Pfarrkirche Stronsdorf, Gothic parish church in Stronsdorf, Austria.
Pfarrkirche Stronsdorf is a former fortified church on a slight rise at the southern edge of Stronsdorf. Its unrendered ashlar nave, probably Romanesque at its core, has baroque segmental-arch windows and a massive four-storey west tower with a bell-shaped roof. The Gothic choir has stepped buttresses and two-bay pointed-arch windows with trefoil tracery, some bricked up. A medieval defensive wall with the remnant of a semicircular bastion tower survives to the southwest.
The church was founded before 1160 as a parish building and experienced a major fire in 1721 that prompted baroque modifications. Despite interior renovations, the original stone construction remained unchanged.
The chapel altar, donated in 1747 by Hirsch von Stronsdorf, holds a Gothic carved figure of the Virgin and Child from the mid-15th century, flanked by Saints Joachim and Anna. In the choir stands an early 18th-century Crucifixion group with Mary and John. A relief slab of a man with a lance over a lion, around 1200, is set in the side chapel.
The church stands slightly elevated at the southern edge of Stronsdorf, with the medieval defensive wall and the remnant of a semicircular bastion tower to its southwest. The unrendered ashlar masonry and the massive four-storey west tower with its bell-shaped roof make it visible from the village. The north portal, framed by pilasters and a round gable, is the main entrance side.
The organ inside dates to 1750 and was built by a craftsman in Brno following a regional tradition. The instrument was originally made for a different location before being placed in this church.
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