Pfarrkirche Pillichsdorf, Religious monument in Pillichsdorf, Austria.
The Pfarrkirche Pillichsdorf is a church with three naves, where the center section shows Romanesque features and the choir was added in the 15th century in Gothic style. The building reflects different periods of its development, with a tower that shapes the village skyline.
The parish of Pillichsdorf is thought to have been founded around 1050 and later passed to the Diocese of Passau. From at least 1330 until 1724 Pillichsdorf and Ulrichskirchen formed a double deanery, created to give the dean a larger income. The parish church itself is one of the oldest and largest in the region, with Romanesque parts of the nave from the first half of the 13th century.
The parish takes its name from Saint Martin of Tours, to whom the church is dedicated. From the Middle Ages until 1995 Pillichsdorf was the seat of a deanery, and from at least 1330 to 1724 the double deanery of Pillichsdorf-Ulrichskirchen existed to give the dean a larger income. In the Middle Ages several professors of the University of Vienna served as deans here.
The church stands free at the southern edge of Pillichsdorf and was formerly surrounded by a cemetery. The 45-metre tower is connected to the nave by two buttresses and masonry; its lowest storey dates from 1508, and a hexagonal stair turret from 1509 is attached on the north-east side. Several baroque gravestones from 1733, 1778 and 1798 are set into the exterior wall.
The tower's lowest storey dates from 1508, the first upper storey from 1511, and the second and third were added in the two following years. A hexagonal stair turret from 1509 is attached to its northeast side, and the baroque spire was first built in 1725 and renewed in 1803, 1880 and 1971.
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