Unterloibach branch church
The Unterloibach branch church in the Bleiburg community is consecrated to St. Andrew and belongs to the Roman Catholic parish Bleiburg . In the cemetery (churchyard) around the church is the grave of the writer Milka Hartman . A memorial with a grieving allegory of Croatia commemorates the extradition of hundreds of thousands of Croatian civilians, members of the regular Croatian army and some Ustaše soldiers by the British to Tito- Yugoslavia on May 14th and 15th, 1945.
Building description
The building dates from the second half of the 15th century with a western extension of the nave by three bays from 1890. The choir is supported by three-tiered buttresses . In the south, the Gothic church tower with a pyramid roof adjoins the choir. The sacristy was added to the choir in the north in the 19th century.
A six-bay ribbed vault on consoles from the end of the 19th century rests above the nave . A pointed, chamfered triumphal arch connects the nave with the two-bay choir with a three-eighth end, marked 1472 on the end wall of the choir. A late Gothic net rib vault rises above the choir on console services.
Facility
Alois Zoratti from Marburg created the neo-baroque high altar in 1914 . The statue of the apostle Andrew is placed in the central niche. The sculptures of the Archangels Rafael and Gabriel stand above the sacrificial portals . On the Antony Altar, the right side altar from 1912, the vision of Antony of Padua is depicted in high relief in the central niche. In the side niches are the figures of Saints Anthony the Great and Rochus . The portrait of the Sacred Heart in high relief in the essay is flanked by two kneeling angels . On the left side altar from 1894 there is a statue of Our Lady . The pulpit dates from the end of the 19th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 475.
- Breda Vilhar and Milan Piko: "The sacred monuments of the Bleiburg deanery / Cerkvena likovna dediščina v dekaniji Pliberk". Slovenski narodopisni inštitut, Klagenfurt 2006 ISBN 3-7086-0206-4 , pp. 48-50.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Jauntaler Kulturwanderungen - An art-historical companion through the Völkermarkt district. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2001, ISBN 3-85366-977-8 , p. 77 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 34 ′ 3.7 ″ N , 14 ° 48 ′ 18 ″ E