Kathreinkogel branch church

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Church on Kathreinkogel 01.jpg
Christophorus sculpture by Lobisser

The Roman Catholic branch church Kathreinkogel is on the Kathreinkogel ( 772  m above sea level ) in the community of Schiefling am Wörthersee . St. Kathrein was first mentioned in documents in 1385 and 1507. The church, which originally belonged to the Keutschach parish, has been a branch of St. Egyden since 1772. In 1990 excavations found the remains of the rectangular, Romanesque choir and the foundation of the altar directly in front of today's high altar . The small stone figure of St. Christopher northeast of the church was created by Switbert Lobisser in 1935 .

Building description

The church consists of a single nave, Romanesque nave and a late Gothic choir with a five-eighth end . This has large pointed arch tracery windows, their tracery is partially destroyed. The wooden roof turret is crowned by a pointed gable helmet. The simple, Gothic portal on the north side has a door with Gothic iron fittings. The western vestibule is covered with wooden shingles. To the right of the arched entrance portal is a sacrificial niche with a keel arch closure and a late Gothic braided ornament as well as an ornamental arch , to the left of the portal a mural of St. Catherine.

  • Sacrificial niche in the outer wall to the right of the entrance portal (see text)

  • Mural of St. Katharina to the left of the entrance portal

Inside, a pointed triumphal arch connects the flat-roofed nave and the choir with a ribbed vault resting on circular services and head consoles. On the north wall of the nave, a fresco from the second half of the 14th century with the train and the Adoration of the Magi was uncovered in 1937 .

Facility

The high altar from 1720 with twisted columns carries a baroque statue of St. Catherine and two rural figures of St. Florian . The reliquary of the high altar shows a seal of Lavant Bishop Erhard Paumgartner . The left side altar is composed of a pedestal from the beginning of the 18th century and a fragment of a Gothic pointed arch window. The 17th century altarpiece shows a Maria Immaculata . The right side altar bears a popular, baroque figure of St. John Nepomuk .

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 749.

Web links

Commons : Filialkirche St. Katharina, Kathreinkogel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 35 ′ 10.3 "  N , 14 ° 4 ′ 28.5"  E