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Parish church

This three-aisle church was built on the site of a Romanesque church from 1443 through 1522. Erected in the hey days of the town the structure was called the "Steyr Minister" from its size and significance. The church is dedicated to St Aegidius and St Coloman. The 80 meters tall tower was destroyed by a fire and was completely rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style from 1885 to 1889.

Parish church (Interior)

The Gothic ceiling vaults are supported by 12 colonettes. The high altar was erected in 1857 to commemorate the unsuccessful attempted assassination on Emperor Franz Joseph´s life. The most noticeable and striking architectural features of the Church are two windows that date back to the 14th and 15th century: The "Laxenburg Window" and the window depicting the Death Of Mary and her Crowning as Queen of Heaven.
Baptismal font (1569), Chrisman Organ.

St. Michaels Baroque Church

The two steeples of St. Michael´s Church rise at the end of Steyr bridge. This magnificent Baroque church was built between 1635 and 1677. The pediment in between the two steeples shows a fresco depicting Saint Michael and the fall of the evil angels. The most noticeable architectural feature of the Church is the lavishly decorated interior in Rococo style. The altarpiece depicts Archangel Saint Michael triumphing over Lucifer.

St. Mary's Church

There has been a church on this location ever since the late 15th century when a Dominican community was founded on the site. History records that in the 16th century the building was destroyed by a flood and a fire. As a result the convent church was completely rebuilt in early Baroque style by the middle of the 17th century. The lavishly decorated interior mainly represents the Rococo style with fragments of rich Baroque features.
There are two chapels on the church´s forecourt that boast noticeable statues depicting Christ on the Mount of Olives and the Crucifixion.

Pilgrimage Church of Christkindl

Can be seen at a disctance of approx. 3 km from the end of the Steyr bridge. According to a folk legend, Ferdinand Sertl was cured from epilepsy after praying to a wax effigy of Jesus in the hollow of a tree. In 1708, Abbot Anselm Angerer ordered the construction of this same pilgrim church, the altar of which still accommodates the original pine tree trunk. Christkindl post office, mechanical Christmas nativity scene, Pöttmesser nativity scene