Gorentschach parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church Gorentschach in the village of St. Nikolai in the municipality of Ruden is consecrated to St. Nicholas . In 1091 the “Gorensing” estate with the church belonging to it was donated to the newly founded St. Paul Abbey in Lavanttal , which operated silver mines nearby. Later the church came to Griffen Abbey and belonged to St. Agnes near Völkermarkt . It was not until the 1780s that the church became an independent parish.
Building description
The church is a small, simple structure. The Gothic tower on the south side of the choir has profiled twin windows in the bell storey and is crowned by a pointed roof. A bell was cast by Anton Cosmatschin in 1705. Above the arched portal in the west there is a coat of arms stone from 1642. The nave, which was extended to the west during the renovation in 1827, has a flat roof. The west gallery, renovated in 2010, is accessible from the outside from the south. A round arched triumphal arch connects the nave and the baroque barrel-vaulted choir with a three-eighth end. The sacristy on the tower ground floor has a groin vault .
Facility
The post-baroque high altar from the 19th century contains the figure of the church saint in the central niche. Between the columns are the statues of the apostles Peter and Paul , through the sacrifice of portals that of the apostle John and St. Sebastian . Saint Agnes can be seen on a cloud in the niche. The sculptures of Saints Florian and Laurentius are placed on pedestals to the side .
The left side altar bears a man of Sorrows in the middle niche and to the side the Apostle Bartholomew and a saint without attributes. In the essay, the central figure of Saint Barbara is flanked by Saints Catherine and Veronica . The right side altar, created around 1720/1730, shows the teaching of Mary on the altar sheet and a plastic representation of the mercy seat in the essay .
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 788.
- Wilhelm Deuer: Jauntaler Kulturwanderungen - An art-historical companion through the Völkermarkt district. Verlag Johannes Heyn, Klagenfurt 2001, ISBN 3-85366-977-8 , p. 153.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′ 9.3 " N , 14 ° 48 ′ 14.6" E