Gnas parish church
The Gnas parish church is located in the market town of Gnas in the district of Southeast Styria in Styria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to Saint Mary belongs to the Feldbach dean's office in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
The church was mentioned in a document in 1229. The late Gothic new construction began in the 2nd quarter of the 15th century. A keystone in the nave shows the inscription "Fundata 1424". In 1954 there was an interior restoration.
architecture
The church exterior has a pilaster structure. The west tower, which stands a little north of the nave axis and was formerly in front of the Gothic west facade, is essentially late Gothic; the formerly late Gothic nave with a ribbed vault on wall services now forms the central nave. The slightly retracted two-bay choir with a five-eighth end and flat buttresses is late Gothic. In 1686 two five-bay side aisles were added, with square central nave pillars being built. The west tower was built into the west front with the aisles. The tower was extended by an octagonal bell storey and roofed with an onion dome in 1744. The tower ground floor, which is now a cellar, was previously a vestibule. The former portal with a straight lintel is still recognizable.
In the choir there is a late Gothic niche with a sandstone relief of the Resurrection of Christ from the end of the 16th century. There are also tombstones from the 2nd half of the 14th century and from 1707.
Furnishing
The neo-Gothic furnishings were mostly built in 1880.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Gnas, parish church of St. Maria, pp. 139-140.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 23.8 " N , 15 ° 49 ′ 37.8" E