Parish church Spittal an der Drau
The parish church Spittal an der Drau stands south of the main square of Spittal and east of the Porcia Castle . The church, now under the patronage of the Annunciation , was previously consecrated to Mary in the Thorns.
history
The brothers Otto II. And Archdeacon Hermann I von Ortenburg built a "capella cum hospitale" before 1191, which is considered the predecessor of today's parish church. The church, built in the middle of the 13th century, was renovated in 1307 and rededicated in 1311. In 1513, Emperor Maximilian handed the church over to the Order of St. George in Millstatt . In 1584 the church was rebuilt and expanded under Ernfried von Salamanca-Ortenburg and his nephews Hans and Bernhard. The church tower collapsed in an earthquake in 1690. In a major fire in 1797, among other things, the bells of the church tower melted. An extensive restoration was carried out in the years 1860–63, the tower was replaced in 1896 by a new building based on plans by Viktor Lunz. In order to double the number of seats to 660, the eastern nave yoke, the early Gothic choir and the transverse oval apses, which were built in 1584 to end the side aisles, were demolished and replaced by a spacious new building designed by Anton Zemann . In 1967 a war memorial was erected in front of the church when the square was redesigned.
Building
The three-aisled and four-bay nave has its basis in the Romanesque . The west facade with a pointed arch window dates from the beginning of the 14th century. The round arched column portal with triangular stympanum built in 1584 was redesigned in the 19th century. The relief representations of the portal doors from the end of the 19th century show the princes of the apostles Peter and Paul . A Hochleitner is named as the creator of the two stone niche sculptures depicting Saints Hemma and Joseph . The neo-Gothic four-storey tower with a pointed helmet is included in the right half of the facade. A bell by Martin Pucher from 1799 hangs in the tower.
In 1307 a ribbed vault was drawn in over cantilevered services in the originally flat roofed nave. The upper clad windows in the central nave were covered. Under the west gallery is a simple star rib vault. Round arches over octagonal pillars connect the narrow, high central nave with the side aisles. The side aisles were enlarged in 1584 to almost double the width of the central nave and provided with barrel vaults. On the side aisle vaults there are paintings by August Veiter around 1900 that show the calling of Peter, the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor and the Resurrection in the south . In the north aisle you can see the baptism of Jesus , the awakening of Lazarus and the Last Supper . The entire width and height of the modern chancel is connected to the wide, low side aisles and the narrow, high central nave. The new building with the tent-like roof construction made of concrete beams becomes narrower towards the east. The chancel is dominated by the mighty window walls and the large mosaic of the Annunciation. The mosaic was created from 1965 to 1966 according to plans by Karl Bauer. The design for the glass windows is by Ernst Grandegger.
Facility
Ernst Grandegger also designed the chancel. Life-size wooden statues of St. Mary, St. John the Evangelist , Joachim and Anna stand on consoles on the south wall of the choir . Below that are parts of a sarcophagus created around 1418. On a relief of the sarcophagus Maria with child, Heinrich II. And his sons Friedrich II. And Hermann II. , From the line of the counts of Cilli, are represented. They are led by Peter and Paul. The second, poorly preserved sarcophagus relief shows the Annunciation scene with Saints John the Baptist, Peter and Paul and Albrecht V von Ortenburg, Bishop of Trient and Hermann von Cilli , Bishop of Freising .
In the north aisle there is a Pietà from around 1420 in a niche . The neo-Gothic group of sculptures from 1863 on the western rear wall, which depicts the Annunciation to Mary, was placed on the former high altar. The main saint painting was painted around 1800.
In the south aisle hangs a painting of the mourning Maria Magdalena , a former side altar painting from the end of the 19th century. The crucifix in the eastern nave dates from the second half of the 19th century.
On the west wall inside the church is the red marble tombstone of the Seckau bishop Johann von Malentein, who died in 1550 . A half figure is shown in a Renaissance arcade. Other grave slabs from the 15th and 16th centuries are attached to the church's outer wall, including that of Elisabeth von Eberstein, the first wife of Gabriel von Salamanca .
The organ in the northern chancel was built in 2005 by the Rieger company from Schwarzach near Bregenz . The slider chest instrument has 27 stops on two manuals and a pedal.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Carinthia 2001 . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , pp. 894-896.
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 ′ 47.9 " N , 13 ° 29 ′ 52.3" E