Parish church St. Leonhard (Villach)
The parish church of St. Leonhard in the district of Villach of the same name was first mentioned in a document in 1399. The late Gothic building was partially destroyed in a bomb attack on March 22, 1945. In 1947 the church, rebuilt according to plans by Walter Mayr, was consecrated. St. Leonhard was a branch of St. Nikolai and was only raised to a parish in 1954.
Building description
The church has a tower-like elevated gable facade with a porch and arched portal. The Gothic choir is shifted to the south from the axis and is supported by simply stepped buttresses . There is a sacristy annex to the north of the choir . A Roman tomb relief fragment depicting a griffin is walled into the choir wall . A large baroque crucifix is attached to the southern outer wall. Inside, a wooden ceiling spans the hall-like nave. The vault in the wide three-bay chancel rests on presented wall services. The altar mural shows a mercy seat and was painted by Martin Häusle in 1947 . From the end wall a door leads into the one-bay Gothic choir with a five-eighth closure .
Frescoes
A fresco in the choir from around 1350 shows St. George fighting a dragon with a virgin and three saints. Around 1420, the scenes from the lives of Saints Catherine , Leonhard and Dorothea and the Last Judgment on the west wall were painted in the coarse Friulian style. In the vault you can see the Majestas Domini with symbols of the evangelists . In 1992 a saint Aegidius was exposed on the southern triumphal arch reveal.
Facility
The former main altar was built in the younger Villach workshop in 1515-20 and is now placed in the Gothic choir. He hides the figure of St. Leonhard in the shrine. The saints Rupertus and Nicholas are depicted on the painted wings . The new main altar was created by Gernot Kulterer. The north side altar bears the Baroque statue of St. Leonhard, on the south from 1673 there is a Baroque Madonna and Child and a late Gothic Archangel Michael in the top . The pulpit dates from the last quarter of the 17th century. On the pulpit there are reliefs with the Good Shepherd and Saint Leonhard from the 20th century. Kurt Weiß created the Francis cycle and Mea von Bratusch the Antonius relief. The organ with 14 registers comes from the Dreher company from Salzburg.
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literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 756 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 31.6 " N , 13 ° 51 ′ 35.1" E