Antonius Church (Graz)

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Antonius Church

The Anthony's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the first Grazer district Inner City . It is located on the eastern slope of the Schlossberg next to the Styrian Folklore Museum in Paulustorgasse . It is subordinate to the parish Graz-Dom , which belongs to the dean's office Graz-Mitte of the city ​​church Graz .

History and design

The church belongs to the first Styrian settlement of the Capuchins , which was built between 1600 and 1602.

The current location was in the Paulustor suburb at the time of construction . On August 8, 1600, 10,000 Protestant books and writings were burned there. This event marked the end of the expulsion of the Protestants from the city of Graz. Only two days later, the papal nuncio erected a wooden cross at that point and laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Antonius Church. The church is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua . In the course of the Josephine reforms , the Capuchin monastery was closed in 1786 and used as a psychiatric institution from then on. After the construction of a special hospital in Graz-Straßgang , the Folklore Museum moved into the premises of the former monastery in 1913. The Antoniuskirche can only be recognized from the outside through the staircase and the simple gable facade with a round window.

layout

The medium-sized rectangular building has a smooth main facade with a triangular gable, in the center axis of which a round window is let. The single nave nave has three yokes. In the barrel vaulted church there is an elaborately designed, baroque high altar. The altarpiece, painted in 1602 by the court artist Giovanni Pietro de Pomis - he was the architect of the mausoleum and the Katharinenkirche in Graz - glorifies the Counter-Reformation and represents a request for a blessing for the founding of the monastery.

Another picture by De Pomis, originally intended for the no longer existing Poor Clare Church, shows Archduchess Maria , the founder of the Poor Clare Monastery in Paradeis. The Christ Child, sitting in his mother's lap, raises his hand over the Archduchess in a blessing.

In addition to simply designed stalls (18th century) and two marble holy water basins (17th century), there is a wooden crucifix by Alexander Silveri , the pulpit (around 1775/80) with a curved basket and acoustic roof, two side altars and a late Baroque tabernacle in the interior contain.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish Graz-Dom , catholic-kirche-steiermark.at> Stadtkirche Graz> Dekanat Graz-Mitte
  2. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 29.
  3. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 30.

Web links

Commons : Antoniuskirche, Graz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 29.4 "  N , 15 ° 26 ′ 22.5"  E