Windischgarsten parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church of Windischgarsten is located in the municipality of Windischgarsten in the Kirchdorf an der Krems district in Upper Austria . It is consecrated to St. James and belongs to the Windischgarsten deanery in the Diocese of Linz . The building is a listed building .
history
A church in Windischgarsten was first mentioned in a document in 1119. The on St. Bamberg Church , consecrated to " Valentin für Pilger ", near today's rectory, developed as a branch of Kirchdorf an der Krems and has been regarded as a branch parish under the Hospital am Pyhrn since the 13th century .
On a trip to the Garstnertal in August 1462, Passau Auxiliary Bishop Sigismund Pirkhan consecrated several churches and altars, including in St. Pankraz and Windischgarsten. In the course of these changes, St. Jakob became the new parish church of Windischgarsten. The Valentine's Church sank down to a side church. In 1602 the parish renewed the church roof and a church window, but as a result the interest was lost and the "Kirchl" was partially converted into the domicile of the gravedigger.
The current church building was restored many times between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Church building
- Church exterior
The church is a late Gothic building. In the northern corner of the choir, the Gothic church tower, built in 1495, adjoins the sacristy . The church tower, renewed in 1870, has an eight-sided pointed spire.
- Church interior
The Gothic church has a single nave nave with four bays, covered with a ribbed vault in the form of a six-part diamond star. The late Gothic three-bay choir is drawn in and vaulted with mesh ribs. It ends in a 3/8 finish. The core walls of the nave are partly Gothic, but were rebuilt in the Baroque period . They have broad, sometimes strongly drawn-in struts. There are passageways on the ground floor and galleries on the upper floor. Both are barrel vaulted . This gives the nave a three-aisled effect. The middle part of the nave is arched with a flat hanging dome. The two-bay gallery is in the extension of the central nave.
Furnishing
The picture of the high altar in the style of Johann Karl von Reslfeld shows the beheading of St. Jacob . The four statues from 1706 to the left and right of the altarpiece are framed. The rococo- style side altars were built around 1770 . The pictures of these altars hang in splendid frames and come from Martin Johann Schmidt or an artist close to him. The pulpit, built at the end of the 18th century, is classical . In the side chapel there is a good statue of Our Lady from the second quarter of the 17th century. She probably comes from the parish church Spital am Pyhrn . The other statues are from the 18th century. A remarkable Romanesque crucifix with Byzantine style elements hangs in the star vault of the end of the choir.
The old cemetery around the church contains beautifully executed wrought iron grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries. The "Schoißwohl-Kreuz" (Schoißwohl Cross) from the hand of the Spital artist blacksmith Andreas Ferdinand Lindemayr (around 1720), placed inside the church on the west wall next to the entrance, is remarkable .
organ
The organ, a work by Pflüger Orgelbau in 1997, is in a baroque case; According to the explanation board in the church, the organ brochure is from 1743 and comes from a Freiburg organ builder.
literature
- Hans Krawarik: 900 years of Windischgarsten Church. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Linz 2019, pp. 34–47, PDF on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at.
- Jörg Strohmann: From Windischgarsten's parish registers and chronicles. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Linz 2019, pp. 48–68, PDF on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at.
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Upper Austria. Windischgarsten. Parish church hl. James. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1977, 6th edition, p. 383f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Upper Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of June 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
- ↑ Krawarik 2019, p. 42.
- ↑ Krawarik 2019, p. 40.
- ↑ Krawarik 2019, p. 41.
Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 14 ° 19 ′ 42.6 ″ E