Parish Church of the Virgin Mary (Pfarrkirche Unsere Liebe Frau) description and photos - Austria: Mayrhofen (Topic)

Parish Church of the Virgin Mary (Pfarrkirche Unsere Liebe Frau) description and photos - Austria: Mayrhofen. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Pfarrkirche Unsere Liebe Frau.

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The Parish Church of the Virgin Mary is located in the cemetery in the northern part of Mayrhofen. It was probably built in the 14th century. After a devastating fire, the building of the temple was rebuilt in 1500-1511 in the Gothic manner and consecrated in honor of the Virgin. At the end of the 16th century, the church burned down again. The sacred building was restored in 1590.

In 1674 in Mayrhofen, at the insistence of the former Archbishop of Salzburg, Max Gandolf, his own vicariate was created. Since that time, the church has kept a silver cross with the name of Gandolf.

The city of Mayrhofen grew and developed, the number of inhabitants in it increased, and the small parish church could no longer accommodate all the believers who also came to services from neighboring villages ... In 1740, another reconstruction of the Church of the Virgin Mary took place. The more spacious church was built practically from scratch. On September 4, 1756, it was consecrated by Archbishop Sigismund III, Count von Schrattenbach. The nave acquired baroque features. Then the high altar was created by the master from Tyrol Veit Steiner.

10 years after the consecration of the church, a cemetery was laid out around the temple. The Church of the Virgin Mary was renovated several times. In 1858 it received parish status. In 1968-1969, the old temple was dismantled, and in its place an octagonal structure with a Gothic choir was built. To the north of the choirs rises the church belfry, decorated with a spire.

In the interior of the temple, it is worth paying attention to the painting on the wooden ceiling, created in 1971 by the artist Max Weiler, and the baroque fresco "Coronation of Our Lady" in the choir.

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