Georgskirche (Goldegg im Pongau)

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Parish church hl. Georg with Goldegg Castle on Lake Goldegg (2009)

The parish church of St. Georg is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Goldegg im Pongau in the state of Salzburg .

The single-nave parish church, which is early Gothic in its core, has a south tower and is surrounded by a cemetery between the town hall and Goldegg Castle .

The church was first mentioned in documents in 1339, in 1502 the south tower, in 1516 the church was consecrated, in 1747 a fire in the church, in 1770 a renovation, in 1787 the new high altar, in 1857 the elevation to the parish church.

The undivided single nave longhouse with an inclined rectangular floor plan has an open roof structure. In the west of the nave is a two-storey columned gallery and a segmented arch leading to a confessional room with a crucifix from 1868. The retracted round-arched triumphal arch is flanked by pillars with profiled ends. The retracted Gothic choir with triangular closure has narrow wall templates and a circumferential profiled cornice and a barrel vault with the ceiling painting of the Coronation of the Virgin from the end of the 18th century.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '8 "  N , 13 ° 5' 59.5"  E