St. Vitus Chapel (Haselberg)
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
Individual evidence
- ^ 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