Parish Church of St. Peter (Graz)

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Parish Church Graz-St. Peter
Parish Church Graz-St. Peter with an extension

The parish church Graz-St. Peter is a Roman Catholic church in the eighth district of Graz, St. Peter .

History and design

The origins of the church are likely to be at the beginning of the 12th century, but today's building dates back to the 16th century, with a few older relics. In the first half of the 17th century, the nave was enlarged to the south and the tower raised. There are five bells in the tower, two of which date from the late Gothic period (1533 and 1649). The two side chapels were built in the 18th century. Because the old village church had become much too small due to the dense urban settlement in the course of the 20th century, it was expanded from 1995 to 1997 according to plans by the Viennese architects Georg Bachmayr-Heyda and Zbigniew Domanski .

The interior of the church is decorated primarily with baroque furnishings. Veit Königer created the former high altar in 1769. Of this altar only the altarpiece ( St. Peter in penance ) has survived. Noteworthy is the pulpit made in stucco lustro technique with a relief of the vocation of Peter and the group of figures Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor on the sound cover , created around 1740, probably by Josef or Marx Schokotnigg .

Picture gallery

  • Parish Church Graz-St. Peter around 1830, Lith. Institution JF Kaiser, Graz

  • inner space

  • Sanctuary

  • pulpit

literature

  • Alois Kölbl, Wiltraud Resch: Paths to God. The churches and synagogue of Graz. 2nd, expanded and supplemented edition. Styria, Graz 2004, ISBN 3-222-13105-8 , pp. 183f.

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 3 ′ 18.2 ″  N , 15 ° 28 ′ 31.2 ″  E