Branch church Gösseling
The Roman Catholic branch church of Gösseling in the municipality of St. Georgen am Längsee is dedicated to St. Michael . It belongs to the parish of Launsdorf . In a document, the construction of the former parish church is described as completed in 1534. In 1781 Gösseling was still mentioned as a parish.
description
The church, which is surrounded by a cemetery wall, is a late Gothic building from the first third of the 16th century. The tower in the southern corner of the choir has round-arched sound openings and is crowned by an eight-sided pointed helmet. The sacristy is on the north side of the choir. On the nave, remains of a painted tracery frieze, painted, Gothic architectural decor and on the gable of the west facade are preserved joint paintings. The chamfered, late Gothic west portal is protected by a 20th century vestibule. A comprehensive exterior renovation will take place in 2016.
In the nave, a mesh vault with stuccoed ridges and tartlets rests on polygonal wall pillars. The pointed, chamfered triumphal arch connects the nave with the choir, which has been raised by five steps and is shifted to the south off the axis. In the one-yoke choir with a five-eighth closing, a ribbed vault rises on circular services . A late Gothic pointed arch portal with an iron plate door leads into the sacristy.
Facility
The figures of Saints Michael, Barbara , Matthäus , Notburga and Isidore stand on the baroque high altar with sacrificial portals . The group of figures in the essay shows the coronation of Mary . The altar was built in 1755 and restored in 1972.
The left side altar, a Marian altar, was built in 1753. In the shrine of the baroque altar there is a crowned Madonna with a crowned child on her arm. Assistant figures on the left are St. Barbara , quite a saint with a book and a martyr's palm. The painting in the essay shows a Maria Immaculata . The altar is crowned by a half- length figure of God the Father .
The right side altar, built around 1660, shows the stoning of St. Stephen . In the shrine of the small countertop shrine in the blown- gable is a statue of St. Anthony of Padua .
Of the late Baroque pulpit from around 1770, only the basket is left and serves as an announcement desk . The four evangelists are represented in the four fields .
The church also features a late Gothic baptismal font , a stone holy water basin from 1645 and baroque church stalls.
Reticulated vault
Mary Altar
Stephanus altar
Annunciation desk
Holy water font from 1645
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 220 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 46 ′ 23.4 " N , 14 ° 29 ′ 14" E