Simmerlach branch church

The Roman Catholic branch church in Simmerlach in the municipality of Irschen is consecrated to St. Anne . It belongs to the parish of Irschen . The church was built in 1804 and consecrated in 1815. In 1945 the building was damaged in a bomb attack and repaired in 1947.

description

The chapel-like church is a simple hall building with five-eighth closure . A sacristy is built on the south side . The roof turret is crowned by an onion helmet. The gable roof and the canopy are covered with wood shingles. The facade is structured by the alternation of rough, ocher-colored plastered surfaces and smooth, white plaster strips that also frame the windows. The barrel vault with lancet caps in the interior was painted in 1947 with John and Paul, venerated as weather saints .

The altar from Gradenegg from the first half of the 18th century shows Joachim and Anna on the altar sheet in the style of Holy Walk , who lead the Child Mary together. The top picture depicts the Man of Sorrows . The church also features a copy of a baroque Madonna from the 20th century and the reliefs of Saints Georg and Florian created by Johann Peter Marx in 1950 .

literature

• Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 879.
• The churches and chapels of the parish of Irschen. Christian art centers in Austria, N.422 . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2004. p. 30.

Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′ 4.1 ″  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 42.2 ″  E