Catholic parish church Gaishorn

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Catholic parish church of the Holy Trinity in Gaishorn am See
Entrance area of ​​the parish church

The Catholic parish church Gaishorn is located in the market town of Gaishorn am See in the Liezen district in Styria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to the Holy Trinity - incorporated into Admont Abbey - belongs to the Admont dean's office in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection ( list entry ).

history

In 1180 a church is mentioned in a document. Initially, the church was consecrated to the Most Holy Redeemer until 1470. In 1480 the church was destroyed during a Turkish invasion. The construction of the church was carried out by the Admonter Bauhütte. The choir is dated 1495, the later nave shows the date 1520 on the front arch. 1898, 1907 only outside, and in 1952 restorations took place.

architecture

Church exterior

The church is surrounded by a walled cemetery .

The choir has simple buttresses , the nave with slightly retracted buttresses has these over the corner with pinnacles . The west portal is a pointed arch, the north-facing choir portal is a curtain arch with a rich framework . The massive five-storey Gothic west tower with Gothic sound windows and a window on the south side has an eaves cornice and an eight-sided pointed helmet on four triangular gables from 1858 in this form. The pointed helmet was renewed after a lightning strike in 1951. The rectangular sacristy extension in the southern corner of the choir has two bays and is vaulted with groin . The cellar is an ossuary , the upper floor an oratory .

Church interior

The two-bay choir with a three-eighth closure has an irregular net rib vault with loop ribs on round services. The constricted front arch is approximately rounded. The wide three-bay, two-aisled nave hall has an eight-part star rib vault on slightly retracted buttresses and on circular services on two rectangular pillars. The star rib vault is spiral-twisted in the eastern yoke, analogous to the Leoben-Göss parish church, which was also created by the Admonter Bauhütte . The church has Gothic pointed arch windows - the tracery has been removed - with glazing from 1902. The baroque west gallery with a wooden parapet was built in in the 18th century. The tower hall on the ground floor has a star rib vault on consoles .

Furnishing

The high altar , donated in 1673, was changed in 1785. The high altar picture shows the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the upper picture shows St. Catherine. He carries the statues of Saints John the Evangelist and Florian and in the essay the Archangel Michael. According to the coat of arms, the side altars were donated by Abbot Raimund Rehling (1659–1675).

The Gothic font with 16 grooves on a round base has a lid with a baroque statue of John the Baptist from 1700.

The organ was built by Simon Hötzel in 1823. It was renovated by Friedrich Wagner in 1854 and expanded by Konrad Hopferwieser senior in 1898, and restored in 1925 and 1947. Hans Mitter mentions one bell in 1458 and a second in 1541.

literature

Web links

Commons : Holy Trinity Church (Gaishorn am See)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '26.8 "  N , 14 ° 33' 0.9"  E