Zosen branch church
The Zosen branch church is 1125 meters above sea level in the municipality of Hüttenberg . The church belonging to the parish Hüttenberg is dedicated to St. Michael . The sacred building is surrounded by a cemetery wall, in the association of which a broad niche shrine above a brick arch from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century stands.
description
The walls of the nave have been preserved from the Romanesque church building. The beginnings of the original flat beamed ceiling are visible above the current vault. Another relic of the Romanesque are the remains of a Christophorus fresco from the 13th century. The retracted choir with five-eighth end and stone plate roofing comes from the Gothic . There is a Gothic leg chamber under the choir . The Gothic tower collapsed in 1987 and was rebuilt in 1989. The church is entered through a single grooved Gothic portal with a wrought iron key catch.
In the three-bay nave, a late Gothic net rib vault rises above round wall services . The stitch cap vault in the choir has heavily chamfered ridges. In 1988, frescoes depicting the Holy Spirit and prophets in medallions were found in the reveal of the Romanesque triumphal arch .
Facility
The small baroque high altar bears the carved figures of the Archangel Michael as well as the Saints George , Florian , Donatus and a holy knight without attribute . The left side altar from 1677 consists of an aedicula above a base and a small aedicula between volutes as an attachment. The altar is richly decorated with cartilage on the base, entablature and side ears . The altar panel shows Saints Bartholomew , Erasmus and Ulrich , the top picture shows Saint Wolfgang . The right side altar is similar in structure and decoration to the left one and carries a clothed statue of the Madonna. The saints Wolfgang, Ulrich and Michael can be seen in the painted parapets of the pulpit , which was built around 1677 . A hand with a crucifix is attached to the pulpit. The sound cover is crowned by an eye of God in a halo. The church also features a baroque crucifix on the north wall, two painted chandelier angels from the second half of the 17th century, simple prayer benches from the 17th century and in the sacristy a parament and measuring instrument cabinet from the 18th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 1102 f.
- Barbara Kienzl : The baroque pulpits in Carinthia. Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchivs, Klagenfurt 1986, ISBN 3-900531-16-1 , p. 412.
Gottlieb von Ankershofen: About the importance of the capella baptismalis on the mountain Zossen in Carinthia mentioned in a document in 1106 in the communications of the emperors. royal Central Commission for the Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments , Volume 2, 1857
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Coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′ 26.5 ″ N , 14 ° 33 ′ 7.9 ″ E