Church of St. Magdalene (Magdalenenkirche) description and photos - Austria: St. Kanzian (Topic)

Church of St. Magdalene (Magdalenenkirche) description and photos - Austria: St. Kanzian. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Magdalenenkirche.

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The Roman Catholic Church of St. Magdalene is located in the former village of Wasserhofen, which is included in the city of St. Kanzian and is considered one of its districts. Wasserhofen is home to only 580 people, but these people have their own temple, which is run by the church in Kunsdorf.

The Church in Wasserhofen was consecrated in the name of Mary Magdalene. It is a small, squat building consisting of a late Gothic rotunda, adjoined on the east side by an elongated rectangular nave. On the other side of the temple, you can see an open wooden extension. Above the conical roof of the circular building, covered with shingles, a small wooden turret with an onion dome rises. A sloping arched doorway leads from the narthex into a single nave of modest size. The interior design is simple and even ascetic. The wooden flat ceiling is decorated with colorful frescoes. There is also a choir with two compartments in the temple, painted by the contemporary artist Valentin Oman. On the high altar, created in the third quarter of the 18th century, there is an image of the repentant Mary Magdalene. Also here you can see the figure of the Apostle Matthew.

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