Clemens-Holzmeister-Church of St. Barbara

Erpfendorf, Dorf

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Clemens Holzmeister Kirche zur Hl. Barbara

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The single-nave building with its deeply sloping roof and the chancel-oriented tower harmoniously integrates into the landscape.

The interior of the large hall is dominated by the cross group at the chancel arch, carved in 1957 by Sepp Baumgartner from Schwaz. In the same year, Richard Kurt Fischer from Innsbruck created the apse mosaic on the theme of the apocalyptic lamb and the heavenly Jerusalem. In 1975, the mosaic of the church patroness followed on the back wall.

The side altar, consisting of seven panels, depicts seven scenes from the Old Testament:
- Creation of sea creatures and birds
- Let there be light
- Creation of Eve
- Temptation of Adam and Eve by the serpent
- Expulsion from Paradise
- Creation of the celestial bodies
- The Spirit of God hovered over the water

The Stations of the Cross appear like icons in their dense compositions painted on a gold background. The Marian wing altar features, alongside the Madonna with Child flanked by angels, the birth of Mary on the left wing and the meeting of Mary with Elizabeth on the right wing, while the outer side of the two wings displays the Annunciation to Mary by the Archangel Gabriel.

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