Parish church of St. Andrä in front of the Hagental
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Andrae before Hagentale is increased on the southwestern outskirts of St. Andrae before Hagen valley in the village of St. Andrä-Wördern in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria . The church consecrated to St. Andrew belongs to the deanery of Tulln in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church building is a listed building .
history
The parish was founded around 1090 by Passau Bishop Altmann . It was the seat of a choir bishop and the mother parish of Langenlebarn , Tulbing , Königstetten , Zeiselmauer and Mauerbach . As Hofmark , it was owned by the Diocese of Passau until 1803, after which the patronage took over the rule of Königstetten. In 1785 the diocese of Passau had to cede the parish to the newly founded diocese of St. Pölten.
The church was badly damaged in the earthquake in 1590 and the rectory and church were plundered and devastated when the Turks invaded in 1683 .
The branch church in Hintersdorf and the chapel in Wolfpassing also belong to the current parish .
Building description
The three-aisled nave consists of a three-bay Gothic hall from the 14th century, the core of which is Romanesque , and a one-bay extension to the west. The spacious Gothic choir has a 5/8 end . The five-story Gothic tower, north of the choir, is square with a side length of over 7 meters and a height of 42 meters (including the double cross). The sacristy is located on the ground floor of the tower . The Gothic Thomas Chapel on the north side of the left aisle has a 5/8 end and a ribbed vault .
In the course of the restoration after the Turkish War, several baroque conversions and additions were made, such as the south-facing Lourdes chapel, the west gallery and low extensions on the north side of the nave.
Facility
The high altar was created in the course of the Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century. The altarpiece was made by Eduard Swoboda in 1836. The two life-size figures on the side of the altar represent Saint Lawrence of Rome (left) and Saint Stephen (right). The tabernacle was built in 1784 by the secularized Vienna "Kloster zur Himmelspforte" bought.
On side altars there is the Marienaltar in the north (left) side aisle with a statue of the “Bavarian Madonna” and the Sacred Heart Altar in the south (right) side aisle, which was originally a plague altar, and the two altars in the chapels.
The organ with 930 pipes dates from 1984 and was made by the master organ builder Friedrich Heftner from Krems .
There are five bells in the church tower; four more recent and a bell weighing 600 kilograms and over a meter in diameter by the Viennese bell founder Mathias Glaser from 1690.
Picture gallery
View towards the high altar
View towards the organ gallery
High altar
Right side altar
literature
- Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria, south of the Danube , part 2. Berger publishing house, Horn / Vienna 2003, page 1898f, ISBN 3-85028-365-8
- Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Presentation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens , Volume 1, Page 18 ; Vienna 1835
- The churches of the parish St. Andrä in front of the Hagental ; St. Andrä 2001
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Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 15.7 ″ N , 16 ° 12 ′ 26 ″ E