Dekanatspfarrkirche Brixen im Thale, Parish church in Brixen im Thale, Austria.
The Dekanatspfarrkirche Brixen im Thale stands as a baroque architectural monument in the center of the Alpine village, featuring two 42-meter towers that dominate the local skyline with their impressive height and classical design elements.
A church at Brixen is first recorded in 788/790 in the property register of Bishop Arns of Salzburg, listed as a proprietary church with land ("ad Prixina ecclesia cum territorio"). A parish priest appears in 1165. After the old church became too small and damaged, a new late-Baroque-classical building was begun in 1790; builder Andreas Hueber prevailed over court architect Wolfgang Hagenauer and realised his plan within three years. It was consecrated on 11 September 1797 to the Assumption of Mary and Saint Martin, and raised to deanery church in 1812.
Dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and Saint Martin, the church serves as the seat of the deanery within the Salzburg Archdiocese and houses remarkable ceiling frescoes by Joseph Schöpf depicting the coronation of Mary from 1795.
Regular worship services include Thursday evening mass at 7:00 PM, Saturday evening mass at 5:30 PM, and Sunday parish service at 10:00 AM, with church guides available for purchase at three euros through the local parish office.
Archaeological excavations identified four predecessor churches on the site, the oldest a timber block building about four metres wide and eight metres long, followed by a stone hall church and two later medieval rebuilds. The present church was built in under three years and consecrated on 11 September 1797.
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