Parish church Dornbirn-Hatlerdorf, Romanesque Revival parish church in Hatlerdorf, Dornbirn, Austria
The Parish Church Dornbirn-Hatlerdorf is a church building in the Hatlerdorf district featuring Romanesque Revival architecture with rounded arches, thick walls, and symmetrical design in the Munich round arch style. The structure serves as a protected monument and houses an active parish community with various groups for children, youth, and families.
Hatlerdorf belonged for centuries to the parish of St. Martin until a first church, consecrated to St. Leopold, was built in 1790 near today's Hatler Brunnen; only a wayside cross marks its site. A chaplaincy followed in 1791, raised to an expositur in 1846 and to an independent parish in 1896. The present church was built from 1860 to 1866 to plans by Bavarian court building inspector Eduard Riedel.
The barrel-vaulted hall was painted between 1890 and 1892 following a theological programme devised by the Hatler parish priest Ferdinand Gierer. The Swabian painter Hermann Lang executed the figures, while the Württemberg artist Hans Martin was responsible for the decorative painting. The church is dedicated to Saint Leopold, patron of the parish since the first chapel of 1790.
The church stands on the old country road in the historic centre of Hatlerdorf, south of the Dornbirner Ach; a wayside cross marks the site of the 1790 chapel nearby. The building is a protected monument, so visits are tied to service times; check the parish's current opening hours before setting out.
The 1790 bell by Kaspar Gunz is not the only old fitting: the organ was built in 1879 by the Gebrüder Mayer firm and rebuilt in 1965, and the side altars and three chandeliers were installed in 1909 and 1913. The sculptor Herbert Albrecht made the altar mensa.
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