Parish church of St. Oswald near Plankenwarth
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Oswald bei Plankenwarth stands on a hill above the town in the municipality of Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth in the Graz-Umgebung district in Styria . The parish church consecrated to St. Oswald belongs to the Rein deanery in the Graz-Seckau diocese . The church and the churchyard are under monument protection .
history
The first documentary mention of the church comes from the year 1402. Until 1786 it was a branch church of the St. Bartholomäer parish church . The building was expanded in the 17th and 19th centuries. A restoration of the outside took place in 1963. The interior was renovated in 2008.
description
The current, late Gothic design of the church dates largely from the second half of the 15th century. The northern, unified building front with gable dates from 1862. The church tower with onion helmet and lantern is located in the southwest of the building. It was raised and baroque in 1703 . The church is surrounded by a wall.
The three-bay nave is spanned by a ribbed vault that sits on three-quarter rounds . It has no front arch . The slightly retracted choir connects seamlessly to the nave and has a five-eighth end . It is vaulted by a ribbed vault with shield-shaped keystones . It also has two-lane tracery windows . The wooden and protruding gallery in the west of the nave dates from the end of the 19th century and has two unequal axes. It is vaulted under a groin and a ribbed vault. A square side chapel was added to the southern part of the nave in the 17th century. This has a needle cap barrel with ridges. In the north there is an extension with a vestibule and an oratory above . The sacristy connects to the east. The northern entrance portal has a round arch while the western one has a keel arch and a wrought iron grille from 1910. Both portals have a late Gothic cross.
The neo-Gothic high altar was designed by Robert Mikovics in 1893 . The figures on the altar are by Jakob Gschiel . The two side altars and the pulpit were built in the Rococo style around 1770. On the left altar there is a statue of Mary and on the right a statue of St. Martin . Both figures were designed in the manner of Jakob Payer . St. Erhard is depicted on the altar panel of the 17th century altar in the side chapel . The altar table and the ambo were designed by Alfred Graf in 2008.
swell
- Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 474 .
- Parish gazette . For the parishes of St. Bartholomä and St. Oswald. No. 2 , 2008, p. 8-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) . 2nd Edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 , p. 474 .
- ↑ a b parish gazette . For the parishes of St. Bartholomä and St. Oswald. No. 2 , 2008, p. 8-9 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′ 12 " N , 15 ° 16 ′ 49.7" E