Schwabegg Parish Church
The Schwabegg / Žvabek parish church is located in Schwabegg / Žvabek in the bilingual community of Neuhaus in the Völkermarkt district in Carinthia . The parish church of St. Stephanus belongs to the deanery Bleiburg / Pliberk in the diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt . It is surrounded by a cemetery. The church is a listed building ( list entry ).
history
A church was mentioned in documents in 1408. On the site of a previous church, a new church in Romanesque forms was built in 1860.
architecture
The hall church has a cruciform floor plan and symmetrical extensions on the sides of the polygonal choir. The presented west tower has a pointed gable helmet. The tower ground floor is part of the church interior.
The three-bay nave has groin vaults with belt arches on pilasters. The three-axis west gallery has a square vault. The eastern nave yoke is widened with transept-like niches. The single-bay choir has a polygonal apse. On either side of the choir is a sacristy and oratorios.
Furnishing
The baroque furnishings are from the middle of the 18th century. The high altar shows a remarkable portrait of Antonius. The side altars with richly framed architecture show the altar leaves Maria Immaculata and Archangel Michael and also top pictures painted by JA Strauss (1755). The former basket of the pulpit from the second half of the 18th century with carved reliefs of the four evangelists is now set up as an ambo.
There is a priest's tombstone from 1765. There is a large carved Easter candlestick from the second quarter of the 18th century.
There are bells from the 15th century and a bell from 1518.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Schwabegg, parish church hl. Stephan, p. 869.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′ 1.3 ″ N , 14 ° 50 ′ 52 ″ E