Anna Church (Passail)
The branch church of St. Anna is a Roman Catholic church on the Lindenberg hill in the market town of Passail in Styria.
According to an indication on the fron arch, the church was built in 1510. The three-bay nave with a parallel rib vault is followed by a choir of the same width with a three-eighth end and mesh rib vault , with all ribs resting on polygonal wall services . A late Gothic spiral staircase in the southwest corner of the nave leads to the wooden organ gallery. The gallery soffit shows a field painting with a plant pattern and grisaille , in the middle the coat of arms and the inscription M. Mathias Ignatius Zusser, Pastor of Passail 1657. On the west wall are late Gothic stonemasons with some inscriptions Maister hanns W .... paumaister. There are two late Gothic nave portals, in the south and in the west. The west portal has tympanum figures from 1833. The sacristy attached to the south of the nave and choir with an entrance from the choir is from 1648. The roof turret is from the 19th century.
The high altar in the cartilage style from the middle of the 17th century was covered in 1893 by the gilder Wilhelm Sirach. There are two side altars and a pulpit. On the front arch are the figures of Saint Sebastian from the 17th century and Saint Florian from the 18th century. A carved choir stool is from 1664, a bell from 1696.
literature
- Dehio Styria (excluding Graz) 1982 , Passail, Filialkirche hl. Anna am Lindenberg, page 353.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 58.4 " N , 15 ° 30 ′ 20.1" E