Parish church Dechantskirchen
The Roman Catholic parish church Dechantskirchen is in the village of Dechantskirchen in the municipality of Dechantskirchen in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district in Styria . The church consecrated to St. Stefan - incorporated into Vorau Abbey - belongs to the Vorau deanery in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church and the former cemetery are under monument protection .
history
The church was founded before 1155 by the archdeacon Otakar von Fischau in a still uninhabited forest. A parish church is named for 1161, which was incorporated into Vorau Abbey in 1163. The Romanesque church building has not been preserved. Today's late Gothic church was built around 1500 and was expanded in the late baroque style. 1959 was a complete restoration.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Dechantskirchen, parish church hl. Stefan, pp. 66-67.
Web links
- Parish church. The sunny parish of Dechantskirchen, February 14, 2010, accessed on June 13, 2016 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '54.53 " N , 16 ° 1' 11.68" O