Parish Church of St. Bartholomew and Nicholas (Pfarrkirche hll. Bartholomaeus und Nikolaus) description and photos - Austria: Saalbach - Hinterglemm (Topic)

Parish Church of St. Bartholomew and Nicholas (Pfarrkirche hll. Bartholomaeus und Nikolaus) description and photos - Austria: Saalbach - Hinterglemm. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Pfarrkirche hll. Bartholomaeus und Nikolaus.

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The parish church of Saints Bartholomew and Nicholas stands in the very center of the tiny ski resort of Saalbach - Hinterglemm. She is located on a hill, and therefore the ascent to this church can be quite steep. An old cemetery is laid out around the building.

The church itself is an elegant Baroque building, in the exterior of which the choir towering above the main nave stands out. While the nave itself is not particularly tall or long, the choir room is quite spacious and tall, a couple of levels higher than the nave itself. It is made in a semicircular shape, and long lanceolate windows are cut through the walls. The choirs themselves are crowned with a dome, which sharpens to the very top. Under the choir is an underground chapel and crypt.

The oldest part of the church is its bell tower; it is believed that its lower tiers have been preserved since the Middle Ages and are made in the Gothic style. However, it was greatly increased in size in the 17th century, and in 1777 it was also crowned with an elegant semicircular dome typical of the Austrian Baroque.

The interior of the church is made mainly in the Baroque style. The right side altar was completed earlier than anything else, back in 1691, while the other two altars, including the main altar and the pulpit, were completed in 1720.

The church painted in light yellow is considered a kind of hallmark of this resort. Surrounded by an old cemetery, wooded hills and mountains with snowy peaks, the church seems to be in the center of an amazing landscape, whose beauty attracts thousands of tourists.

Now the church of Saints Bartholomew and Nicholas is considered a monument of history and architecture of Austria and is protected by the state.

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