Windhag parish church
The parish church of Windhag is visible from afar on a hillside in the village of Windhag in the statutory town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria . The patronage of St. The Roman Catholic parish church subordinated to Nikolaus von Myra belongs - incorporated into the Seitenstetten Abbey - to the dean's office in Waidhofen an der Ybbs of the diocese of St. Pölten . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
Initially a branch of the parish church Allhartsberg , in the 14th century a vicariate, the church was elevated to parish church in 1475 and in 1527 monastery parish of Seitenstetten monastery.
architecture
The parish church of St. Nikolaus is a late Gothic hall church with a lower north aisle on a hillside, it is surrounded by a cemetery and a wall, in the east there is a massive cubic gate. The massive, presented west tower is a former Gothic defense tower from the end of the 14th century with sloping, baroque support pillars and narrow slot openings, the sound floor shows three-pass openings . The pointed pyramid helmet dates from 1854. The tower is open with a round arch, but the barrel-vaulted tower room has no connection to the nave.
The nave is a three-bay hall with ribbed vaults from the end of the 14th century. The organ gallery above a square pillar with a groin vault was built in the 17th century, the wooden balcony porch shows the remains of a gilded veil from the 18th century . The choir with a 5/8 end is attached directly to the nave as a single bay with a ribbed vault from the end of the 14th century. The nave is opened through three arcades to the three-bay north aisle with a strong ribbed vault from the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, the bays are separated by dividing arches. On the northeast side is the north chapel, which serves as a sacristy and is connected to the choir via a stone wall door . The slightly curved pointed arch portal on the north side has richly carved door leaves around 1900.
Furnishing
The main altar, a richly designed double columned retable from around 1700, is supported by a monumental statue of St. Nicholas dominates above the tabernacle structure, the side statues show the hll. Sebastian and Florian. The upper picture shows the coronation of Mary . The side altar retable is simple, decorated with cartilage , dates from the end of the 17th century and has a top figure of St. Michael from around 1675. The pulpit with a baroque basket and sound cover with tendril decoration is marked 1675 and was donated by Adam Piringer. In the church there is a monumental crucifix from 1700. The Way of the Cross with polychromed reliefs was created around 1950.
Gregor Hradetzky built the organ in a neo-Gothic case in 1963.
literature
- Kronhobl, Windhag, parish church St. Nicholas, with floor plan, cemetery, rectory. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Pp. 1117-1118.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 46 " N , 14 ° 48 ′ 7.3" E