Stadtpfarrkirche

Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt stands in Linz as a Roman Catholic parish church with Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque features. Its accessible interior presents a four-bay layout, a barrel-vaulted central nave and groin-vaulted side aisles.

The first church took shape during Linz’s expansion in 1207, with a single nave and choir. A Gothic choir followed in 1448, while the tower rose in 1453. Baroque rebuilding between 1649 and 1653 created the present three-nave structure, and later work added chapels between 1687 and 1694. Inside, the high altar from 1771 displays Johann Carl von Reslfeld’s Assumption of Mary, completed in 1695. Paintings by Joachim Sandrart and Bartolomeo Altomonte accompany numerous altars and sculptures.

A red marble marker identifies the altar area where Emperor Frederick III’s heart and entrails rest. Anton Bruckner served as organist here from 1855 to 1868, and the organ now has 50 stops across three manuals and pedal. Outside, a 1727 statue of Saint John of Nepomuk stands in a marble niche, while medieval gravestones recall the former cemetery. The Friedrichsglocke, cast in 1491, is Linz’s oldest bell.