St. Christoph am Hum
The Roman Catholic subsidiary church St. Christof am Hum ( Slovenian : Podružnična cerkev na Humu ) stands lonely on the wooded mountain ridge Hum near Pirk (Brezje) in the municipality of Rosegg (Rožek). It is not visible from the valley due to the heavy forest cover on the hill.
The late-Gothic , wood-clapboard-roofed building was first mentioned in a document in 1486 and has a western pillar porch the width of a nave . The wooden roof turret in the east has a pointed helmet. The windows of the choir are pointed arched, on the eastern end wall of the choir there is a late Gothic niche as well as a fragment of a Roman epitaph for Lottius Camulius and a presumably early Romanesque grave relief showing a cross. The mural painting on the southern choir wall of the church, which was created around 1520 and depicts Saint Christopher, is remarkable. It was later painted over and the lower area is badly damaged. Another, probably also early Romanesque, grave relief can be found on the southern outer wall. It is the chest piece of a crowned figure praying, possibly representing St. Elisabeth of Thuringia .
The nave, which is provided with a flat ceiling , merges into a drawn - in single -bay choir with a 5/8 end . The ribbed vault rests on semicircular templates and has a round keystone. The triumphal arch is drawn in and chamfered with an ogival arch .
The main altar is from the end of the 17th century. and shows a figure of St. Christopher in the middle, St. Florian on the right and St. George on the left . The figures of female saints (Saint Margaret and probably Saint Catherine) are located above the sacrificial passage portals . The left side altar is also from the end of the 17th century. and shows St. Anna Selbdritt from the 16th century as the central figure , the top picture shows the coronation of Mary. The right side altar (end of the 17th century) has Christ in mourning as the central figure. In the top there are figures of a holy bishop, Saint Barbara and other saints. The multi-figure oil painting of the crucifixion dates from the late 16th century.
The building was re-covered with wood shingles in 1973 and restored in 1986.
Web links and sources
- Georg Dehio (greeting), Gabriele Russwurm-Biró (editing): Carinthia ( Austria's art monuments ). Schroll Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X .
- Brief description of the condition of the church and picture of the high altar
Coordinates: 46 ° 33 ′ 47 " N , 13 ° 59 ′ 48" E