St. Andrä - Wördern, Lower Austria, Austria
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The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Andrew in front of the Hagentale increases on the southwest outskirts of the lichen Lower Austrian market town of St. Andrew-Wördern. It belongs to the deanery of the diocese of St. Poelten Tulln and is dedicated to Saint Andrew.

The three naves is a dreijochigen Gothic hall of the 14th Century, whose core is Romanesque, and a einjochigen annex to the west. The spacious chancel has a Gothic 5/8-Schluss. The five-story Gothic tower, north of the chancel is a square with a side length of about 7 meters and a height of 42 meters (including the number sign). On the ground floor of the tower is the sacristy. The Gothic chapel of Thomas on the north side of the left aisle has a 5/8-Schluss and a ribbed vault.

In the course of restoration after the war against the Turks made several Baroque alterations and extensions such as the south-facing Lourdes Chapel, the west gallery and lower extensions on the north side of the nave.

The high altar was built during the Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th Century. The altarpiece is by Edward Swoboda of 1836. The two life-size figures on the side of the altar represent the St. Lawrence of Rome (left) and St. Stephen (right) was dar. The Tabernacle building in 1784 by the Viennese secularized "the monastery gates of heaven" was purchased. In addition, there are altars to the Marienplatz in the north aisle altar with a statue of the "Bavarian Madonna" and the Sacred Heart altar in the south aisle, which was originally a Pestaltar, and the two altars in the chapels.

The organ with 930 pipes was built in 1984 and was made by Kremser organ builder Friedrich Heftner. The tower contains five bells, four recent and a 600-pound bell with more than a meter in diameter from Vienna bell founder Mathias Glaser of 1690.

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