Gothic Road

The Church of Our Lady "Maria Hilf" is located outside the old town centre near the Böhmertor. It is structurally connected to the house of the school sisters via the sacristy.The church impresses with an early Baroque high altar and an almost…

The parish church is a 5-aisled basilica with a magnificent choir vault. (Church guide is available). The parish church, a Romanesque basilica from the 13th century, was Gothicised in the 14th and 15th centuries, was given a 4th and 5th, albeit…

Experts estimate that the first Gothic church was built around 1330. Today's choir with its steep ribbed vault (currently the baptistery) and part of the nave up to the organ loft are remnants of this much smaller church. In the last third of the…

The parish church of Leopoldschlag stands slightly elevated to the east of the market square in the centre of the cemetery in the market town of Leopoldschlag in the district of Freistadt in the market town of Leopoldschlag in the district of…

The Gothic parish church in Windhaag near Freistadt The Windhaag parish church was built between 1487 and 1507. Regardless of the construction of a church by the Starhemberg family, church services were organised from Grünbach. Windhaag has been its…

The filial church of St Michael ob Rauchenödt rises on a rocky outcrop to the east of the village of Grünbach. From 1122, it was a filial parish with burial rights, as the former churchyard enclosed by a wall still reminds us. Initially there was a…

The parish church of St. Oswald b. Fr. is dedicated to St Oswald and belongs to the Freistadt deanery in the diocese of Linz. Due to its elevated position on the church hill, the beautiful Gothic building of the parish church in the centre of the…

Lasberg was first mentioned in 1125 in the deed of donation of "Noble Adalbero von Griesbach". The church was probably made of wood at this time and was soon replaced by a stone building in Romanesque style.Around 1400, the Romanesque building was…

The Kefermarkt parish church is dedicated to St Wolfgang. It is home to a remarkable treasure: a beautiful winged altarpiece. The artist who produced the world-famous altarpiece remains unknown to this day. And it is unlikely that we will ever find…

Learn about the history of the Gothic parish church in Kefermarkt with its world-famous winged altar. The church was built as a pilgrimage church to St Wolfgang around 1470. It was commissioned by Baron Christoph von Zelking, owner of the Weinberg…

The Gothic parish church in Gutau: (Excerpts from the church guide of the Gutau parish and the archives of St Florian's Abbey, Alfred Atteneder)The first church, presumably still built of wood, was probably erected by the "Griesbachers", an extinct…

The Church of St James, built in the Romanesque style, is located on a pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela (Spain) that was much travelled in the Middle Ages. The parish church of St James was first mentioned in documents around 1230 and was…

The origins of the pilgrimage church of St. Leonhard date back to the beginning of the 12th century and is dedicated to St. Leonhard, the patron saint of animals. At the time the parish was founded (1337), there was undoubtedly already a larger…

 Weitersfelden parish church was built in the 14th century in the late Gothic style. The church has been remodelled and extended several times over the years. Neo-Gothic elements were added during a renovation in 1878. Particularly worth seeing are…

The pilgrimage church of St Mary is situated on a hill at 842 metres above sea level and offers a magnificent view of the hilly landscape of the Mühlviertel and the mountains. The church is a popular excursion destination in the Mühlviertel in Upper…

The parish church in Unterweißenbach is dedicated to St Nicholas. The parish church dedicated to St Nicholas is not a uniform Gothic building, but dates from several construction periods.As with all asymmetrical churches with two naves, this is also…

The late Gothic parish church of Königswiesen, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, is certainly a highlight on the Gothic route. The "Maria Himmelfahrt" parish church is one of the market town's gems. It is a late Gothic, non-uniform building and is…

First mentioned in a document as "munichdorf" around the year 1300. However, its history goes back to the 10th century. In 1141, it was assigned to the Baumgartenberg monastery by its founder Otto von Machland. The bailiwick was held by the…

Origin and history St George's Church, an old Gothic-style building, was built in three phases. Initially it was just a chapel. The presbytery dates from the 11th century; the nave and left aisle may have been added around the 13th or 14th century.…

The origins of the parish church in Pierbach date back to before the 12th century. It is dedicated to St Quirinus of Neuss and features Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and modern style elements.In the 1950s, the high altar from the circle of the Baroque…

Around 1380, a small Romanesque church, which was located in today's nave, was converted into a pilgrimage church. Particularly worth seeing are the two Marian reliefs (Death of the Virgin Mary and Coronation of the Virgin Mary) and the vault…

Gothic parish church The striking late Gothic building stands on a rocky outcrop above the Kettenbach stream at the lower end of the market square. The first documented mention of the existence of a church dates back to around 1260. Bad Zell became…

The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul Romanesque elements can be found on the north wall.The one-bay, cross-ribbed vaulted choir dates back to the 14th century. The year 1521 can be seen on the central keystone in the vault of the…

The Parish Church of Pregarten is a superb example of neo Gothic architecture and was erected between 1893 and 1897. The design was entrusted to Otto Schirmer, one of the most eminent church architects of his generation.The nave has three aisles. The…

Hagenberg Castle, which almost was let gone to rack and ruin, has been rehabilitated into a Center of Science, Administration and Culture. The local commune purchased the Hagenberg Castle with financial support by the Upper Austrian government in…

Parish churches St James the ElderSt James is usually depicted with a staff and a pilgrim's shell. Churches dedicated to St. James were often built at springs where travellers stopped for refreshment. This is how the church in Neumarkt is said to…

Hirschbach was first mentioned in documents in 1150 in the records of the bishops of Passau. The parish of Hirschbach then appears as early as 1374 as a newly formed parish with a church in honour of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Queen of…

Hardly anywhere else in Austria can you find three Gothic winged altars at once like in the church in Waldburg near Freistadt. However, the church is dominated by the high altar with the Mother of God Mary, St Catherine and the church's patron saint…

St Peter's was first mentioned in documents between 1241 and 1276. It was probably a branch parish of Neumarkt. St Peter's was a cemetery church of the town of Freistadt. The branch church had a predecessor building, which was excavated in 1962. The…

Names - especially older ones - always have a story.The Christian story of the Maria Rast forest chapel is this:According to pious legend, the Holy Family - that is, Joseph, Mary and Jesus - had been resting on a stone on the flight to Egypt after a…

Gothic parish church "St Alexius" - built in 1441 The first church in Hellmonsödt was probably destroyed in the Hussite invasions in the first half of the 15th century. In 1441, Johann (Hanns) von Starhemberg had the present church built in the late…