St. Nikolaus (Niederheldenstein)
The Filialkirche St. Nikolaus is the Catholic village church of Niederheldenstein , a district of the municipality of Heldenstein (Upper Bavaria).
history
The church that exists today was built in the 17th century on the remains of a previous late Romanesque building.
description
A tower with an onion dome is in front of the small hall with a retracted rectangular choir .
The decor of the simple building includes a painted wooden figure about 110 centimeters high that depicts the risen Christ. The very manual work was created around 1530.
literature
- The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria from the eleventh to the end of the eighteenth century. Volume 1: Gustav von Bezold, Berthold Riehl, Georg Hager: The art monuments of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria. Part 3: District offices of Mühldorf, Altötting, Laufen, Berchtesgaden. Verlag der Vereinigte Kunstanstalten, Munich 1905.
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 52.9 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 45.6 ″ E