Filial church Maria in den Auen

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The subsidiary church Maria in den Auen , near the Möll in the village of Auen in the municipality of Mörtschach , is dedicated to Maria Hilf and belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Mörtschach .

description

The church was built in 1806. It is a small building with a two-axis nave, with a gable turret and bell roof behind the curved gable of the west facade. She has a separate choir. A flat barrel with stab caps arches over the interior .

The paintings in the vault depict Mary, Help of Christians, surrounded by the four evangelists. The stained glass window depicting Saint Barbara was made in 1908. The main altar with neo-baroque columned retable , made around 1900, contains a baroque Madonna of Mercy in the central niche, flanked by the late Baroque Statues of Saints Joachim and Anna . The top picture from the beginning of the 19th century shows God the Father . The side columned altarpiece from around 1900 has a Madonna in the central niche and the figures of Saints Florian and Anthony of Padua above the entablature . The church also features a classical hanging pulpit from 1806 and late baroque paintings of the Stations of the Cross .

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 567.

Web links

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Coordinates: 46 ° 53 ′ 57.5 ″  N , 12 ° 54 ′ 8.2 ″  E