Parish church Sankt Stefan ob Stainz

Catholic parish church hl. Stefan in Stefan ob Stainz

The Roman Catholic parish church Sankt Stefan ob Stainz is located in the municipality of Sankt Stefan ob Stainz in the Deutschlandsberg district in Styria . The parish church consecrated to St. Stephen belonged to the then dissolved dean's office in Deutschlandsberg in the diocese of Graz-Seckau until the end of August 2018 ; since this dean's office was closed, it has been located in the pastoral care area of Southwest Styria. The church is a listed building .

history

A church / parish was mentioned in a document in 1219, which was incorporated into the Stainz monastery from 1245 to 1784 . In 1973 the church was restored inside and 1978 outside.

architecture

The church interior

The core of the Romanesque nave was given a vault around 1500 and was expanded into today's four-bay, three-aisled hall church.

Furnishing

The high altar

The neo-Gothic furnishings were built between 1870 and 1880. The high altar statues were created by the sculptor Jakob Gschiel .

literature

The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . St. Stefan ob Stainz, Parish Church, pp. 489–490.

Web links

Commons : Pfarrkirche Sankt Stefan ob Stainz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Gerhard Fischer: The Catholic Church in Styria is breaking new ground. Merger of the dean's offices in Deutschlandsberg and Leibnitz to form the South-West Styria region. Weekly newspaper Weststeirische Rundschau from August 31, 2018. Volume 91, No. 35, p. 2.

46.929547 15.255422Coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′ 46.4 ″ N , 15 ° 15 ′ 19.5 ″ E

[1] Gerhard Fischer: The Catholic Church in Styria is breaking new ground. Merger of the dean's offices in Deutschlandsberg and Leibnitz to form the South-West Styria region. Weekly newspaper Weststeirische Rundschau from August 31, 2018. Volume 91, No. 35, p. 2.