Parish church of St. Margarethen in Lavanttal
The parish church of St. Margarethen in Lavanttal is located in the village of the same name in the Wolfsberg community . It was first mentioned in 1289.
Building description
The church is a late Gothic building completed in 1530 . At the nave are two-stage, three-stage at the same width choir buttresses that are placed diagonally in the middle. The west tower is set in the Emporenjoch and protrudes slightly from the facade. The tower has two-lane Gothic tracery windows on the bell floor and is crowned by a pointed helmet from the 19th century. The church has two-lane tracery windows on the nave and choir. A Roman grave inscription fragment is attached to the eastern outer wall. Another Roman period relief fragment with vegetative decoration is located on the left pillar of the cemetery entrance. The painted baroque portal frame with the representation of Saint John and Saint Margaret on the south portal was created by Johannes Sattler in the middle of the 18th century. The church is entered through the Gothic profiled west portal. The entrance to the gallery is marked 1847 on the south side. The vaulted vestibule under the west gallery is open in three arcades to the nave.
A ribbed vault on circular services with octagonal capitals from the late 15th century rises above the single-nave, three-bay nave . The net rib vault in the one-yoke choir with five-eighth closure rests on service and is marked M. Niklas 1530 at the eastern cross of the ribs. A late baroque square vaulted chapel is built on the north side of the middle nave yoke . The sacristy with a lancet vault is located on the north side of the choir. The mural on the north wall of the nave shows, among other things, the Mannalese worshiping the cross and is marked with 1541 on the votive inscription. The Gothic rib vault of the nave is decorated with paintings by Johann Sattler from 1753. An illusionistic dome is painted in each of the three bays. In each of the corner diamonds, interpreted as trumpets , an apostle is depicted on cartouches , showing their martyrdom. The Credo is reproduced on inscription cartridges in the stitch caps .
Furnishing
On the high altar from the second quarter of the 18th century there are statues that were created by Franz Anton Detl around 1750. In the central niche stands St. Margaret with the dragon. On the side pedestals there is Joachim on the left and Anna on the right , teaching Maria to read. The eye of God is placed above the central niche. In the top there is the statue of St. Florian .
The left wall altar dates from the last quarter of the 17th century. On it stands a Madonna in a halo between Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena . These statues were made around 1700. The top picture shows the Holy Trinity. The figures of Saint Lawrence with the grate and Anthony with a pig stand on consoles next to the altar .
The right wall altar from the middle of the 17th century shows the apostle Andrew in the middle picture , flanked by the Gothic states of Saints Christophorus and Sebastian from the beginning of the 16th century. The apostle Paul can be seen in the upper picture .
The pulpit dates from the second quarter of the 18th century. The pulpit is structured by flower hangings, and cartouches with latticework ornamentation are attached to the three parapet areas. The volutes of the sound cover bear the gilded figure of a saint with a book. A Holy Spirit dove is attached to the underside of the sound cover.
In the side chapel hangs a large crucifix surrounded by the console figures of Mary and John. On the left in the choir is a console figure of Saint Margaret, which was carved around 1410 in the soft style .
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia. Revised edition, 3rd, expanded and improved edition, edited by Gabriele Russwurm-Biró. Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 767.
- Barbara Kienzl: The baroque pulpits in Carinthia (= The Carinthian State Archive. Vol. 13). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 1986, ISBN 3-900531-16-1 , p. 365 f.
- Barbara Neubauer -Kienzl, Wilchelm Deuer, Eduard Mahlknecht: Baroque in Carinthia. With a contribution by Eva Berger . Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 2000, ISBN 3-85378-489-5 , p. 66.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 51 ′ 18.6 " N , 14 ° 48 ′ 15.7" E