Weilbach Parish Church (Upper Austria)
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The parish church Weilbach is located in the municipality of Weilbach in Upper Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary belongs to the Altheim dean's office in the Linz diocese . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection .
history
A church was mentioned in documents around 1120.
architecture
The Gothic church building made of tuff stone has a late baroque two-bay, barrel-vaulted barrel-capped nave from 1775. The Gothic, slightly retracted two-bay, ribbed, vaulted choir has a five-eighth end . The two-bay south aisle with a square vault shows rich stucco from the second quarter of the 18th century. The west gallery has two floors. The west tower has a high baroque hood around 1776/1784.
Outside the choir is a tombstone for Vicar Siegmund 1420. There is a coat of arms tombstone 1607. The cemetery wall is partly covered with a wedge made of tuff.
Furnishing
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According to the inscription, the high altar in the late baroque-classicist tradition is from 1845. The tabernacle with angel figures was probably created by Johann Peter Schwanthaler the Elder and was restored in 1938. The side altars are new. The Rococo pulpit is from 1768. The altar from the third quarter of the 17th century in the south aisle bears statues in the manner of Thomas Schwanthaler , which were transferred here from the Kleinmurham branch church .
literature
- Weilbach, parish church Mariae Himmelfahrt. P. 366. 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.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 36.6 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 21.6 ″ E