St. Leonhard, Parish church in Straning-Grafenberg, Austria.
St. Leonhard is a parish church located on a hilltop in Straning-Grafenberg featuring a high nave and multiple entrances. The building displays architectural elements from various periods, with pointed arch windows at the side entrances and a structure shaped by successive construction phases.
A chapel on the Wartberg church hill is documented in 1330. The present church was built in the 16th century as a Gothic hall building with a choir and a projecting Baroque west tower; the west portal dates from around 1725. The parish belongs to the Deanery of Schmidatal in the Archdiocese of Vienna and is a listed monument.
The church is dedicated to Saint Leonard of Limoges and belongs to the Deanery of Schmidatal in the Archdiocese of Vienna. Its Gothic origin is still visible in the tracery windows of the nave and the chapel north of the choir, whose blocked slit window keeps paint traces from the 14th century.
The church stands on the Kirchhügel above the village of Wartberg, in the municipality of Straning-Grafenberg in the Horn district of Lower Austria. The west portal, reached from the village, dates from around 1725 and is framed by stepped pilasters. The building is a protected monument, so the interior should be visited with the discretion due to an active parish church.
The chapel north of the choir has a blocked slit window whose jambs still show paint fragments from the 14th century, the oldest surviving decoration in the building. Its round-arched windows were added at the end of the 17th century.
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