Photo: Gemeinde LosensteinLosenstein, Upper Austria
The two-bay choir has a 5/8-closure and a cross-rib vault. It is structured by semicircular services and stepped buttresses. In the choir there are four Gothic stained-glass windows depicting the "Crowning with Thorns", the "Crucifixion of Christ", "Christ's Ascension" and "Saint Oswald". The windows were created around 1400. Gothic frescoes from 1380 have been preserved on the choir vault, depicting symbols of the Evangelists, prophets, and tendrils. The frescoes were restored around 1905, and in 1951 an attempt was made to remove overpaintings.The three-bay nave is single-aisled and has a flat-hanging dome vault. The Gothic church tower stands in the southern choir corner. The sound windows are Gothic and the tower is covered with a wedge roof. The south portal and the tower entrance are also Gothic. The folk altar (1974) and the bronze gate (1977) were erected according to designs by the Linz sculptor Peter Dimmel.In the sacristy, a Gothic fresco from around 1400 was discovered in 1951. The depiction of the Crucifixion of Christ and the Archangel Michael was restored in 1952.The high altar was erected from 1691 to 1693. The high altar painting was painted by Johann Karl von Reslfeld in 1691. The tabernacle and the ornaments were created around 1775 in the Rococo style. The Baroque pulpit also originated around 1775. The side altars are in the Neo-Baroque style.In the baptistery there is a baptismal font from 1662 and a figural group of Saint Anna from the first half of the 18th century. The bell was cast around 1340.The church is a protected monument.
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