parish church Guttaring

The Roman Catholic parish church of Guttaring stands on the western edge of the main village in the Carinthian municipality of Guttaring. It is dedicated to Saint Rupert and first appears in records from 1160. The building combines a Romanesque core from the 11th century with a late-Gothic extension. A six-storey tower, begun in the 12th century, rises between nave and choir. The oldest bell dates from the 14th century, while another was cast in 1661. The church is notable for its layered architecture. A late-Gothic south portal with a hollow-chamfered ogee arch carries iron fittings and a key catch, and beside it a 16th-century Last Judgement fresco. The nave is covered by a 15th-century stellar rib-vault over recessed buttresses, and the west gallery has a late-Gothic stellar vault with a Baroque balustrade. The high altar, made about 1720, shows Saint Rupert on its main panel and carries statues of Saints Paul, Peter, Wolfgang and Modestus, topped by the Archangel Michael. South of the church stands the small Gothic Achatius Chapel from the 15th century, now used as a mortuary. Inside the parish church, the northern side chapel contains an altar painted by Eustachius Gabriel around 1760. The interior also holds a Baroque font with a wooden cover and several 18th-century console figures of local saints.