Parish Church of Traisen
The Traisen parish church is located in the center of the market town of Traisen in the Lilienfeld district in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church , consecrated to the patronage of Jesus Christ, Savior of the World - incorporated into Lilienfeld Abbey - belongs to the Lilienfeld dean's office in the diocese of St. Pölten .
history
From 1961 to 1962 a parish church was built according to the conventional pre-conciliar plans of the architect Erwin Koch. On October 28, 1962 she was consecrated by the Lilienfeld abbot Friedrich Pfennigbauer to the patronage "Christ, Redeemer of the World". This took place on behalf of the St. Pölten diocesan bishop Franz Žak , who was then participating in the Second Vatican Council in Rome.
Pastor of Traisen (since 1962)
- P. Yvo Widmayer (1942 to 1974)
- P. Gunther Ledel (1974 to 2011)
- Abbot Pius Maurer (since 2011)
architecture
The massive looking church building with a nave divided by concrete supports has a retracted, flat arched closed choir. There are tall, narrow rectangular windows between the concrete supports. The high church tower tapers upwards and closes horizontally at the top. The eastern gable front has a wide rectangular portal flanked by rectangular ornamental glass windows, above the portal is a wide glass concrete round window Heart of Jesus .
The interior of the church shows the nave and the choir under an open gable roof, the choir is raised by five to seven steps. There is a baptistery under the east gallery.
Furnishing
Most of the furnishings are from the construction period. The altars and the glass window rosette designed and created the sculptor and glass painter Robert Herfert with the carpenter Franz Coufal. The glass painter Karl Knapp created the long side glass windows. The artist Harald Krainer created the ambo and tabernacle stele.
There is a late Gothic crucifix from the 16th century.
The organ was built by Gregor Hradetzky (1966).
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Traisen, Parish Church Jesus Christ, Savior of the World, p. 2346.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Otmar Lowitzer: Church buildings in Austria 1945-1970. Dissertation University of Vienna 2007.
- ^ History of the parish | Parish Traisen. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 25.4 ″ N , 15 ° 36 ′ 31.3 ″ E