Pfarrkirche Patzmannsdorf, Catholic parish church in Patzmannsdorf, Austria
Pfarrkirche Patzmannsdorf is a parish church building located in the Stronsdorf area of Lower Austria. It features traditional stone construction with a prominent altar and an historic organ inside the sanctuary.
A parish was documented before 1267, and the medieval church was rebuilt in the 17th century and again between 1750 and 1783. The tower of 1700/1720 collapsed in 1938 and was rebuilt; war damage in 1945 led to alterations and an extension. Exterior restoration was completed in 1987.
The church is dedicated to St Martin of Tours, and its high altar shows a painting of Martin framed by a glory of rays, with the figures of Saints Joachim and Anna beside it. The painter Georg Schmal made the Stations of the Cross in 1838. A bell bears the name Christian Berger and the year 1636.
The church stands at the south-eastern edge of Patzmannsdorf, surrounded by the former cemetery and its medieval defensive wall; the old moat in front of the wall was filled in between the second half of the 18th century and the early 20th century. The four-storey west tower with its onion dome marks the entrance side. Visitors should check Mass times beforehand, as services limit access.
The organ was built by Ferdinand Molzer the Younger in 1948 and consecrated in 1951, replacing an instrument by Josef Silberbauer from 1797. A bell in the church bears the name Christian Berger and the year 1636.
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