Parish Church of St. Thomas near Waizenkirchen

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Catholic parish church hl. Thomas in St. Thomas in Upper Austria
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The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Thomas near Waizenkirchen is located in the parish of St. Thomas in the Grieskirchen district in Upper Austria . The church consecrated to St. Thomas belongs to the deanery Peuerbach in the diocese of Linz . The church and the churchyard are under monument protection .

history

A church was mentioned in a document after 1200.

architecture

The late Gothic church building has a single-nave two-bay nave with a baroque lancet barrel vault. The two-bay rib vaulted choir with a five-eighth end is pushed out of the longitudinal axis. The wooden three-axis two-bay western gallery shows images of the apostles from the second half of the 17th century on the parapet. The tower in the southern choir corner has an eight-sided bell house with Gothic sound windows and a pointed helmet. The Gothic sacristy door has Gothic fittings.

Furnishing

The decor is neo-Gothic.

literature

  • St. Thomas near Waizenkirchen, parish church. P. 289. 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.

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 6.9 "  N , 13 ° 52 ′ 51.6"  E