Filial church St. Jakob (Wolfsberg)
The St. Jakob branch church in Wolfsberg belongs to the St. Markus parish .
Building description
The church is a small Gothic building. The polygonal choir is supported by buttresses . A sacristy from the 19th century and a chapel from the 16th century are attached to the north side . The north-western tower with arched bi-ore windows is crowned by a slender, pointed roof. The west portal is framed by pilasters on the sides and a cornice on top. A Roman epitaph for Cantius Darbius, Risia, Terentius and Vercilla is immured on the western outer wall under the staircase to the music choir. Another Roman tombstone with a relief of servants and scribes is on the north wall.
In the three-bay nave, a deeply drawn ribbed vault from the 14th century rests above capitals with two round services each . A pointed triumphal arch with fighters connects the nave and the higher one-bay choir with a five-eighth end . A ribbed vault rises above consoles in the choir. A neo-Gothic portal with an iron-studded door leads into the sacristy. A round arch arcade with fighters from the 19th century opens the nave to the side chapel on the north side. This two-bay chapel with three-eighth closure is provided with a groin vault from the mid-16th century. From the west side of the chapel, a late Gothic portal provides access to the tower. A Last Judgment, painted around 1430, was exposed on the triumphal arch wall in 1947 . A fragment of a Roman epitaph is embedded in the floor.
Facility
The altar sheet of the baroque high altar, made around 1700, shows the saints Florian , Oswald and Martin . To the side of the altar are the console figures of the apostles Philip and James . The Marian altar in the side chapel, created around 1725, has a carved picture of the Madonna. The former pulpit with inlays from the second quarter of the 17th century is used as an ambo . The church also has some canvas pictures painted around 1725.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Revised edition, 3rd, expanded and improved edition, edited by Gabriele Russwurm-Biró. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 741 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 28.2 " N , 14 ° 49 ′ 55.4" E