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Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Georg und ehem. Friedhof

Kainach bei Voitsberg, Italy

Kath. Pfarrkirche hl. Georg und ehem. Friedhof

The parish church of Kainach bei Voitsberg, often called Kainach parish church, is the Catholic parish church of the parish of Kainach, located in the municipality of Kainach bei Voitsberg in western Styria, Austria. The church, dedicated to St. George, belongs to the pastoral area of Voitsberg in t

he diocese of Graz-Seckau. The origins of the church probably date back to the 11th century, when it was built as a filial church of the mother church of Piber and the St. Lambert's abbey. However, it is first mentioned in a document in 1245 in a listing of the branches of Piber. In the course of the 14th century Kainach developed into an independent parish. At the transition from the 15th to the 16th century there was a church fire, the exact extent of which is unknown. In the course of the 16th century the church was expanded and rebuilt, whether in the course of the fire is not clear. In the first half of the 18th century, the previous church was replaced by a new building, incorporating the remains of the previous building. Only the old church tower was preserved. In the course of the Josephinian reforms, the St. Lambert's abbey, to which the church had been incorporated until then, was...

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