Amstetten (Lower Austria), Kirche zum Heiligen Franz von Assisi, la chiesa al San Francesco d'Assisi, la iglesia al Santo Francisco de Asís, l'église au Saint François d'Assise, the church to Saint Francis of Assisi, Franciszek z Asyżu (Klosterstraße)

Monastery Church of the School Sisters
Interior of the abbey church of the School Sisters
The monastery church of the School Sisters is a Roman Catholic church in the Lower Austrian town of Amstetten. It is dedicated to the Saint Francis of Assisi.
History
The Church of the School Sisters was built in 1898 /99 by the Amstettner company Schreihofer-Gerlacher according to the plans of the Viennese chief engineer Heinrich Holzeland, who at the same time held the construction management.
The for the Sisters of the III. Order of Saint Francis built convent building was, however, already on 18th April 1876 handed over to its tenants; the grounds for it the farmer Johann Datzberger (1823-1905) from Gießhübl had donated. The congregation gradually enlarged the building to its current extent: Today it offers space for a primary and high school, a domestic science school, a trade school for business professions and an educational institution for kindergarten teachers. In addition, it houses since 1938 the headquarters of the religious community.
On 23rd December 2012 was carried out an arson attack on the monastery church, by which the religious building encountered serious damages.
Architecture and Equipment
The church with a hexagonal floor plan presents itself as a brick building in neo-Romanesque style, while the associated monastery building is a purely functional one. The of four different kinds of marble composed high altar is the work of the Viennese company Eduard Hauser, side altars and the pulpit are carvings by Ferdinand Stuflesser from Val Gardena. The of Untersberger marble made People's altar was set up in the course of the church renovation in 1985. Pews, wooden ceiling and choir parapet come from the Weyrer company Schönthaler, the design of the stained glass windows took over the company Schiller from Vienna.
The with pictures and ornaments adorned walls were designed in 1904 by the Melker painter Rupert Lorenz. In the chancel there is a representation of the Apostles, while the pictures on the front section are referring to the youth work of the sisters: Laterally left above the pulpit the Divine friend of children is shown, to the right of it the scene of the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple is to see, on the other side Maria sacrifice is depicted.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klosterkirche_der_Schulschwestern

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