of the parish was probably taken from the mother church on the Kirchberge and partly from the parishes of Thalheim and Weißkirchen . The parish at that time extended lengthways to 2 hours of walking and width to 1 ¼ walking hours. It comprised 8 villages with 220 houses and 1400 inhabitants. The borders went to the parish of Kematen in the east, to the parish of Kirchberg near Kremsmünster in the south-east and south, to the parish of Steinhaus in the west and to the parish of Weißkirchen and Eggendorf in the north .
- Branches
The chapel of Leombach Castle , which was almost completely demolished, once belonged to the church in Sipbachzell as a branch. A benefit was connected to this chapel, which the former owner and lord of Leombach Castle (Hans Meuerl), with the consent of the then feudal lord and patron of the church in Sipbachzell, had donated to Abbot Martin II of Kremsmünster in 1393. This benefit came to the Kremsmünster Monastery for sale under Abbot Alexander II . Tombstones of the descendants of Hans Meuerl can still be found at the local church. A tombstone of the noble Mr. Ulrich Meuerl (died 1488) and his wife is on the outer facade, as well as a tombstone of Bernhard Meuerl (died 1514) and his wife Elisabeth Pirchingerin is embedded in the church wall.
Pastor of Sipbachzell
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Rectory
Originally the rectory was about 2 km away from today's. A farmhouse called the Pfarrergut in the Wimm still reminds of that time today . A little house standing next door is still listed in old books under the name Graberhäusel . The parish was sold in 1641 including meadow and full inheritance rights for 498fl. The grave house was exchanged for the shoemaker's house No. 12. For the pastor, who was still traveling from Kremsmünster at the time, an overnight accommodation was added to the house next to the church. This house also contained the apartment of the schoolmaster at the time, who was also a sacristan, a horse stable for the pastor and a guest stable. Under Abbot Negele, a floor was added to the building in 1639, which contained the new pastor's apartment.
Copy of a plan of the rectory from 1639 (created by Pastor Alois Heicker in 1827)
Painting of the parish church with the surrounding houses (the painting dates from the 2nd half of the 19th century)
The engraving still shows the old cemetery and the cemetery wall around the church
graveyard
Originally there was a cemetery around the church. Old documents show that a new death chamber was built in 1651 and that the cemetery wall was rebuilt in 1659. A plan of the old cemetery from 1825 shows that a spring rises right under today's baptismal font .
- 1835 Purchase of a plot of land for the new cemetery.
- In 1836 the cemetery and the ossuary were abandoned and the new cemetery was laid out in the northeast of Sipbachzell.
- In 1857 the confessional chamber was built from the stones of the old cemetery wall on the north side of the church instead of the old chamber of the dead.
- In 1885 the new cemetery wall was completed.
- In 1860 a chapel was built at the cemetery which was restored in 1897.
- 1953 The very damaged southern cemetery wall was torn down and replaced by a concrete wall. In 1960, the eastern and northern cemetery walls were completely renewed.
- 1961 In order to expand the cemetery and to enable the construction of a mortuary, the meadow around the cemetery was purchased.
- 1967 Start of construction on the morgue.
literature
- Johann von Frast: The Decanat Altmünster, with the parishes of the Kremsmünster Abbey. Volume 14 (3rd section, Volume 3) of Topography of the Archduchy of Austria: or a description of the origins of cities, markets, villages and their fates…. Verlag Benedikt, 1835, chapter The parish Sipbachzell. P. 63 ff. ( Google Book, full view ).
- Manfred Weigerstorfer, Josef Blaimschein, Gerhard Rumpl: Chronicles of a community - self-published . Sipbachzell 1971, various pp.
- Sipbachzell on the traces of the past , elementary school chronicle 4th class, Sipbachzell 1991, p. OA
- Community chronicle Sipbachzell , S. oA
- Rupert Ruttmann: Johanniswein and parish ride in Sipbachzell. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Volume 6, Issue 1, Linz 1952, pp. 61–62 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
- Rupert Ruttmann: From the archive of the Benedictine parish Sipbachzell. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Volume 6, Issue 3, Linz 1952, pp. 366–373 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
Web links
- Sipbachzell parish
- Parish church . Parish Sipbachzell - Church and parish history
Individual evidence
- ↑ originally from Cologne, later active in the Buchkirchen parish . Walter Aspernig: An account of the Buchkirchen pastor Jakob Holtz about the renovation of the previous building of the Church in Mistelbach. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Year 151, Linz 2006, pp. 129–140 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 51 ″ N , 14 ° 6 ′ 33 ″ E