Pfarrkirche Neusiedl an der Zaya

The parish church of Neusiedl an der Zaya stands on slightly higher ground in the south-east of the small town in the Gänserndorf district of Lower Austria. It belongs to the Zistersdorf deanery in the Archdiocese of Vienna and is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. The church has a medieval core hidden beneath its Baroque exterior and has been protected as a listed monument since the 18th century.

The building’s history begins with a Gothic structure that was enlarged in 1740 with a Baroque nave. In 1844 the church was extended again, and the parish itself was founded in 1784. The west front shows typical Baroque features with pilasters and rounded windows under a curved gable. Inside, the four-bay nave is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes, while the narrower choir at the east end has a flat-plate vault and a sacristy on the north side.

Visitors enter through the west door into a space lit by both Baroque and Gothic windows. The high altar of 1847 displays a painting of Saints Peter and Paul by Thomas Marzik, flanked by statues from the late 18th century. The late-Baroque side altars carry figures of the Immaculate Conception and the Sacred Heart, and the pulpit shows reliefs of the four Apostles. The organ, built in 1902, completes the furnishings, while the 1924 Stations of the Cross by Max Wampotitz line the walls.