Parish Church Malta (Carinthia)

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The Roman Catholic parish church of Malta is dedicated to Maria Hilf Assumptio . The Dornbach branch church also belongs to the parish of Malta .

history

The first church in Malta was mentioned between 1006 and 1039. It was a private church of Bishop Altmann of Trient and stood on the right bank of the Malta . The choir of the parish church was first mentioned in 1349, and construction of the nave began in 1463.

Building description

The church is a broad, medium-sized building from the 13th to 15th centuries. The massive tower stands north of the choir, is provided with early baroque architectural decor and pointed arched double acoustic windows with coupled columns and is crowned by a new pointed gable helmet. The retracted choir with a five-eighth end is supported on the choir polygon by simply stepped buttresses . On the northern side aisle extension and on the western corner of the southern nave wall there are massive, squat buttresses. A vestibule over beveled pillars protects the profiled, late Gothic west portal. The Christophorus fresco on the south wall of the choir dates from the 14th century. In 2002, among other mythical creatures, a " Mickey Mouse " was uncovered at the saint's feet. This caused a sensation in the media. A fresco of St. Dorothea from the end of the 13th century can be seen on the western south wall of the nave . On the southwest corner of the nave is a Roman epitaph for the freedman L. Herennius Oclatius and his wife Veneria. On the east side of the southern chapel extension is the coat of arms grave slab of Georg von Malenthein (1548).

In the four-bay nave, a ribbed vault rises above semicircular wall templates. The round and square keystones are decorated with coats of arms. Two arched openings from the Baroque period lead from the two central nave bays into transept-like side chapels. The northern chapel with a three-bay ribbed vault has a gallery built into pillars, the southern chapel has a baroque barrel vault, probably built in 1661. The late Gothic iron-studded door in the north wall of the eastern nave yoke leads to the sacristy on the tower ground floor. A retracted, pointed triumphal arch connects the nave with the choir. The upper part of the baroque choir lattice with a popular crucifixion group has been preserved in the triumphal arch opening . The choir with a square yoke and five-eighth end is vaulted with cross ribs.

Murals

The vault paintings were uncovered in 1957. The evangelist symbols in the choir, Christ and the heads of the apostles as well as half-figure saints in three and four passages in the nave were created at the end of the 15th century. The procession and the adoration of the Magi is depicted on the northern wall of the choir . On the south wall is a throne architecture with the rare depiction of a Mary in labor from the end of the 14th century and an Annunciation painted around 1400 . A late Gothic fresco fragment with a Saint Oswald from 1400 was removed and transferred to the Diocesan Museum in Klagenfurt . The fresco in the sacristy depicting the birth of Christ from the 14th century was uncovered in 1999.

Facility

Sanctuary

The high altar with concave swinging column architecture, canopy crown and sacrificial passage portals from 1782 was created by Joseph Steinacher and framed by Joseph Benedikt Aicher . The altar niche hides a figure of Mary. This figure "carries the baby Jesus in its heart", seen through a window in the chest. The altar also contains the figures of Saints Rupert and Virgil and, to the side, Saints Franz Xavier and Johannes Nepomuk .

The side altar from 1671 on the left triumphal arch wall consists of an aedicule with a staggered double column on a base and a curved, blown gable with a small aedicule as an attachment. The side ears and the entablature of the altar are adorned with rich cartilage . The altar painting with Christ on the Mount of Olives was painted by Ludwig Willroider in 1864 . The right side altar from 1673 resembles the left in structure and decoration. The altarpiece shows a Madonna and Saint Anthony of Padua . The saint is shown again in the top picture (first half of the 18th century). The altar from 1622 in the south side chapel consists of an aedicule on a base and a blasted segmented gable with a small frame and a volute gable as an attachment. The altarpiece shows the mystical marriage of St. Catherine based on a Venetian model from the 16th century. The altar in the north side chapel dates from the second quarter of the 18th century.

The pulpit , created around 1725/30, shows the painted evangelists on the parapet . The figure of the Good Shepherd stands on the sound cover . The five console figures in the eastern nave yoke date from the second quarter of the 18th century. The late Gothic font has a richly decorated carved top from the end of the 17th century. Jakob Ladstätter built the organ around 1870.

Karner

The Karner south of the church is a Romanesque rotunda built in the 12th century with a slightly bulged apse . Inside is a crucifixion fresco from the 14th century in the vault.

graveyard

The clapboard-covered churchyard wall was presumably a defensive wall in the past . The mural at the entrance to the cemetery shows Mary with the child, the Archangel Michael and above it an inscription with the year 1639. An early Gothic crucifix from the 13th century, the figures of Mary and John from a crucifixion group from the end of the 15th century and two early Gothic ones Assistance figurines were transferred to the Diocesan Museum in Klagenfurt.

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literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 491 f.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 13 ° 30 ′ 25.1 ″  E