Parish church Wimpassing in the Black Valley

Catholic parish church Immaculate Heart of Mary in Wimpassing in the Black Valley

The Roman Catholic parish church of Wimpassing im Schwarzatale is located in the municipality of Wimpassing im Schwarzatale in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria . The church, consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary , belongs to the Deanery Gloggnitz in the Vicariate Unter dem Wienerwald of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The church building is under monument protection .

history

The church was built in 1950/1951 according to plans by the architect Johann Petermair . In 1960 the church was raised to the parish church of the newly established parish of Wimpassing in the Black Valley.

architecture

The church is a hall building oriented in north-south direction with a slightly drawn-in round apse, a south-east tower and a specially roofed three-axis vestibule with polychrome sgraffito decor. Above the entrance arcades there is a representation of the four symbols of the evangelists and on the side walls representations of the Madonna in the protective cloak and the feast of Pentecost . The sgraffito decor was created by Josef Zöchling (1951). The flat-roofed hall is lit through a ribbon of windows in the apse and on the south wall. The interior of the church is divided into the transverse main room and the vestibule by a glass door and the construction of the organ gallery.

Furnishing

The equipment comes largely from the construction period. The glass painting comes from Josef Widmoser (Old Testament figures) and Clarisse Praun (4 elements). The wall paintings from 1955, which depict the Annunciation of the Lord , the Adoration of the Magi , the Crucifixion of Christ and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ , are by Max Poosch-Gablenz . The hanging crucifix is ​​the work of Alexey Krassowsky , the enamel pictures on the tabernacle were created by Maria Schwamberger-Riemer .

literature

• Wimpassing in the Schwarzatale, Parish Church Immaculate Heart Mariae . In: Peter Aichinger-Rosenberger u. a. (Ed.): Lower Austria south of the Danube (= Austria's art monuments ). Berger Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-364-X . P. 2712f.

Web links

Commons : Parish church Wimpassing in the Schwarzatale  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the parish Wimpassing in the Schwarzatale
• Archdiocese of Vienna: Parish Wimpassing in the Schwarzatale

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 59.6 ″  N , 16 ° 1 ′ 15.8 ″  E