Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus in Waldkirchen/W.

Waldkirchen, Upper Austria

HISTORY:Documentary evidence: 12821325 first mention of the "Parish called Wesen".1518 expansion of the parish church (already called Waldkirchen) and first mention of a pastor Johann Gschwendner.1906 enlargement of the parish church and construction of a Neo-Gothic tower (40 m).DESCRIPTION:- Gothic building with a single-nave, five-bay, net-rib vaulted nave.- High altar, side altars and pulpit from the mid-18th century.- High altar painting (St. Nikolaus) by Paul Steiner (3rd quarter of the 18th century).- Gothic baptismal font in the area of the high altar.- Heraldic tombstones from the 15th and 16th centuries.PARISH:approx. 1000 Catholicsaccessible via ......Rohrbach - Altenfelden - Hofkirchen i.M. - Niederranna - Wesenufer - Waldkirchen a.W. Passau - Engelhartszell - Wesenufer - Waldkirchen a.W. Linz - Eferding - Hartkirchen - Schlögener Schlinge - Wesenufer - Waldkirchen a.W. Wels - Grieskirchen - Waizenkirchen - St.Agatha - Waldkirchen a.W. Ried i.I. - Riedau - Zell an der Pram - St.Willibald - Natternbach - Neukirchen a.W. - Waldkirchen a.W. Schärding - Münzkirchen - St.Roman - St.Aegidi - Waldkirchen a.W.