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Austria
Villacher Schule
Grivinne
Deutsch-Griffen
Hemma of Gurk
Turkish incursions
Ottoman Wars
frescoe
Oesterreich
fortified church
Carinthia
Kärnten
Thomas von Villach


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Deutsch-Griffen - St. Jakobus

Deutsch-Griffen - St. Jakobus
Hemma of Gurk donated a chapel in "Grivinne" in 1043. The chapel belonged to the chapter of the Gurk cathedral in 1157 and around 1218 was the parish church Deutsch-Griffen.

The Romanesque structure was rebuilt as a fortified church in the 15th century, when it served as a refuge for the villagers during the Turkish incursions. Since then it is surounded by a wall. The Karner (ossuary) erected in the 14th century was used as a defense tower duirng that time.

Inside the church are some extraordinary frescoes, that were "re-discovered" under plaster in 1928. Most of them were created by a studio named "Villacher Schule", that existed from around 1440.

Some in a bad state conditions.

A conservationist was working inside the freezing cold church and allowed us to enter.

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 aNNa schramm
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Ich freue mich immer sehr über deine sehr interessanten Bilder und Ausführungen.
ein großes Lob :-)
ciao aNNa*
7 years ago.

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