Branch church Gablern
The Roman Catholic branch church in Gablern in the Eberndorf parish is consecrated to the apostles John and Paul . The church, first mentioned in a document in 1454, belongs to the Eberndorf parish .
Building description
The church is a simple, essentially Romanesque building with baroque changes. The nave is crowned by a brick roof turret. The retracted choir with a straight end has a groined vault like the baroque sacristy built on the north side . In the nave, the wooden flat ceiling with ornament fields was painted in 1688 by Georg Matthäus Altendorffer with an annunciation scene . The frescoes in the choir from the late 13th and early 14th centuries were uncovered in 1979.
Facility
The high altar from 1617 with the painted depiction of the handkerchief of Veronica contains the neo-baroque sculptures of the two church saints in the central niche.
The right side altar from the 17th century consists of an aedicule on a small base and a top with a cartilage border and a blown triangular gable . The altar bears the statue of James the Elder from the 17th century and shows St. Lawrence on the top picture .
The church also features sculptures of St. Agatha from the 17th century and St. Alexius from the mid-18th century, as well as a processional pole with the figure of St. Barbara from the mid-18th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 183.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Jauntaler Kulturwanderungen - An art-historical companion through the Völkermarkt district. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2001, ISBN 3-85366-977-8 , p. 30.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 35 ′ 31.3 " N , 14 ° 39 ′ 46.5" E