Wayside shrine at the Heiligenblut Church

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The wayside shrine at the Heiligenblutkirche in Voitsberg - in September 2013

The wayside shrine at the Heiligenblutkirche is located in the town of Voitsberg in the Voitsberg district in western Styria ( Austria ). The origins of the wayside shrine probably go back to the middle of the 16th century. The wayside shrine is a listed building .

Location

The wayside shrine stands on a small hill a few meters south of Josef-Radkohl-Strasse and a little southwest of the Heiligenblut Church .

history

The shape of the wayside shrine suggests that it originates from around 1550. However, there is only reliable evidence from the years 1681/82. Originally there was a pope figure in the niche of the wayside shrine , but it was stolen around 1970. The wayside shrine was renovated in 1975 and 2002. During the last renovation work, a new figure of a saint was placed in the wayside shrine and the upper part turned so that the niche can be seen from the street.

description

The stone, late Gothic wayside shrine has an eight-sided foot and has a carved coat of arms of the city of Voitsberg under the niche. In the niche there is a statue of the holy Dismas designed by Michael Koschir in 2002 .

Say

According to a legend, a golden deer is buried in the hill under the wayside shrine. Another legend says that the city of Voitsberg was once much larger and that the wayside shrine marks the place where the city limits ran before the outbreak of the plague.

literature

  • Gottfried Allmer: Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings-church history . Ed .: Römisch-Katholisches Stadtpfarramt Voitsberg. tape 3 . Voitsberg 2012, p. 154 .

Web links

Commons : wayside shrine at the Heiligenblutkirche  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Styria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of May 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 28, 2013 (PDF).
  2. ↑ a b Ernst Lasnik : Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings . tape 1 . Municipality of Voitsberg, Voitsberg 2012, p. 220 .
  3. ↑ a b c Gottfried Allmer: Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings-church history . Ed .: Römisch-Katholisches Stadtpfarramt Voitsberg. tape 3 . Voitsberg 2012, p. 154 .
  4. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 586 .
  5. ^ Wolfgang Morscher: The plague in Voitsberg. In: Sagen.at. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 18.3 ″  N , 15 ° 10 ′ 3.6 ″  E