Discover Untergreutschach

For a trip to Untergreutschach, sacred art and historic route connections offer specific themes to guide your choice of destination. The motifs differ in their architectural form, location, and historical context. As you plan your trip, you can decide whether to focus more on church art, individual wayside shrines, or the Slomšek Pilgrimage Route.

Church Art in Greutschach and Untergreutschach

The late Romanesque round charnel house in Untergreutschach contains frescoes. A memorial plaque to those who fell in the First World War is attached to a buttress on the southern wall of Greutschach parish church; a large wooden Baroque crucifixion group is also located on the south side. The parish church of St. Martin and the fortified churchyard in Greutschach are protected monuments under an ordinance. The motifs have different historical contexts: the round charnel house is late Romanesque, the crucifixion group is Baroque, and the plaque commemorates those who fell in the First World War.

Wayside Shrines and Their Locations

The wayside shrines offer another way to compare architectural forms. The Jagakreuz is a Late Gothic tabernacle shrine with four square niches. It stands at a fork in the road about 300 metres east of Greutschach parish church. The Kowatschkreuz is an open-sided shrine with a projecting gabled roof, two pillars, and a wooden crucifix; it stands south of the village, directly beside the road. Both their design and location help distinguish them: the Jagakreuz is marked by its four niches and the fork in the road, while the Kowatschkreuz is distinguished by its roof, pillars, and crucifix.

Processions and Historic Route Connections

The Kowatschkreuz is currently the final stop on the Corpus Christi procession and on the rogation processions. If you want to include one of these processions in your travel plans, check the current dates and itinerary in advance. The Rappatzkreuz has a different focus: its historic route connection. This chapel shrine has a gabled roof and an interior that can be entered. It stands on the old connecting path from the farmstead down into the valley, which was used until about 1955. The two crosses thus differ both in their construction and in their associations: the Kowatschkreuz’s current role in processions, and the Rappatzkreuz’s former route into the valley.

The Slomšek Pilgrimage Route

The Slomšek Pilgrimage Route starts at the fortified church or Gasthaus Hauser in Greutschach/Krčanje and first descends into the Wölfnitzgraben. It then follows the stream uphill along a forest track to Wölfnitz and later to St. Leonhard an der Saualpe. The route thus changes from an initial descent to a subsequent climb alongside the stream. Unlike an individual wayside shrine, the pilgrimage route passes through several named places; if you want to include a route connection in your choice of destination, this sequence of places offers a distinct point of reference.

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