Branch church Götzing

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Catholic branch church hl. John the Baptist in Götzing

The Roman Catholic branch church Götzing is located in Götzing in the town of Hermagor-Pressegger See in the Hermagor district in Carinthia . The branch church of St. John the Baptist of the parish church Egg belongs to the deanery Hermagor / Šmohor in the diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).

history

The church was first mentioned in a document in 1701.

architecture

The church is a small, late Gothic complex. The church consists of a three-bay nave, a single-bay choir with a three-eighth end and an open pillar vestibule the width of a nave. To the north of the choir is a wooden tower with a pointed gable helmet. The bell was cast by Mathias Landsmann in 1693. The chamfered, ogival west portal has a carved early baroque door. Next to the west portal is a brick table for offerings (altar?).

A shallow barrel with a decorative, Gothic rib network rises above the nave and the choir . The large baroque west gallery stands on wooden supports. A round arch portal on the north wall of the choir leads into the sacristy on the tower ground floor. The nave has high arched windows, the sacristy two large pointed arch windows.

Furnishing

The high altar , created around 1700, shows the holy clan on the altar sheet . The two side altars are from the same period. The middle picture of the left altar shows St. Florian , the upper picture shows St. George . On the right altar the princes of the apostles Peter and Paul can be seen in the main picture and St. Florian on the upper picture. The 17th century prayer chairs are adorned with floral decorations.

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 223 f.

Web links

Commons : Church in Götzing (Hermagor)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 52.8 "  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 52"  E