Parish Church of St. Stephan (Braunau)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Stephan is a landmark of the city of Braunau am Inn and with its 87 m high tower has one of the highest church towers in Austria.
Typologically, the building follows the tradition of the Landshut building school and, in terms of the vaulting, is related to or exemplary for the St. John's Church in Dingolfing , the Heilig Geist Spitalkirche in Landshut or the St. Nikolaus parish church in Eggenfelden . The floor plan of the nave again shows the influence of Landshut Martinskirche .
Building history
The guild and handicraft church Sankt Stephan was built between 1439 and 1466. Before (1238) there was already a chapel there. The Braunau parish church is one of the most important late Gothic church buildings in Austria, its original design has been completely preserved. The main builder was Stephan Krumenauer († 1461). The builders were the city's guilds . The late Gothic three-aisled hall church has two rows of six side chapels each, donated by the guilds. All but one chapel were partially or completely redesigned in Baroque style, only the baker's chapel has been preserved in the Gothic style, as the bakers' guild lacked money. The artistic net vault of the church is attributed in the art historical literature to the master craftsman Hans Wechselberger and accordingly also referred to as Wechselberger figuration . although this was not the first master to use this figuration.
The foundation stone for the Sankt Stephan church tower was laid in 1492. The lower six floors of the tower are Gothic. 1635–1646 the upper floor was added. The octagonal tower and the baroque helmet were built in 1745–1759.
Until 1779, St. Stephan was a member of the Ranshofen monastery , after which it became an independent parish.
Dimensions
- Length without tower: 60 m
- Length with tower: 67 m
- Width: 25 m
- Main nave height: 20 m
- Height of the tower: 87 m
The tower of the Braunau parish church is often incorrectly referred to as the third tallest church tower in Austria. The three tallest church towers in Austria are in Vienna ( St. Stephen's Cathedral ), Linz ( Mary Conception Cathedral ) and Graz ( Herz-Jesu-Kirche ). The height of the steeple of the Braunau parish church is repeatedly incorrectly stated as 96 or even 99 m, which is due to a calculation error in the 19th century, which (also in the specialist literature, for example in the church guide listed below under "Literature") is accepted unchecked. According to the Braunau land surveying office, the correct height of the tower is 87 m.
organ
The main organ of the parish church was built in 1995 by Metzler Orgelbau . The slider chest instrument has 46 stops on three manuals and a pedal .
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gallery
Epitaph for the Passau bishop Friedrich Mauerkircher
Grave slab of Hans Staininger on the outer wall
literature
- Max Eitzlmayr: St. Stephan parish church. (Church leader)
Individual evidence
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 27 ″ N , 13 ° 2 ′ 2 ″ E