Parish church of Schönberg ob Knittelfeld
The parish church Schönberg ob Knittelfeld stands on a hillside in Kirchweiler Schönberg in the municipality of Spielberg in the Murtal district in Styria . The Roman Catholic parish church consecrated to St. Stephen belongs to the Deanery Knittelfeld in the diocese of Graz-Seckau . The church and the cemetery are under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
The church was donated to the Seckau Abbey in 1172 and incorporated into it until 1782.
Baroque renovations and new buildings from 1724 and around 1740 determine the image of the church. In 1970/1971 security work and an exterior restoration were carried out, the side chapels were removed. In 1980 extensive renovation work followed on the foundations.
architecture
The church is surrounded by a walled cemetery with initiation chapels .
The five-bay church building shows no separation of nave and choir, the choir is raised by three steps inside the church. There are groin and lancet barrel vaults. A lower sacristy is attached to the choir with a straight end. The nave shows supporting pillars and buttresses to the south. The two-axis west gallery, vaulted under the groin ridge, stands on a brick pillar, the protruding wooden gallery with the parapet panels was built around 1700. The eight-sided western roof turret wears an onion helmet. The windows of the church are from 1891.
The outside of the church shows a crucifix from the second quarter of the 18th century by Balthasar Prandtstätter .
Furnishing
The neo-baroque altar is from the end of the 19th century. The pulpit around 1700 shows the evangelists in the basket fields and carries God the Father on the sound cover. A seated Maria with child in baroque tradition is located in a wall niche.
The organ is from the middle of the 19th century.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Schönberg near Knittelfeld, parish church St. Stephan, Baroque well chapel, Kalvarienbergkapelle. P. 506.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ 39.6 ″ N , 14 ° 45 ′ 43.8 ″ E