Branch church Obertauern
The Roman Catholic branch church Obertauern is located near the Tauernhaus Wisenegg on the pass road from the Radstädter Tauernpass in Obertauern in the municipality of Untertauern in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the state of Salzburg . The branch church of St. Petrus belongs to the Altenmarkt dean's office in the archdiocese of Salzburg . The church is a listed building .
history
A previous building - mentioned in a document in 1224 - formerly stood at the Tauern cemetery on the top of the pass. The baroque church was built from 1618 to 1621 according to a design by the cathedral builder Santino Solari and consecrated in 1759. 1950 was a restoration. In 1962/1963 the church was expanded.
architecture
- Church exterior
The church consists to the east of the choir, sacristy and tower from 1620 and to the west of a modern nave with vestibule from 1962/1963. The former portal in the east shows the coat of arms of Archbishop Paris von Lodron in a blown gable . Above it is a round window. The nave and the choir have rectangular windows, some with ears. The facade is partly shingled. The north tower has arched sound windows and a shingled tent roof. To the south of the choir is a single-storey sacristy with a barrel vault.
- Church interior
The single nave nave with a flat ceiling is connected to the raised choir with a two-armed staircase. The choir with a stitch cap barrel vault has an entrance to the tower on the left and an entrance to the sacristy on the right.
Furnishing
On the altar is the high altar painting Angel freed Peter from the dungeon by Fra Arsenio Mascagni (around 1620), on the right in the nave is the painting "Christophorus" inscribed with E. Mayr (1970). The crucifix above the altar is from 1730.
There are two gravestones with Johann Baptist Klinglpacher 1750 and Sebastian Wieser 1795.
One bell is from the 14th century.
Web links
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Salzburg 1986 . Untertauern, branch church St. Peter in gangs, p. 463.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filialkirche zum St. Peter in Obertauern, stereo photography (around 1910), bildarchivaustria.at
Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 13 ° 32 ′ 24.3 ″ E