Branch church Kleinsöding
The Church of St. Sebastian is a Roman Catholic branch church in the village of Kleinsöding in the municipality of Söding-Sankt Johann in western Styria . It is subordinate to the parish church Mooskirchen . Its history goes back to the beginning of the 16th century. To this day, processions from the surrounding villages take place every year on Easter Sunday in memory of the plague.
history
According to a document from the diocese of Seckau, the church was probably built on the site of a small plague shrine in 1508. The money for the construction of the church was collected through the so-called "Kühzins", that is, through the oath of the plague-plagued farmers in the area to donate a cow to the church during their lifetime. The choir was probably built first , to which a nave with a flat wooden ceiling was added in 1562 . In 1676 the late Gothic building was redesigned in Baroque style and the nave vaulted. The cruciform chapel in the east of the church dates from the same time. In 1970 the exterior and the two side altars were restored.
As a reminder of the time of the plague, torture processions, the so-called “mashta”, take place from the surrounding villages every year on Easter Sunday . These villages include Attendorf , Fluttendorf , Großsöding , Kleinsöding and Stögersdorf . The processions carry a torture cross in front of them and sing the so-called "Mashday chants" when they enter the church.
description
On the west side of the church is the four-storey church tower with a tent roof . Its floors are separated from each other by stone coffin cornices. A bell cast by Lorenz Selner in 1675 and a bell cast by Florentin Streckfuß in 1710 hang in this tower . The western, ogival church portal is barred and roughened in the lower part. In a niche next to the portal there is a sandstone figure of St. Sebastian and above the entrance there is a relief from the 16th century showing the grave guard. The round arched south portal is profiled. On the outside wall of the choir is the cruciform chapel, which was added in 1676 and which can be closed with a wrought iron grille. In the Kreuzkapelle there is a crucifix and two statues of Saints Rochus and Sebastian made around 1676 .
The five-bay nave is separated from the three-bay choir by a low, drawn-in front arch . Both the nave and the choir are vaulted by a needle cap barrel. The choir has a three-eighth closure and simple Gothic , two-lane tracery windows . The church windows in the nave have been given a baroque style . The 17th century sacristy built to the north of the choir is barrel vaulted . According to an inscription, the three-axis brick gallery in the western part of the nave was built in 1562. It is supported by columns and is vaulted under a groin vault. A shoulder arch portal leads from the gallery to the church tower.
The stone high altar erected in the first third of the 17th century has openwork center pieces. In the lower middle section there is a figure of St. Anne herself , the depiction of Mary was later revised. There is a statue of St. Florian in the altarpiece . Furthermore, there are two equestrian figures of Saints George and Martin as well as figures of Saints Paul , Peter and Rochus on the high altar. The two side altars were made from parts of a late Gothic carved altar that comes from the parish church of Hitzendorf . The reliefs on the two altars show scenes from the life of Mary and date from around 1510 to 1520. They were brought into their present form in the first third of the 17th century and provided with explosive attachments as well as side panels and veil boards. The reliefs on the left altar show the death of Mary , the flight to Egypt and the representation of Jesus in the temple and are framed with a partial family tree of Jesus on the side . The reliefs on the right altar show the Annunciation , the Visitation of Mary and the adoration of the Magi . The pulpit was erected in the middle of the 18th century.
On the front arch there is a life-size statue of Saint Sebastian made in the last third of the 17th century and above it two angel figures made at the same time. At the end of the choir are two figures of Saints Laurentius and Oswald , which date from the first half of the 18th century.
literature
- Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 528 .
Web links
References and comments
- ^ Parish Mooskirchen. www.katholische-kirche-steiermark.at, accessed on January 22, 2016 (German).
- ↑ a b c d History of Söding. www.kultur-soeding.at, accessed on January 22, 2016 (German).
- ↑ a b c d e Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 528 .
- ↑ Mashta probably means torture, that is, mental or physical torment.
Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 5.1 ″ N , 15 ° 16 ′ 35.8 ″ E