This listed church is located on a hiking trail near the city of St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Austria.
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GER] Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde hier ein hölzernes Bethaus erbaut, das 1845 bis 1850 durch die heutige Kirche "Zum Gegeißelten Heiland" ersetzt wurde.
[ENG] A wooden prayer house was built here in the 18th century, which was replaced between 1845 and 1850 by today's Church of the Scourged Saviour.
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"The Breitegg Calvary Church is in the village of Breitegg in the municipality of Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab in Styria .
The Roman Catholic Calvary Church of the Scourged Savior belongs to the deanery of Gleisdorf in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau . The church is a listed monument.
Location
Three Ways of the Cross lead to the Calvary Church.
The wayside shrines of the Way of the Cross from St. Ruprecht on the Raab to the Calvary Church were decorated in 1972 with enamel pictures by the goldsmith Bernward Schmid .
The Way of the Cross from Unterfladnitz to the Calvary Church was designed in 2001 with wooden crosses by Michael Hartinger.
History
The church was built by master mason Jakob Gauster and consecrated in 1853.
Architecture
The church is a three-bay hall building with a semicircular recessed choir and has a double-tower facade. The paintings were created in 1890 by the painters Josef Oisner, Felix Barazutti and Rudolf Glanschnigg. The high altar is from 1891. The organ from the first half of the 18th century was later rebuilt.
Literature
Kurt Woisetschläger , Peter Krenn : The art monuments of Austria. Dehio handbook Styria: (without Graz) . Publisher: Federal Monuments Office . Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-7031-0532-1 , p. 486"
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