Parish church Waldkirchen am Wesen
The Roman Catholic parish church of Waldkirchen am Wesen is located in the municipality of Waldkirchen am Wesen in the Schärding district in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to St. Nicholas and belongs to the Peuerbach deanery in the Linz diocese . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
The church was first mentioned in a document in 1282. The church was built in the Gothic style.
architecture
- Church exterior
The Gothic church has a slightly drawn-in three-bay choir that ends in the 3/8 end. A vestibule is built in front of the Gothic south portal.
- Church interior
The three-bay choir is vaulted with mesh ribs , as is the single-nave, five-bay nave. In 1906 and 1907 a ship's yoke was added and the west tower with a pointed helmet was added to it.
Furnishing
The high altar, the side altars and the pulpit were built after the middle of the 18th century. The altarpiece of the high altar comes from Paul Steiner from the third quarter of the 18th century. The font on the right in front of the high altar is Gothic and dates from the beginning of the 16th century. The coat of arms tombstones are from the 15th and 16th centuries.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Waldkirchen am Wesen. Parish church hl. Nicholas. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, p. 360.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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).
Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '26.7 " N , 13 ° 49' 22.7" E