St. Vitus Chapel (Haselberg)

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Vitus Chapel in Haselberg
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The Veitskapelle is a former castle chapel in the village of Haselberg in the municipality of Irnfritz-Messern in the Horn district in Lower Austria . It is consecrated to St. Vitus and, as a chapel of the parish of Messern, belongs to the deanery of Horn in the diocese of St. Pölten . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).

Location description

The chapel is raised on the local mountain in the middle of the village of Haselberg. The local mountain is separated from the village by a deep ditch.

history

The chapel is a former castle chapel. The former castle was documented as the seat of the Haselbach Foxes from 1290 to 1327 . In 1419 Otto von Maissau's church loan went to the Puchheims at Wildberg Castle . It is subsequently referred to as a parish. In 1672 the church became a branch of the parish of Messern. A restoration took place in 1978.

architecture

Church exterior

The church has a simple exterior, the gable tab does not come from the time of construction and is more recent. The chapel has two pointed arched windows from the 14th century.

Church interior

The church has a gothic choir with a 5/8 end. The Langhausjoch is short and flat covered. Above the choir yoke is a ribbed vault with a round keystone from around 1400. The sacrament niche is ogival. The baptismal font is also Gothic. A shoulder arch portal from around 1400 leads to the barrel vaulted sacristy .

Furnishing

The high altar is a small vine altar with a picture of St. Vitus from 1713. It is flanked by seated angel figures. In the chapel there is also a kneeling figure of St. John Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century.

The bell was cast in the 16th century.

literature

  • DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Lower Austria. North of the Danube. Haselberg. Chapel of St. Vitus. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 400f.

Web links

Commons : Veitskapelle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from February 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), ( CSV ). Federal Monuments Office , as of January 17, 2018.

Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 15 ° 31 ′ 28.9 ″  E