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Kirchenführung im "Dom am Pyhrn"

Spital am Pyhrn, Upper Austria

Important artists of the Austrian Baroque created a total work of art full of astonishing harmony with the collegiate church. Domenico Antonio Carlone adorned the church interior with his calm color scheme and magnificent stucco pilasters. The frescoes by Bartolomeo Altomonte in the presbytery represent a highlight of Baroque church painting in Upper Austria. The closing grille made by Andreas Ferdinand Lindermayr is considered one of the most beautiful wrought iron works in Austria. Artistic sensibility and piety allowed our house of God to emerge so magnificently. North of the church, in the so-called "Dechantstöckel", is the treasury of the former Spital Abbey. Documents, paraments, and liturgical equipment were kept there. Now, particularly valuable sculptures, vestments, and historically significant documents concerning the abbey and the two churches can be viewed in the treasury. The crypt under the presbytery of the collegiate church was the burial place of the canons of Spital am Pyhrn. From January 25 to May 15, 1945, the entire gold treasure of the Hungarian National Bank (33,000 kg) was stored here. In 1992, the crypt was restored.