St. James the Elder (Artstetten)
St. Jakobus the Elder is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Lower Austrian municipality of Artstetten . The listed church is located on the east side of Artstetten Castle and belongs to the Maria Taferl dean's office . It is connected to the lower market by a staircase. In the area of the church there is also the crypt of the Hohenberg family .
history
The originally free-standing Gothic building was built in the 14th century, expanded into a baroque hall building from 1691 to 1698 and extended to the castle in the west.
In 1718, through a donation from Anton Brauns von Rotenhaus, owner of the estate, by donating a capital of 6000 guilders to support the pastor and then building the rectory and schoolhouse, Artstetten was raised to parish. From 1868 to 1869 Archduke Karl Ludwig had the church restored and the four-quanta tower and the large church windows built. In 1870 she received the Way of the Cross from the same benefactor. In 1913 the church was redesigned in the style of historicism .
In 1909, Archduke Franz Ferdinand gave the owner of Artstetten Castle an order to build a burial place for himself and his family . The crypt was built under the church in 1909 and 1910 according to the plans of the architect Ludwig Baumann. It was expanded in 1956 for the descendants of the heir to the throne and still serves as the Hohenberg family's crypt. Exactly below the church is the castle gentleman's crypt, which was built by the descendants of Anna v. Hohenberg was renovated with Count Romée de La Poeze d´Harambure.
architecture
Exterior
The nave is about the same as the castle and through you to the choir abgewalmtes gable roof covered. The choir, with a Gothic core, is closed on three sides. Its Gothic buttresses were redesigned during the baroque reconstruction into deep, round-arched blind niches with pilasters in front. The choir and nave have a uniform, late historical facade structure with single and double pilasters and a strongly profiled cornice . The building is accessible in the south through a baroque portal with a volute lintel . The two-story tower in the southeast has a baroque core and arched sound windows . Its facade and the crowning onion helmet were created in 1913. The church was renovated in 1985 by the parish and the patron saint.
Interior
In the nave, a two-bay barrel vault with stitch caps rests on strong pillars with pilasters in front of it and a cranked cornice . A two-storey, barrel-vaulted west gallery with a three-part arched opening and a neo-baroque wooden paneling from 1911 rises below it. Behind the arched triumphal arch is the one-bay choir, which corresponds to the structure of the somewhat wider nave. On the north wall there is a remarkably expressive depiction of the Veronica's handkerchief from around 1400. On a historicist glass painting from 1913, the Hll. Josef and Karl pictured.
Furnishing
Facility
Under Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the original altars were removed around 1911 and the church was refurbished with art objects from various origins that had been collected from museums:
- The early baroque columnar altar was built in 1659 by Benedikt Faistenberger and originally stood in the Katharinenkirche in Kitzbühel . It has a structure with a blown gable and rich, late mannerist decor. The Assumption of Mary with Saints Barbara, Leodegar and Empress Helena is depicted on the altarpiece ; on the upper picture Golgotha , crowned by a Trinity group. Side figures on consoles on the choir wall show the saints Catherine and Barbara.
- The neo-Baroque marble canteen, the tabernacle and the dining rack were designed by Julius Kubik and were consecrated in 1915.
- The two corresponding, early Baroque side altars are Bavarian cartilage altars with twisted columns from around 1670 and were erected in 1911. The left altar panel shows a late mannerist depiction of the lamentation and has an oval upper picture Healing the Lame . The altar has side figures of St. Leopold and Jakobus. In the cafeteria there is a copy of a Gothic Madonna figure. The crucifixion of Peter is depicted on the right altar panel, labeled "Johann Martin Schmidt". The upper picture dates from 1670 and shows the epiphany .
- The neo-baroque pulpit dates from 1911/1915. The organ was built by Franz Capek in 1911. This was completely renewed at the beginning of the century. The early baroque pews and the marble baptismal font from the first half of the 18th century date from around 1700 .
- A baroque marble portal from Istria is walled in on the north side of the nave . This comes from the second half of the 17th century and has a flaming heart carried by putti in the blown gable .
- In the archway, which has been transformed into a showcase, there is a stole from Pope Leo XIII. This stole is kept in the rectory due to protective measures. It was replaced by a statue in memory of the Salesian Order.
- The church has several sculptures from different eras. These include a crucifixion group with Mary and John above the triumphal arch from around 1770, depictions of St. Johannes and Sebastian on the choir arch (1st quarter of the 18th century) as well as a Sacred Heart figure under a neo-baroque canopy based on a design by Franz Kubrik from around 1911.
- The numerous canvas paintings include the former high altar painting St. James in the Battle of the Moors (Johann Martin Schmidt, 1788), former side altar painting by the same artist (1772), three depictions of the life of Jesus from the 18th century, two Flemish oil paintings ( The Israelites in the Desert and Moses and Aaron ) from the middle of the 17th century, two late Baroque oval pictures ( Antonius of Padua and Aloysius ) from the 18th century, two portraits of saints in cartouches ( Johannes Nepomuk and Florian ) from the 18th century, pictures of St. Family and saint Catherine from the 18th century and two corresponding brotherhood pictures above the triumphal arch ( citizens and nobles before Christ and clergy before Maria ) from the second half of the 18th century in a rococo frame .
- A baroque lecture pole of the baker's guild is remarkable. It has an artistic carving of Saints Mary and Elizabeth under an ornamental canopy. The guild mark and band ornament on the shaft are probably Augsburg and date from the first quarter of the 18th century. Two other lecture poles show the saints Eligius and Florian.
- Further furnishings include a grave slab on the choir (Pastor Antonius Hofmann, † 1770) and two bells by Johann Georg Fielgrader from 1792.
organ
The first organ came from the Bürgl company in Krems in 1789. In 1897 a new pneumatic organ was installed by Franz Capek from Krems and in 1911 it was installed, rebuilt and reinforced in the upper gallery. On November 26th, 2000 a new organ was inaugurated by Josef Diethard Pemmer from Purk near Kottes.
Crypt
In the area of the church is the crypt of the Hohenberg family . In 1909, Archduke Franz Ferdinand commissioned the construction of a family crypt for twelve coffins under the forecourt of the parish church. Since his wife Sophie , Duchess of Hohenberg, could not be buried in the Capuchin crypt because of her disproportionate origin from the emperor's point of view , a crypt was built under the castle and parish church, where she was also buried. He, too, decided not to have a funeral in Vienna and was also buried in the Artstetten crypt, as he wished. In 1955/56, after the death of Ernst Hohenberg , the crypt was expanded under the church tower and the south terrace of the palace. Today, in addition to the two sons and their wives, three grandchildren of Archduke Franz Ferdinand are buried here.
The original castle crypt, which is also located below the church, was taken over at the turn of the century (20th / 21st century) by the current castle lords and descendants of Princess Anna von Hohenberg and Count Romée de La Poëze d´Harambure.
literature
- DEHIO Lower Austria north of the Danube . Berger, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , p. 48f.
- Franz Xaver Schweickhardt: Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns . Volume 5., Vienna 1840, p. 250
Web links
- Entry on Parish Church Artstetten in the Austria Forum (chapter sacred buildings).
- The parish church of St. James the Apostle. Ä. (No longer available online.) In: Artstetten Castle website. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012 .
- Descendants of Princess Anna Hohenberg with Count Romée de La Poëze d´Harambure , accessed on January 17, 2014.
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 33.1 ″ N , 15 ° 12 ′ 10.9 ″ E