Edelsbach parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church Edelsbach is in the municipality Edelsbach near Feldbach in Styria . The parish church of St. Jakobus the Elder belongs to the Deanery Feldbach in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau . The church building is a listed building .
history
The Gothic church building shows the year 1484 and is older in the western area. The church was rebuilt in the second half of the 17th century. In 1962 the interior was restored.
architecture
The buttresses on the choir and on the western front have been preserved from the Gothic building. The three-bay nave has a stucco cap barrel vault on wall templates and a three-axis organ gallery. The retracted single-yoke choir has a five-eighth closing. The side, symmetrically identical sacristy and oratory each have galleries. The square west tower in front of it, with a Gothic core, has a structure from the 18th century and a lantern helmet.
On the western north wall of the nave is a fragment of a wall painting, a depiction of the Last Judgment, from the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. At the end of the choir there is a fragment depicting Jacob's ladder from the 15th century. Both image fragments were uncovered and restored in 1963.
Furnishing
The altars are by the carpenter Michael Schopper. The pulpit was created by the South Tyrolean sculptor Veit Königer (1768). He also designed the old high altar, which was transferred to the Dornhofer Chapel in Edelsbach. In the choir there are two pews from the 18th century. The stone baptismal font with a wooden housing is from the 17th century, the lock of the sacristy door was designated "1832".
The organ was built by Konrad Hopferwieser senior (1912).
Web links
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Edelsbach near Feldbach, parish church hl. James the Elder, p. 75.
Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 19.3 " N , 15 ° 50 ′ 22.3" E