Church of St. Ulrich in Krakow Plain

The church of St. Ulrich at the entrance to the Etrachtal, which dates from the end of the 15th century and is one of the few Gothic country churches. No structural changes were made over the centuries. The late Gothic church of St. Ulrich am Hollerberg, at the entrance to the Etrachtal, dates from around 1500 and has been preserved almost unchanged. You will find here a painted wooden beam ceiling of the early 16th century.

A special feature of the church are the painted wooden ceilings of the choir and nave, which consist of simple longitudinal boards with interposed moldings. The moldings were richly decorated by stencil painting and script bands. In addition to simple geometric latticework, fish-bubble tracery, delicate rosettes and tendrils with flowers dominate the appearance. The characteristics of the small-scale painting point to the foothills of the Gothic period around 1500. The high altar is a late Gothic winged altar with a central shrine, predella, and sprinkling on top. It depicts the Lamentation of Christ. The altar, completed in 1521, was replaced in 1741 by a new creation of the Judenburg sculptor Balthasar Brandstätter. The church walls are decorated all around with figures of saints and images of the Passion.

The church can be visited at any time (key next door at the sacristan, Fam. Wallner).