Parish Church Steinhaus (Upper Austria)

Catholic parish church of St. Apostles in stone house

The Roman Catholic parish church Steinhaus is in the municipality of Steinhaus in the district of Wels-Land in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to all apostles and belongs to the deanery Wels-Land in the diocese of Linz . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).

history

The church is first mentioned in a document in 1270. The current church was built in 1683.

architecture

Church exterior

The built-in west tower, which was expanded in 1793, has an onion helmet . In 1882 the Joseph Chapel was added to the south.

Church interior

The single-nave nave is three-bay. Above it is a barrel vault with stitch caps . The stab cap barrel vaulted choir has two bays and closes in 3/8.

Furnishing

The baroque high altar dates from 1693. The statues are by Johann Baptist Carlperger . The richly decorated baroque pulpit dates from the end of the 17th century.

Bells

The bells were cast in a shape of 1440 in the years 1492 (840 kg, by Master Veit zu Enns), 1518 (50 kg, by Georius Sigharter zu Leubenpach) and 1522 (100 kg).

literature

• DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Stone house. Parish Church of St. Apostle. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, p. 324.

Web links

Commons : Pfarrkirche Steinhaus  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 21, 2016 (PDF).
2. ↑ Florian Oberchristl: Bells of the Diocese of Linz. Verlag R. Pirngruber, Linz 1941, p. 517f.

Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 56 ″  N , 14 ° 1 ′ 11 ″  E