Parish Church of St. Veit (Pfarrkirche St. Veit) description and photos - Austria: Krems (Topic)

Parish Church of St. Veit (Pfarrkirche St. Veit) description and photos - Austria: Krems. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Pfarrkirche St. Veit.

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The parish Roman Catholic Church of St. Veit, or in translation from German - the Church of St. Vitus, was built in 1014, which allows us to put forward a hypothesis that this temple is the oldest parish sacred structure in the region. In those days, the St. Faith Church was called "Mother Church". At the beginning of 1178 it was consecrated in honor of St. Vitus.

Only the lower part of the tower, which was built in the 13th century, remained from the medieval church. Due to the poor condition, the church building had to be demolished, and in its place in 1616-1630 a new one was built in accordance with the plans proposed by the Milanese architect Cipriano Biazino.

The facades of the temple are made in the early Baroque style, but the interior is decorated in accordance with the church fashion of the 18th century. Most of the objects in the interior (altar, choir and pulpit) are the work of the sculptor and architect from Passau Josef Matthias Goetz. They date from the first half of the 18th century. The ceiling frescoes were painted in 1787 by Martin Johan Schmidt. On them you can see images of Christian virtues, St. John and All Saints. The image of the Martyrdom of St. Vitus, placed on the high altar, dates from 1734. It was created by Johan Georg Schmidt, the namesake of the decorator of the temple.

The side altars are dedicated to Saint Sebastian and Saint Michael. Of particular delight is the black marble altar on the left side of the transept. It was originally housed in the chapel of the Capuchin monastery and was moved here after the cloister was closed in 1796. On the altar is a small sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary, who holds the Baby Jesus on her lap. This statue was made around 1420. She was considered miraculous by the monks.

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