City parish church Rohrbach
The Roman Catholic parish church Rohrbach is a listed building in Rohrbach-Berg in the Mühlviertel . The main church of the city of Rohrbach is slightly elevated to the north-east of the town square and is consecrated to the holy Apostle James the Elder . The church is considered to be one of the most important baroque buildings north of the Danube and is located on the Jakobsweg section, which leads from Český Krumlov via Schlägl Abbey to Passau ( Jakobsweg Oberes Mühlviertel ). The 75 meter high church tower dominates the Rohrbach townscape.
history
After Rohrbach was laid out around 1200, the parish church was first mentioned in 1303. At that time it was incorporated into the Passau diocese , and Schlägl Abbey has been responsible for the church since 1319 . This first wooden church was destroyed by the Hussites in 1427.
In 1450 the parish under Pastor Wolfgang Perger built a late Gothic church. In 1446 Perger was able to obtain an indulgence for everyone who supported the construction. At that time the church tower was built as a defensive structure. The church became too small and dilapidated, which is why several chapels (Herleinsperger, Rödern and Götzendorfer) were added. After two people were injured by falling stones in 1686, renovations were carried out. Since the situation did not improve, a new building was built.
The third, today's parish church was built under the pastor Wilhelm Kammerruck and the Schlägler Abbot Michael Felder by the builder Carlo Antonio Carlone between 1697 and 1700 in the Baroque style. The old building and the chapels were completely removed before the new building. The interior of the church was created between 1700 and 1740.
Church interior
The east-facing nave is covered by a four- bay barrel vault and has windows facing north, east and south. The front arch and the presbytery show rich stucco, the ceiling, however, has no stucco, probably a ceiling fresco was planned as in the church Maria Trost . A Way of the Cross from 1910 with 14 stations is attached to the pillars. The current pews are the work of the Schlägler carpenter Anton Simmel from 1932.
The presbytery extends over two bays and has choir stalls from 1720 built by Hans Georg Stempel . To the south of the presbytery is the Anna chapel, opposite the sacristy . A spiral staircase leads from the sacristy to the oratory above , the so-called Götzendorfer Oratorio. The coat of arms of Schlägl Abbey has been above the entrance to the sacristy since 1862, previously the coat of arms of the Oedt family on Götzendorf was attached here.
The high altar is in the apse and dominates the church. The altarpiece of the Assumption of the Virgin comes from the Spital am Pyhrn Abbey and was created by Antonio Bellucci . The top picture shows the Holy Trinity. The candlesticks with candle-bearing angels (left: Apostle Jakobus; right: Apostle Matthias) come from the Linz sculptor Leopold Mühl from the year 1710. To the right of the high altar is the life-size relief image of Baron Sebastian von Oedt at the castle Götzendorf (died 1583).
The southern wall is decorated with three side altars. The eastern one is the Johannes Altar, the middle one the St. George's Altar and the western one the All Souls Altar. The Johannes altar shows a picture of the Evangelist Johannes. The St. George's Altar stands on the site of the former St. George's Chapel, belongs to the benefice of the same name and shows a portrait of the dragon slayer Georg. The All Souls Altar shows all saints as intercessors for poor souls. On the north wall, next to the pulpit, there is the Katharina Altar, the Marien Altar and the Weather Lord Altar. The pulpit of the church is a work by Hans Georg Stempel from 1709. The frame of the pulpit shows the four evangelists, the sound cover shows the apostles and Jesus Christ with two angels. The Katharinen Altar shows the martyrdom of Saint Catherine. The Marien Altar, the most beautiful side altar in the church, shows how rosaries are presented to the people. The main portrait of the weather lords altar is a picture of the martyr Donatus with statues of the martyrs Florian and Paulus.
The western yoke connects to the tower and is designed as a gallery . Only since 1969 has there been an entrance on the north wall below the gallery; previously the Altar of the Seven Sorrows of Mary was located here. Today the altar is in the chapel of the dead. The main entrance from the south bears the coat of arms of Abbot Michael Felder and has a wooden gate from 1969.
organ
The organ is located above the gallery . The first organ was documented in 1599, the current one dates from 1970 and was built by the Swiss organ building company Oscar Metzler & Sons in the existing organ prospectus by JI Egedacher from 1721. The slider chest instrument has 24 sounding stops on two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical.
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Anna Chapel
The Anna Chapel is a former crypt chapel of the Counts of Rödern from Berg Castle, built around 1700. It is located south of the presbytery and is connected to it by a wrought iron lattice. The chapel was built to replace the demolished Rödern chapel.
The altar made by Sebastian Berck around 1700 shows the altarpiece by Anna Selbdritt with a rich stucco frame (angels and acanthus fronds). Below the chapel, closed off by a stone slab, is the family crypt of the Counts of Rödern. This is currently not accessible (as of May 2009) and was last opened during renovations in 1898 and 1957. A spiral staircase leads from the chapel to the oratory above.
Church exterior
On the southern outer wall is the war memorial for the fallen of the First World War, which is decorated by the Archangel Michael. The church stands within a row of houses and the church is surrounded by several oaks , including the Kaiser Jubilee Oak from 1898. The new funeral hall is located northwest of the church. There is another war memorial between the church and the rectory for those who fell in the Rohrbach parish in World War II.
The originally 90 × 110 meter square was reduced to its present size around 1320 by houses along the cemetery wall. The cemetery existed around the church until 1822. After the cemetery on Haslacher Straße (today: the location of the District Chamber of Farmers) was too damp, the current location, known as the Spital grounds, was consecrated in 1853. In 1952 it was enlarged to 400 square meters.
Steeple
The 75 meter high church tower is the landmark of the church and the city of Rohrbach and is one of the highest church towers in Upper Austria. The lower floors date from around 1450, the upper floors are likely to have been built in the first half of the 16th century. The steeple was completed in 1877.
Bells
The four bells all come from the St. Florian bell foundry and replace the previous bell . The bells were consecrated on December 4, 1949.
| No. | Surname | Nominal |
Weight (kg) |
Height (cm) |
| 1 | James | dis 1 | 1188 | 129 |
| 2 | Florian | f sharp 1 | 655 | 110 |
| 3 | Leonhard | g sharp 1 | 472 | 98 |
| 4th | Joseph | h 1 | 305 | 83 |
See also
literature
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , p. 678ff
- Pichler, Isfried Hermann: Parish church Rohrbach. Small guide through the parish church with historical notes on the origin of the market and the Rohrbach parish , Rohrbach 1973.
Individual evidence
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '22 " N , 13 ° 59' 28" E