Pfarrkirche hl. Sebastian, Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Parish church in Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Austria.
The Pfarrkirche hl. Sebastian is a late-Gothic church on a slope in the centre of Mühlbach am Hochkönig. Its single-nave nave was extended by one bay to the west in 1883, when the west tower with pointed-arch windows and a shingled spire was added. The polygonal choir has a three-sided close, and the nave shows pointed-arch windows and stepped buttresses.
A Sebastianskapelle was documented in 1519 and completed in 1637. It became a vicariate in 1678, was consecrated in 1700 and was raised to parish church in 1859. In 1883 the building was extended westward by one bay and given its west tower; restorations followed in 1936 and 1965, and the tower was renovated in 1978.
The church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian, whose image hangs on the right side altar; it is a former high altarpiece with the monogram G.H., painted in the second quarter of the 17th century. In the choir, console figures from the 18th century depict Mary, Joseph, Anthony of Padua, the Man of Sorrows and Michael.
The church stands on a slope in the village centre, so the approach is uphill; the late-Gothic pointed-arch portal with tracery was moved into the later west front and serves as the entrance. The interior is reached at ground level, with the gallery carried on pillars. Look for the 1884 date in one of the glass windows.
The church holds gravestones of four men: Ferdinand Mathaeus Fritsch (1748), Johann Evangelist Krauk (1860), Johann Weyrer (1862) and Franz von Lidl (1889). The high altar painting of Saint Sebastian, now on the right side altar, bears the monogram G.H. and dates from the second quarter of the 17th century.
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