Parish church Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
The Roman Catholic parish church Sankt Peter am Ottersbach is in the market town of Sankt Peter am Ottersbach in Styria . The parish church of St. Petrus belongs to the Radkersburg deanery in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church is a listed building .
history
The church was elevated to a parish church in 1782.
architecture
The late Gothic building with the single-bay retracted choir with a 3/8 end is dated 1515. The tower on the north side of the choir is from the same period, with rubble stones and ashlars, with Gothic windows and eaves . The church was redone in the 18th century and shows 1770 on the western front. The four-bay nave has a groin vault on straps on pilasters. Two rectangular side chapels extend the church on the fourth yoke. The southern side chapel is dated 1852. The sacristy with a gallery gives the year 1894. The late baroque organ choir has a swinging parapet.
In front of the church in the east, the stone figures Peter and Paul from the mid-18th century stand on plinths. In between there is a crucifix from the 19th century. At the head of the choir is a group of figures of the Holy Family made of marble from 1921.
In the choir is a fresco giving the keys to Petrus by the painter Simon Pregatter (1836).
Furnishing
The late baroque interior dates from the 3rd quarter of the 18th century. There are six reliefs on Peter. The high altar shows an altar painting by the painter Ludwig von Kurz zum Thurn und Goldenstein (1931). The font cover shows the baptism of Christ. The vestry cupboard was restored in 1969.
Web links
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . St. Peter am Ottersbach, Parish Church, p. 480.
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 ′ 58.6 " N , 15 ° 45 ′ 32.3" E