Wiesmath parish church
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The Wiesmath parish church is elevated on the northern edge of the main square in the Wiesmath community in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church , consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul , belongs to the Deanery Kirchschlag in the vicariate Unter dem Wienerwald of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The former fortified church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
The core of the church was from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century assumed. A parish was mentioned in a document in 1350. In 1498 the church was rededicated. The upper storey was in the 16./17. Century built. In 1703/1704 the church tower was renewed. In 1834 the cemetery was closed and moved to Annaberg.
1850/1851 was a renovation, 1972/1973 and 1986 was a restoration, 1986 a sacristy was added to the east, 1994 was an interior restoration.
architecture
The church stands on the main square and is surrounded on three sides by the churchyard wall, in the south of the church there is the former Karner.
The nave has an undivided facade with small arched and round windows, in the south as tracery windows. The main portal has a front porch. The western front has a steep gable. The upper storey shows itself with a weir core with shooting windows. On the south wall of the nave there are baroque medallion-shaped tombstones with a cross top from the second half of the 17th century with the names Elias Barstorfer, Georg Fhiewirth, 1677. The slightly recessed choir in the core, probably from the late Middle Ages without buttresses, shows high segmented arched windows. To the east is a sacristy built in 1986. The mighty late Gothic south tower from the end of the 15th century shows corner pilasters and small shooting windows in three storey zones. The top floor is baroque with a constricted hood with a lantern attachment from 1704.
The interior of the church shows a three- bay nave with a late Gothic ribbed vault from 1498, probably built with the master builder Sebald Werpacher , the ribs run on polygonal pillars, the coat of arms keystones with the monogram of Mary and Christ were probably created later. The two-axis organ loft on a pointed arcade is arched under the ribs of the stars with empty heraldic shields.
Furnishing
The high altar from the first half of the 18th century has a baroque column retable with swinging side parts. The tabernacle bears the miraculous figure of the Infant Jesus of Prague from the second half of the 18th century with flanking angels. The high altar painting Sacra Conservatione with Peter and Paul was painted by Bonaventura Emler (1851). The top bears the statues Katharina and Barbara.
The organ was built by Orgelbau M. Walcker-Mayer (1973).
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Wiesmath, Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, with floor plan, former fortified cemetery, former Karner, parsonage. Pp. 2695-2697.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′ 5.8 " N , 16 ° 17 ′ 14.7" E