Parish church Würmlach
The Roman Catholic parish church Würmlach in the town of the same name in the municipality of Kötschach-Mauthen is consecrated to Saints Lambert and Georg .
Originally the chapel of Weildegg Castle , the church was converted into a parish church in 1770. The simple, late Gothic long building, consisting of a three-bay nave and a single -bay choir, was extended to the west by a bay with an entrance tower in 1770. The two-storey, three-axis west facade with an early classical portal and semicircular windows is structured by pilaster strips . The tower with arched sound windows is crowned by an elongated onion helmet with a lantern. In the south the sacristy connects to the choir. On the north side of the nave is the coat of arms grave slab of Hans Weillandt zu Weildegg († 1582).
Above the Gothic nave there is a ribbed vault on chamfered wall pillars with semicircular templates, the late Baroque west yoke has a barrel vault with stitch caps . In the choir there is a star rib vault with looping ribs on presented circular services . On the south side, a pointed arch portal leads into the sacristy. The fresco depicting a multi-figure crucifixion in a landscape on the end wall of the choir from the beginning of the 16th century was uncovered in 1957.
Facility
At the high altar stand two angels from the late 18th century next to a tabernacle . The console figures on the north wall of the nave, Saints Martin and Lambertus and a Pietà were carved by Ferdinand Demetz from Val Gardena in 1886. The console figures of Saints Peter , Paul and George in the choir and in the nave were created by Josef Obbrugger in 1865. The church also has a guardian angel group from the second Half of the 19th century, a baroque crucifix on the south wall of the nave and a "Christ in Mourning" from the 18th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 1090 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ′ 22.8 ″ N , 13 ° 0 ′ 50 ″ E