14th-century Austrian architecture

Austrian architecture of the beginning of the 14th century was influenced by two basic trends: the types of churches belonging to begging orders, which had a simple structure and puritan details (e.g.: Krems, Dominican monastery, chancel) and the late classic Gothic architecture with rich details (e.g.: Imbach, St Catherine chapel). Church halls were very popular. The chancel hall of the Heiligenkreutz abbey with a straight closing, built around 1300, formed a new type. The three-nave, fake basilica chancel of the Stephanskirche at Vienna, which was built in the second quarter of the 14th century, was adopted by many architects. The Cistercian church of Zwettl was constructed in a church hall system with a polygonal closing at the chapel-wreath chancel - which could be walked around - at the middle of the century. Church halls with two naves were also wide-spread (Vienna, Augustinerkirche, Georgskapelle). There was a special type of this church, where space was transformed into three naves in the chancel (Enns, Wallseerkapelle). The church hall with a fake walk-round developed from this type (St Lambrecht). The constructions of the longitudinal house of the Stephanskirche in Vienna started in the second half of the 14th century. We can see the influence of the Parler workshop of Prague on this and on the works of the best-known architect of the end of the century, Master Michael (e.g.: Klosterneuburg, Freisingerkapelle).

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