Filialkirche Vormoos
Feldkirchen bei Mattighofen, Oberösterreich, Österreich
Church of St Stephen
The village of Vormoos lies above Moosdorf, around three kilometres from its mother parish of Feldkirchen. Slightly elevated and surrounded by a cemetery is the filial church of St Stephen the Archmartyr.
The village of Vormoos was first mentioned in 1363 in an Urbarium (a predecessor of our land register) of the Lordship of Friedburg. However, it is not known when the church was built. According to legend, it was built from the remains of the castle in Burgkirchen and consecrated on the second Sunday after Easter in 1400. Even today, church day is still celebrated on this Sunday in Vormoos. The Friday mass was established in 1407.
The south-facing church is a plaster building with a tuff base and has a rusticated blind portal and triangular gable on the north side; the bays on the west and south sides are indicated by pilaster strips, while the vestibule with a cross vault and square stucco is located on the east side. Rectangular windows with round arches at the top and bottom give the room a natural brightness. On the east side of the nave rises the unstructured tower with its eight-sided elevation framed by low supporting pillars. The clock face is attached below the round-arched sound windows with in-situ and wedge stones. The onion dome is covered with sheet iron, while the gabled roof of the nave with three hips above the chancel has a pocket tile and plain tile covering. The church was renovated between 1999 and 2002.
The village of Vormoos lies above Moosdorf, around three kilometres from its mother parish of Feldkirchen. Slightly elevated and surrounded by a cemetery is the filial church of St Stephen the Archmartyr.
The village of Vormoos was first mentioned in 1363 in an Urbarium (a predecessor of our land register) of the Lordship of Friedburg. However, it is not known when the church was built. According to legend, it was built from the remains of the castle in Burgkirchen and consecrated on the second Sunday after Easter in 1400. Even today, church day is still celebrated on this Sunday in Vormoos. The Friday mass was established in 1407.
The south-facing church is a plaster building with a tuff base and has a rusticated blind portal and triangular gable on the north side; the bays on the west and south sides are indicated by pilaster strips, while the vestibule with a cross vault and square stucco is located on the east side. Rectangular windows with round arches at the top and bottom give the room a natural brightness. On the east side of the nave rises the unstructured tower with its eight-sided elevation framed by low supporting pillars. The clock face is attached below the round-arched sound windows with in-situ and wedge stones. The onion dome is covered with sheet iron, while the gabled roof of the nave with three hips above the chancel has a pocket tile and plain tile covering. The church was renovated between 1999 and 2002.
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