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preserved in the Romanesque style from the 12 century are the parish
church and the ossuary. Other noteworthy buildings such as the
Convent of Poor Clares founded by Konrad von Auffenstein in 1321 with
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the convent church, or the public hospital, date from the 14 century.

The fires of 1409 and 1497 reduced almost all the
houses built of wood to ashes.

Around 1500 the woodcarving workshop of Lienhart Pambstell was
established, and in 1503/04 this produced an altar for the dean of Gurk
Cathedral. 10 years later the St. Veit woodcarving workshop supplied
Gurk Cathedral with six carved panels representing St Hemma, which
are still internationally admired today.

After the late Gothic carved altars, artistic activity in St. Veit achieved
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further high points from the second quarter of the 18 century
onwards, with the already mentioned workshop of Johann Georg
Bacher, who produced numerous altars, 37 of which are still preserved
today in the district of St. Veit. The exceptional sculptor Johann Georg
Hittiner emerged from his workshop too.

Portrait painter August Prinzhofer

He was born on 12 September 1816.
His talent for drawing attracted attention while he
was still at school.
His successes in painting portraits brought him a
large number of commissions, and he made the
decision to move his place of residence to Vienna.
He created 400 oil portraits and 3,000 portrait
lithographs, as well as numerous water colours.
In 1848 he had the honour of painting a portrait of the Emperor Franz
Joseph. He died of softening of the brain on 4 August 1885.

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