Parish church Altenmarkt an der Enns
The parish church Altenmarkt an der Enns is located in the market town of Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen in the Liezen district in Styria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to St. Nicholas of Myra - incorporated into Admont Abbey - belongs to the Admont dean's office in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
A previous building was consecrated in 1152 by the Archbishop of Salzburg, Eberhard I. The first explicit mention of the original St. Martha church dates from 1478. However, the church was so destroyed by fire on April 17, 1575 that even all three bells melted.
After a fire in 1793, it was soberly restored.
The former cemetery served as a burial place for the residents of Altenmarkt from the 11th century to 1847. In 2001 and 2002, the community laid out a path of psalms based on the Windischgarstner model in the cemetery. Cast-iron crosses, some 200 years old, were renovated and attached to the cemetery wall with small panels on which psalms were printed.
architecture
The church is essentially a Gothic and Baroque church building. The three-bay nave under a flat ceiling is followed by a one-bay choir with a three-eighth end. The wall pilasters are flat and pilaster-like. In the Langhausostjoch there are flat barrel-vaulted side chapels on both sides. There are figural niches with Rococo stucco. Two figural glass windows are from 1908. The sacristy with oratory attached to the south of the choir, a sgraffito sundial on the sacristy superstructure was created by Emmerich Millim (1959). The baroque west tower has an onion helmet.
A crucifixion group from the 17th century and figures of Mary and John from the 18th century are attached to the outer wall next to the entrance door facing the place.
Furnishing
The high altar is from the third quarter of the 18th century.
In the side chapels there are two small, baroque Gösser altars from the middle of the 18th century. The one in the south is simply worked and St. Barbara, her decapitation can be seen on the altarpiece, above is a picture of St. Josef, the altar is flanked by statues of St. Notburga and Isidore. The altarpiece of the more richly crafted Marian altar to the north shows a scene with St. Anna teaching Mary to read, in the background is St. Joachim. St. Anthony of Padua can be seen on the top picture. Expressive statues on both sides depicting St. Florian and the Archangel Michael represent. In the center is a statue of the seated Mary with the baby Jesus. In the side chapels there is also a niche with rococo stucco, which in the north is a statue of St. Veronica and in the south Jesus at the scourge column. On the nave walls there are statues of Saints Leopold, Rochus, Benedikt, Anton von Padua, Josef Sebastian and Johann Nepomuk on consoles. The organ dates from 1841 and was renewed by Martin Hölzl.
On the occasion of a complete interior restoration in 1983, a new popular altar was erected, as well as a 130 cm statue of St. Nicholas added for the high altar, and the blessing by Bishop Johann Weber took place on December 6, 1983.
There is a tombstone to Nikolaus Praunfalckh, who died in 1632, with a relief knee figure in front of the crucified Christ with a coat of arms.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen, parish church hl. Nicholas. Pp. 16-17.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '27.7 " N , 14 ° 38' 57.9" E