Waidegg parish church
The Waidegg parish church in Kirchbach im Gailtal is dedicated to St. Thomas . A church in Waidegg was first mentioned in a document in 1485.
Building description
The church is a small early Baroque complex from the 17th century with a nave, which was extended in 1725, and a retracted choir with a three-eighths closure. The tower, built in 1690 on the north side of the choir, has pointed arch sound windows and a pointed gable helmet. The sacristy between the choir and the tower is longer on the east side than the end of the choir. The church facade is adorned with pilaster strips and delicate frames on the clover-leaf arched windows . You enter the church through the pointed arched beveled west portal.
In the four-bay nave and in the two-bay choir, a shallow barrel with stitch caps rests on delicate pilasters . The wooden west gallery has a classical organ. The side of the parapet is painted with two angels playing music and in the middle with an inscription for Emperor Ferdinand I and the double-headed eagle .
The wall paintings from the first half of the 19th century are by Christof Brandstätter, either the older or the younger. At the end of the choir, putti have a canopy. The Holy Trinity is depicted on the choir ceiling . Acanthus tendrils decorate the gussets . In the Stichkappenlünetten the personifications of the three are theological virtues , the keys of Peter and Christ presented with a kneeling Roman soldiers. The paintings in the nave show the martyrdom of St. Florian and Maria Immaculata , venerated by St. Sebastian and Thomas, including a view of the Waidegg church with a procession. The ceiling paintings are complemented by medallions of the evangelists and acanthus tendrils.
Facility
In the years 1676-1678 combined high altar consists of a simple Säulenädikula with lateral ears. The middle picture shows the unbelieving Thomas, the upper picture the Mother of God with child. To the side are the figures of the peasant saints Isidore and Notburga . The side altars from 1726 to 1728 bear the statues of St. Florian and Sebastian. The four Latin church fathers are painted on the pulpit basket from 1727 . The baroque baptismal font made around 1670 to 1690 carries a baptismal group . The Stations of the Cross are from the first half of the 19th century.
literature
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 1043 f.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 3.6 ″ N , 13 ° 13 ′ 48.8 ″ E