Parish church Unterdürnbach
The parish church of St. Maria Magdalena is an east-facing Roman Catholic church with a west tower in the cadastral community of Unterdürnbach in the municipality of Maissau in Lower Austria . The church stands at the highest point of the built-up area.
It belongs to the deanery Sitzendorf in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg and is under monument protection ( list entry ).
Parish history
When the place was first mentioned in 1110, it was also noted that a part of the village on one side of the Dürnbach belonged to the Ravelsbach parish and the part on the other side of the creek to the Eggenburg - Gars double parish .
Since the distance to the two churches in Ravelsbach and Eggenburg was considerable for the conditions at the time, knight Wolfhard von Dürnbach obtained permission from Bishop Wernhard von Passau in 1293 to build a church in his village, that of the parish of Eggenburg-Gars should remain subordinate. Knight Wolfhard was given the task of ensuring that the parish was adequately endowed, and in 1300 there was a certificate of an exchange of goods "on the Freithof ze dem niedern dürnbach" .
In 1529, wandering Turkish troops pillaged the area and incinerated the Niederdürnbach chapel, whereupon the church was exempted from Emperor Ferdinand I's Turkish tax .
In a parish register from 1666, Unterdürnbach is identified as a branch church of Straning , initially only the part north of the stream, then also the southern part. This led to difficulties with the pastor of Ravelsbach, which were only resolved in 1719. However, the pastor of Ravelsbach continued to oppose the efforts of the local residents for their parish to be independent. It was only after his death in 1783 that Unterdürnbach was rebuilt as an independent parish and handed over to the Lilienfeld Abbey , which had owned the estate since 1644.
The Unterdürnbach parish is still incorporated into Lilienfeld Monastery , which appoints the pastors. Currently, Father Edmund Tanzer, who is also the dean , the dean's office Großweikersdorf forwards, pastor in Unterdürnbach. The Unterdürnbach castle is used as a parsonage.
Building history
The choir is the oldest part of the church and its core comes from the Gothic period , probably from the time the first church was built.
The tower was rebuilt between 1750 and 1752. During these years the church was plastered and stucco work was carried out inside. The stucco work was made by the plasterer Anton Scheidtler from Mittergrabern .
Building description
Outside
The late baroque hall church with west tower stands in the middle of the walled cemetery at the highest point of the built-up area. This cemetery was laid out when the parish was established in 1293, and burials have been recorded in the Straning parish registers of the dead from 1630 onwards . Gravestones from this time are still preserved, most of which were made from Zogelsdorf sandstone . Some of them are now in the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg , others are set into the cemetery wall.
The church consists of a simple long house with arched windows and a fascia structure from the first half of the 18th century. The retracted choir , which is essentially Gothic, baroque , ends with a triangle. The garments of the Gothic pointed arch windows are still preserved.
To the south of the choir there is a baroque sacristy extension and to the west is the tower with clock gables from the mid-18th century and an onion helmet marked 1914 , which is crowned by a tower ball with a final cross.
Inside
The longhouse with a stitch cap barrel vault ends in the west with a flat gallery on Tuscan columns . A retracted triumphal arch forms the transition to the choir, which consists of a main yoke and an intermediate yoke with a triangle. The three-time closing is the rest of the former Gothic choir with five-eight closing . The choir is vaulted by a groin vault on retracted belts from the first half of the 18th century.
The stone communion bench also dates from the first half of the 18th century . Uniform stucco work on the vaults and window walls and a stucco relief Maria Immaculata at the apex of the nave vault .
The sacristy is vaulted.
Furnishing
The high altar dates from around 1740. The marbled wall retable in the apex of the choir is flanked by columns with statuettes of Saints Augustine and James . The restoration of the altarpiece by Martin Grasegger in 2010 provided evidence that it was created around 1790. The structure of the tabernacle and the early classical framing of the altarpiece, which depicts the church patroness , date from the same time.
The free-standing altar table with tabernacle structure in the classicism style dates from the 19th century.
On the left choir wall there is a red marble tombstone from 1585 and a statue of the Sacred Heart on a console. Opposite the right choir wall is a statue of the Virgin Mary as a console figure.
The two side altars are designed as aedical altars and date from around 1740. The marbled pilaster aedicules have segmented gables and have been supplemented in a classical style. In the niche of the left altar there is a statue of the Virgin Mary, in that of the right altar there is a statue of St. Joseph . Both statues were created in the second half of the 19th century.
Next to the right side altar is a baptismal font made as a hunched sandstone basin on a baluster from the first half of the 18th century.
The rectangular pulpit with a volute canopy was created in the late 17th / early 18th century. The crucifixion group with assistant figures of Saints Mary and John on the left side of the nave dates from the same period .
A miraculous image of Mariahilf from the first half of the 19th century, the Stations of the Cross from the second half of the 19th century and the baroque pews complete the furnishings.
organ
From the organ from the workshop of Franz Capek from Krems only the case and the console integrated into the gallery parapet are preserved. The instrument was built as Opus 194 and had six registers, distributed on a manual and pedal (Principal 8 ′, Bourdon 8 ′, Salicional 8 ′, Gemshorn 4 ′, Mixtur, Subbass 16 ′). The neo-baroque prospect , dating from around 1900, is characterized by three round-arched pipe fields with a raised central field, the richly profiled cornices and the crowning vases. The organ is currently shut down because the financial means are lacking for the necessary repairs. An electronic organ is currently in use.
Bells
The bell consists of three bells, which were newly acquired after the Second World War and consecrated in 1948.
literature
- " Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria north of the Danube. “Edited by Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle u. a. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 , p. 1194/95.
- " The Unterdürnbach Parish " compiled by Father Edmund Tanzer, self-published by the parish.
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Remarks
- ↑ The inscription on the tombstone reads: “ Here buried the noble and strict Mr. Fridrichen Ferenberger zu Egenperg Erbcamerers in Austria whether the Enns and Frawen Anna born Cencin baider elf daughter Junk Fraw Maria Magdalena, who was on the third day of August of 1585 Iars ires In the eighteenth of age, a blissful sleep in God. God samples all who believe in Christ to want to give a joyous resurrection. Amen "
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 47.9 ″ N , 15 ° 52 ′ 22.9 ″ E