Parish Church of St. Salvator (Friesach)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Salvator in the village of St. Salvator in the municipality of Friesach was first mentioned in a document between 1123 and 1130. Since the Salvator patronage was particularly common in Irish-Scottish monasteries, it can be assumed that a monk's cell already existed here in Carolingian times. St. Salvator was first mentioned as a parish in 1285. For a long time, the right of patronage belonged to the St. Bartlmä Collegiate Chapter in Friesach. It was not until 1720 that the parish came from the Archdiocese of Salzburg to the Diocese of Gurk .
Building description
The church is a late Gothic hall church from the 15th and early 16th centuries. The tower on the north side of the choir is crowned by a pointed gable helmet. A bell was cast by David Polster in 1643. In the Baroque period , the vestibule was added to the west, the sacristy to the north and the Franz Xaver Chapel to the south. You enter the church in the vestibule through a profiled, late Gothic portal.
In the four-bay nave, a ribbed vault rests on chamfered, drawn-in pillars. The three-axis west gallery is arched under star ribs. A star-ribbed vault rises on consoles in the single-bay choir. The decorative vault paintings in the choir with an IHS monogram are labeled 1531. The remains of wall paintings in the south side chapel depict the saints Isidore and Notburga . In the south window of the choir there are remains of glass paintings which were created in a Judenburg workshop in the middle of the 14th century. Among other things, St. Catherine and a holy bishop are depicted .
Facility
With the exception of the pulpit, the late baroque furnishings were created by Johann Pacher . The high altar with column structure and canopy bears a carved group of the Coronation of Mary , which is flanked on the inside by the Apostle Prince Peter and Paul , in the middle by the Guardian Angel and the Archangel Michael and on the outside by the Holy Salzburg Bishops Virgil and Rupert .
The two side altars were created in 1760. On the left altar, a seated Mother of God with child is surrounded by Saints Joseph and Joachim . Outside, the figures of the holy deacons Stephen and Laurentius stand on consoles . The essay is the heart of Jesus . The right side altar bears the sculpture of Saint Martin , surrounded by Saints John and Paul as well as holy bishops without attributes. The heart of Mary is represented in the essay. On the north wall of the choir there is a carved retable marked 1767 with a man of Sorrows made around 1420/1430 as well as angels with tools of the Passion and Saint Anne . The death of Franz Xavier is depicted on the altar in the side chapel . On the side are the figures of Johannes Nepomuk and Joseph, in the essay by Antonius of Padua and on the altar table a mercy seat from the beginning of the 16th century.
The pulpit , built in 1777, is attributed to Johann Reiter. On the basket are the figures of the four evangelists . The sound cover is crowned with a statue of a seated Good Shepherd . The baptismal font from 1714 was given a higher tower in 1776. The holy water font is marked 1757. In the intrados are the crest grave plates of Josef Gaisruckh (1751) and Francis Gottfried Schranzenegg-Gaissruckh (1756) to the southern side chapel. The church also features sculptures of a Maria Immaculate , a baptismal group and a crucifixion group - all from the mid-18th century - as well as an apostle chandelier from the mid-19th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 820 f.
- Siegfried Hartwagner: Austrian Art Monograph Volume VIII: Carinthia. The St. Veit an der Glan district . Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1977, ISBN 3-900173-22-2 , p. 198 ff.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 58 ′ 9.6 ″ N , 14 ° 21 ′ 25 ″ E