Parish Church of St. Agatha (Upper Austria)
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The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Agatha is in the parish of St. Agatha in the Grieskirchen district in Upper Austria . The church, consecrated to St. Agatha of Catania , belongs to the deanery Peuerbach in the diocese of Linz . The church is a listed building .
history
A church was mentioned in a document in the 14th century. The Gothic country church was enlarged in 1900 and completely baroque.
architecture
The single-aisled four-bay nave is vaulted with a groin. The single-bay, flat-domed choir closes with a thirteenth note. The tower in the southern choir corner has an onion helmet with a lantern.
Furnishing
The high altar (1760) and the pulpit (1765) were created by Franz Stadler from Neufelden. The side altars are neo-Romanesque from 1889. The painting St. Agate painted by Simon Hitzenthaler (1791).
literature
- St. Agatha near Waizenkirchen, parish church. P. 264. 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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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '8 " N , 13 ° 52' 40.7" E