Deanery parish church St. Johann im Pongau
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Johann im Pongau stands at 616 meters above sea level in the center of the municipality of St. Johann im Pongau in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the state of Salzburg . The parish church of Sts. Johannes the Baptist and Johannes Evangelist belongs to the deanery St. Johann im Pongau in the archdiocese of Salzburg . The church is a listed building .
history
The parish church was first mentioned in a document in 924. This emerges from archiepiscopal documents. In 1074 the name “ad sanctum Johannem in villa” appears for the first time. From 1290 the development of the city is documented. At that time, around 1329, there was also the construction and consecration of a church at the current location. It can be assumed that there was a wooden or stone church with a tower at that time. On May 31, 1855, a major fire left the entire market, including the church, in ruins. In 1857 the construction of a three-aisled neo-Gothic church with a tower that was too large according to plans by architect Georg Schneider from Munich began. In 1871 the tower collapsed. Between 1873 and 1876, today's neo-Gothic double tower facade with a three-nave hall structure and a single-nave choir was built according to plans by architect Josef Wessicken with its two 62-meter-high towers.
architecture
The church is a neo - Gothic three - nave hall building with a single-nave choir . It has considerable dimensions:
| overall length | 60.0 m |
| Overall width | 30.0 m |
| Vault height | 20.0 m |
| Facade height | 33.0 m |
| Height of the towers | 62.0 m |
Tour of the church
High altar
The high altar from 1881 in the form of a Gothic shrine with three baldachin niches in which figures of St. Joseph and John the Baptist to sides of a Crucifixion are recovered with assistance figures, in openwork carved conversation Enge figures of Sts. Johannes von Nepomuk and Florian , while the central canopy allows a view of the stained glass window on which Christ is depicted as the Savior of the world. In the openwork Fialtürmchen there are figures of hll. Rupert , Dionysius and Nikolaus , which come from another altarpiece (around 1500), but are barely recognizable due to the neo-Gothic version.
Left side altar
The left side altar dates from 1885 and is consecrated to the Rosary Queen.
Right side altar
The right side altar is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception Mary, whose dogma was given by Pope Pius IX. Was announced in 1854.
Web links
Individual evidence
- Parish church in honor of Saints John the Baptist and John Evangelista . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .
Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′ 55 ″ N , 13 ° 12 ′ 17 ″ E