Parish Church of St. Stephan (Gratkorn)
The Church of St. Stephan is the Roman Catholic parish church of Gratkorn in Styria . It is dedicated to St. Stephen . Its history goes back to the second half of the 14th century.
history
The first written mention of the church took place in 1390. In 1607 it was incorporated into the Rein monastery . The current nave was built around 1700. The building was restored in 1974.
description
The mighty tower set in the west facade of the church has an octagonal pointed spire . It is essentially Gothic . Today's confessional chapel is built on to the south of the tower. It used to be a Donatus Chapel and was rebuilt in 1856 as a war memorial chapel. The wall paintings are by Toni Hafner .
The three-bay nave, built around 1700, is baroque in design. There are wall pillars on the walls that support the groin vault with belt arches . The windows are baroque with panes made by Ferdinand Koller in 1905. The two-bay Gothic choir has a three-eighth end, the western bay has a ribbed vault from the second half of the 14th century. The eastern yoke is spanned by a ring barrel . The round keystone in the choir vault is decorated with a leaf ornament, the end of the choir is rounded on the inside. The rounded front arch is slightly drawn in. The three-axis gallery is located in the western part of the church building and is covered by a groin vault resting on round columns. It has a protruding, curved wooden parapet. To the south of the choir is the rib vaulted sacristy with a baroque entrance portal in the west.
The high altar dates from 1803 and shows St. Stephen on the altar panel from the second half of the 17th century . The two side altars were erected in 1809 and show St. Donatus and the Annunciation of the Lord, painted in the style of Matthias Schiffer . The baroque font dates from around 1700. The cross attached to the front arch dates from the 17th century. The glass chandelier in the nave dates from the middle of the 18th century. The organ was made by Carl Billich in 1885. On the consoles of the choir there is a portrait of Donatus kneeling in the style of Jakob Peyer from the third quarter of the 18th century. There is also a Pietà from the 18th century in the choir . In the sacristy there is a rosary picture painted by Franz Krainer in 1846.
swell
- Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 143 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 6 ″ N , 15 ° 21 ′ 1.8 ″ E