Tumeltsham Parish Church

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Parish church hl. Vitus in Tumeltsham

The parish church Tumeltsham is located in Tumeltsham in the municipality of Tumeltsham in Upper Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Veit belongs to the deanery of Ried im Innkreis in the diocese of Linz . The church is a listed building .

history

A church was mentioned in a document in 1122.

architecture

The pillars of the originally Gothic two-nave nave were removed in 1776 and a new vault was installed. The three-bay nave, which is now single-aisled, has a stitch cap barrel vault. The Gothic two-bay choir with a five-eighth end has been preserved. The west tower was given a helmet in 1845 based on the pattern of the parish church in Ried im Innkreis . In front of the late Gothic south portal there is a vaulted vestibule.

Furnishing

The high altar from 1763 was probably created by Johann Peter Schwanthaler the Elder. The high altar has a newer altarpiece. The side altars have newer statues and side statues from around 1700 from the workshop of Thomas Schwanthaler . There is a wooden statue of the Altöttinger Mother of God in the manner of Franz Schwanthaler. The pulpit from 1697 is by Thomas Schwanthaler.

The Gothic baptismal font bears a group of baptismal fonts from the mid-18th century.

literature

  • Tumeltsham, parish church of St. Vitus. S. 341. 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 ° 13 '54.2 "  N , 13 ° 29' 49.6"  E