Meiselding parish church
The Roman Catholic parish church Meiselding in the municipality of Mölbling was first mentioned in 1216/1218 as Daniel's Church (named after Daniel ). Today's patronage of St. Andrew was first mentioned before 1325.
Building description
It is a Romanesque choir tower church from the second half of the 12th century with late Gothic and Baroque renovations and additions. The masonry of the nave and the choir tower have been preserved from the Romanesque building. The round-arched twin windows in the Romanesque fifth bell storey were partially walled up. The arched sound windows on the sixth floor date from the Baroque, the pointed helmet from the 19th century. The Gothic choir, supported by three-tiered buttresses , was built around 1400. A two-storey Gothic sacristy with a spiral staircase and loopholes is attached to the north side of the tower . On the south side there is a baroque sacristy. On the southern outer wall, a Roman period round medallion from a grave building with the relief busts of a couple with a child from the second half of the second century is walled in. The woman wears a Celtic costume. The two Christophorus frescoes on the south facade, uncovered in 1997, were created around 1500 and 1600 respectively.
In the three-bay nave, a star rib vault rests on shallow wall pillars from the second half of the 15th century, which are supported on the outside by buttresses. Around 1775 the ship was extended to the west by a cross -arched gallery yoke. A high, round-arched triumphal arch connects the nave with the tower square, equipped with a baroque groin vault. The polygonal, Gothic choir closure has a ribbed vault. Two tracery windows have been preserved on the sloping walls of the choir . The other window openings are baroque.
Facility
The baroque high altar from 1680 consists of the base zone with side portals , a concave central zone with triumphal arch structure and an attachment with two side niches. The sculptures on the altar were made around 1740. The four evangelists stand next to the apostle Andrew on the main floor . The top picture of the Coronation of Mary is flanked by the statues of Saints Augustine and Nicholas . The carved antependium from the second quarter of the 18th century shows the crucifixion of St. Andrew.
The side altars were built around 1760/1770. On the left altar, late baroque statues of Saints Anna and Joachim flank a statue of the Virgin Mary made around 1730 . The baroque central statue of St. James Maior on the right side altar is surrounded by St. Francis Xavier and St. Anthony of Padua .
The pulpit , built around 1680, is furnished with statuettes of the Latin church fathers and is crowned by the figure of the Archangel Michael on the sound cover . The organ case from the second half of the 18th century is painted with the Annunciation scene on the wings . The church also has a baroque crescent moon Madonna , a statue of St. Sebastian from the end of the 16th century and a crucifixion group from the second quarter of the 18th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 530 f.
- Siegfried Hartwagner: Austrian Art Monograph Volume VIII: Carinthia. The St. Veit an der Glan district . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1977, ISBN 3-900173-22-2 , p. 151 f.
Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 24.8 " N , 14 ° 23 ′ 49.4" E