Filialkirche Edling (Spittal an der Drau)
The Roman Catholic branch church Edling in the village of Edling in the district capital Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia is dedicated to St. Thomas . Until the Josephine reforms at the end of the 18th century, the church was a branch church of the Molzbichl parish , then a branch church of the Spittal parish .
Building
The church is a small originally Gothic complex that was later changed to Baroque style and the tower was built in 1851. The nave was extended in 1977 according to plans by Erich Roppatsch. The low, elongated building with arched windows has a recessed, lower choir with a five-eighth end. A late Gothic star rib vault rises above this late Gothic choir, and the single nave nave has a flat Baroque ceiling. The five glass windows designed by Giselbert Hoke in 1977 symbolize the seven sacraments .
Facility
The three altars are decorated with rich acanthus decoration. The high altar, created in 1725 with heavy column architecture, houses a statue of Our Lady with child in the arched central niche, flanked by Saints Florian and Johannes Nepomuk . The top picture shows Saint Thomas, next to it are the sculptures of Saints Agatha and Apollonia .
The left side altar bears a picture of Mariahilf , which was painted in 1725 after the miraculous picture by Lukas Cranach in Innsbruck Cathedral . His top picture depicts Saint Anthony of Padua . The painted antependium depicting a protective cloak Madonna from the second half of the 18th century was added later.
On the right altar is a mercy seat painting in acanthus frame.
In the nave there are two oil paintings, an unbelieving Thomas from 1755 and a Christ fallen under the cross from the first third of the 18th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 102.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 47 ′ 33.4 " N , 13 ° 30 ′ 49.4" E