Niederwölz parish church
The Niederwölz parish church is located in the Niederwölz municipality in the Murau district in Styria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to St. Maximilian von Celeia belongs to the dean's office in Murau in the diocese of Graz-Seckau . The church and the former cemetery are under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
A church was documented in 1335. The church was expanded in 1447. The branch church of the parish church Sankt Lorenzen bei Scheifling was elevated to a parish church in 1787. The church was restored inside in 1974 and outside in 1981.
architecture
The Romanesque rectangular nave building with a choir square was expanded in 1447 with a Gothic choir with a five-eighth end. A ribbed vault with a round keystone has been preserved above the choir square as a tower yoke. The squat choir square tower has a tent roof. The vault of the nave was redesigned in Baroque style.
Furnishing
Jakob Gschiel built the high altar in 1871.
Johann Feltl names a bell in 1833.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Niederwölz, parish church St. Maximilian, Pfarrhof from 1788, pp. 329-330.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 22 ′ 31.3 ″ E