Aigen im Ennstal branch church

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Filial church hl. Florian in Aigen im Ennstal
Figural crucified Jesus , lecture cross by Bernward Schmid OSB , around 1992
Interior view of the branch church

The Roman Catholic branch church of Aigen im Ennstal is located in Aigen im Ennstal in the municipality of Aigen im Ennstal in Styria . The church is dedicated to St. Florian . It is a branch church of the Irdning parish belonging to the dean's office of Upper Ennstal - Styrian Salzkammergut in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church is a listed building .

history

The branch church was built from 1990 to 1992 according to plans by the architect Volker Giencke on the thoroughfare of the village of Aigen. On May 3, 1992 the branch church was consecrated by Bishop Johann Weber . As part of a project to renew the village of Lebendiges Zentrum Aigen with the architects Erwin Egger and Gerhard Kreiner, a new town center was built by 2007 around a newly designed village square next to the church.

architecture

The church building has a bulging, green roof made of wood, which is drained via the eaves into a stream flowing past, which borders the building. The edge of the roof is made up of sheet steel cassettes, which form the static connection between the wooden beams and the load-bearing steel supports. The pastoral house built on as a steel structure has a facade made of larch wood and glass. The steel structure of the free-standing church tower is clad with glass and has the plan of a warped square. The tower is 32 m high, has a wider base and closes with a bell room at the top. The artistic glass design was created by the artist Fritz Panzer from Graz.

Furnishing

The lecture cross next to the altar of figural Jesus crucified on a cross made of metal tubes with a colored circular ring made of enamel was created by the Seckau Benedictine monk , lay brother and blacksmith Bernward Schmid OSB .

literature

  • Aigen im Ennstal, Roman Catholic branch church. Pp. 270-277. In: Constantin Gegenhuber: Built prayers. Christian sacred architecture. New buildings in Austria 1990 - 2011. Art guide, Verlag Anton Pustet , Salzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7025-0632-2 .

Web links

Commons : St. Florian, Aigen im Ennstal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 31 ′ 16.1 ″  N , 14 ° 8 ′ 37.4 ″  E