Gatschach branch church
The Gatschach branch church in the municipality of Weißensee in Carinthia is dedicated to Saint Martin . The church, first mentioned in 1485, was formerly a branch church of Hermagor , then of Weißbriach and from 1782 a curate . Today it belongs to the Waisach parish.
description
The church is a low, late Gothic building that was converted to Baroque style in the 17th century . The church, extended to the west, has an easterly ridge turret with a pointed helmet. To the north of the choir is a sacristy with a portal chamfered with a pointed arch. The roof was re-covered with larch shingles in 1992. During the external restoration in 1995, the early Baroque decor of the 17th century with corner blocks, window sashes and cornices and a late Gothic fresco of Maria lactans from the beginning of the 15th century were restored .
You enter the church through the pointed arched south portal. The nave has a flat roof, the choir vaulted with a groin . Mathias Übelbacher created the rococo altar with column retable and sacrificial portals in 1781. The altarpiece depicting St. Martin was painted by Joseph Köstler in 1783. A late Gothic statuette of St. Barbara stands in the altarpiece . A rural late Baroque seated figure of a Mother of God is placed in a niche to the right of the triumphal arch. The church also has a Gothic font .
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 188.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 12.8 " N , 13 ° 16 ′ 53.3" E