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Pfarrkirche Tauplitz

Tauplitz, Styria

In 1752, a mission station against Protestantism was established in Tauplitz. A new building was constructed in 1785, and it was elevated to an independent parish in 1788. The church was restored in 1923, 1955, and 1973. On the occasion of the church's 200th anniversary, a general renovation and restoration of the church took place in 1984 under Pastor Anton Decker.The high altar, built in 1788 by the wood sculptor and painter Johann Fortschegger, was restored and newly gilded in 1891; the figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul from Grödnertal were acquired. Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser Schmidt) painted the high-oval picture "Christ on the Cross" in 1787.Johann Fortschegger's pulpit was removed and the side altars were renewed in 1893, with the originally baroque statues being re-carved. While the Sacred Heart statue dates from more recent times, the late Gothic standing cross with the crucified Christ and the accompanying figures of Mary and John dates from between 1440 and 1450. The church interior also features 15 late Baroque-peasant Stations of the Cross paintings on wooden panels by an unknown painter.