Parish church of St. Georgen am Steinfelde
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Georgen am Steinfelde is located in the St. Georgen am Steinfelde district in the municipality of St. Pölten in Lower Austria . The church consecrated to St. George belongs to the Deanery St. Pölten in the diocese of St. Pölten . The church building is a listed building .
history
A church was mentioned in a document in 1248. The church was a vicariate church in the 14th century. During the Turkish war (1683) the church was partly destroyed. The church was rebuilt in 1749 with Josef Wissgrill . In 1784 the church was elevated to a parish church. 1899 was a renovation. Aisles were added to the nave in 1934 . The interior was restored in 1969/1970.
architecture
The church on the western outskirts is surrounded to the north and west by a former cemetery wall.
- Church exterior
The high central nave has four-axis aisles on the north and south sides with arched windows and small porches on both sides. The one- bay choir with a five-eighth end and buttresses has three originally two-lane pointed arch windows with tracery. The presented west tower - essentially from the 14th century - has a baroque upper floor with arched sound windows and a tent roof from the 19th century.
Furnishing
The organ was built by the Rieger brothers from Jägerndorf (1894).
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . St. Georgen am Steinfelde, parish church hl. Georg, with floor plan, pp. 1917–1918.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 23.2 " N , 15 ° 36 ′ 40.2" E