The main altar has a Classicist character
and shows Christ's death at the Calvary. Under the tympanum it reads Sic
Deus dilexit mundum (for God so loved the world). The finely elaborated
pulpit with angels holding a heart in flames and an anchor on its side and
angels holding the tables of the Ten Commandments at its crown has a Baroque
effect. The gracious carving of the pulpit is made from lime-tree and depicts
the Good Shepherd sowing seeds. The Baroque-style font of the apse was made in
the 18th century. John the Baptist pours laver on kneeling Jesus
with a wide movement. On the left wall of the apse are Baroque-style pictures
of Saint George and Saint Cecile, as well as notary György Gyomlai's votive
pictures from 1864 but, in fact, they might have been painted earlier. The
right-side wall of the apse has a slightly damaged, lively arranged picture of
the Three Magi and the picture of the Holy Trinity hanging next to it is a more
traditional piece.
The altar of Saint Joseph located at the left wall of the nave has a Baroque
style, the two supporting figures, the father of the church and the nun are
good-quality sculptures, probably made by the Zichy family's own sculptor. The
figure of the opposite - right-side - John of Nepomuk with the surrounding
angels is a successful piece. The cingulum painted on the neck of the saint
indicates that he is a victim of the seal of confession. The altar of Saint
Sebastian at the right side of the nave is characteristic of the 19th
century. The two supporting figures - Wendelin of Trier and Roch - are the
saints of Budaörs. Wendelin is the saint of farmers and shepherds while the
classicizing figure of Roch, patron saint of the plague-stricken, reminds of
the epidemic in 1739. The dog fetching bread in its mouth reminds of helping
the plague-stricken. The predella of the altar has a successful painting of
suffering Christ. The main picture of the opposite, right-side altar depicts
Magdalena with Saint Elisabeth and Hungarian-born Scottish Saint Marguerite
next to her - both saints being protectors of the poor. Music-playing Baroque
angels of the organ-case remind of the angels, carved by Sebestyén Stuhlhof, of
the Tihany Abbey, and the organ used to be even richer in terms of figures
before it was rebuilt. The four fresco sections of the ceiling - John of
Nepomuk, Saint Dominic, the ascension of Christ and Moses with the snake on the
last fresco - show that the church used to be much more colourful. Moses could
very well be a symbol of Budaörs people looking for a new home. The small
Baroque tower of the church reminds of the first church.
The commemorative sculpture situated in the church
garden - a soldier falling in the arms of Christ - was made by János Pásztor in
1925. Since June 1992, this has been supplemented by a row of inscriptions „In
memory of our dead", placed ovally behind the sculpture and containing 16
tables with 475 names of people deported, displaced and died in World War II.
The row of tables harmonising with the main sculpture was made by György
Balassa, of Vörösvár, with the joint help of Budaörs people living in Germany
and locals.
Roman Catholic church
German settlers built their first church between 1738 and 1752 at the location of the royal chapel from the Árpád Age. The present church was built between 1801 and 1810. Its patron saint is John of Nepomuk. Architectural styles of these two ages form a uniform internal space, Baroque-style details live together with classicising details.
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