Parish church Friedlach
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The Friedlach parish church , consecrated to St. George , stands together with the parsonage isolated on a hill above the village of Friedlach in the municipality of Glanegg . The church is the scene of a snake saga .
history
Friedlach was first mentioned as a parish in 1169. A church was first mentioned between 1214 and 1218. In 1273 the highest regional court met here, chaired by the Duke of Carinthia. In a letter of foundation in 1380 Wilhelm von Glanegg named the church as the grave church of his ancestors.
Building description
The fortified church-like complex is surrounded by an oval ring wall. A modern roofed staircase leads to the church from the south side. The church is predominantly a building from the first half or the middle of the 15th century, whereby the core of the nave probably comes from the Romanesque . An ossuary is located under the choir, supported by steep, stepped buttresses . The tower with loopholes and ogival sound openings is crowned by a baroque onion helmet. The coat of arms with a bell attached to the south side of the tower probably represents the Ernau coat of arms . The remarkable architectural décor with diamond-coated corner blocks, running dog friezes and elaborate window décor was created around 1600. The windows on the nave and choir are mostly from the Baroque or later, only on the north side of the nave has an original window from the 14th century. In 1986 the roofs of the church were covered with stone slabs. In front of the chamfered south portal from the late Gothic period, there is a Gothic baptismal font, a stoup from 1643 and an offering table from 1704.
Inside, the sacred building shows itself as a wall pillar church . A burr-shaped baroque vault with a three- or four-pass recess in the middle of each vault yoke rises above the three-bay nave . The masonry west gallery is vaulted under the barrel with side stitch caps and Gothic tartlets on the forehead. The protruding organ bay was built in the middle of the 18th century. A chamfered Gothic door leads from the gallery to the basement of the tower. In the north wall of the nave there is a knight's grave from 1538.
A pointed triumphal arch connects the nave with the choir, which has been raised by four steps. A ridge-shaped vault from the 15th century rises above the choir yoke and the three-eighth closure. A round-arched portal leads from the north wall of the choir into the sacristy with a burr barrel vault and stitched caps from the 15th century. On the south wall of the choir there is an ogival sacraments niche .
Facility
All three altars of the church were made around 1720. The high altar shows St. George in the middle picture and the Holy Trinity in the top picture . The antependium is provided with relief carvings. The left side altar carries a Madonna figure from the middle of the 17th century on the main floor , flanked by Saints Joachim and Anna . God the Father can be seen in the essay . At the altar there is a baroque holy main picture. On the right side altar between the statues of Saints Joseph and Rochus there is a figure of Saint Sebastian , which probably goes back to the foundation of a Sebastian altar from 1636.
The pulpit , made between 1725 and 1730, is attributed to Johann Pacher . In the basket fields, the four evangelists are shown half kneeling between the pilasters in high relief .
The canvas picture painted around 1730/1740 depicting the Assumption of St. Kunera is signed “H. Bunerä Viehärztin ”and, according to the parish chronicle, comes from the Glanegg castle chapel . Other furnishings in the church include a canvas painting of St. John Nepomuk from the second quarter of the 18th century, a canvas painting of a Pieta , labeled “16. ASFVS76 “as well as canvas paintings of Saints Apollonia and Dorothea from the second half of the 17th century.
High altar
Left side altar
Right side altar
Pulpit basket
Pulpit basket
Gravestone of a knight in the north wall of the nave
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literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 150 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 14 ° 12 ′ 2.8 ″ E