Wallfahrtskirche Christkindl, Baroque pilgrimage church in Christkindl, Steyr, Austria

The Wallfahrtskirche Christkindl is a baroque pilgrimage church in the Christkindl district of Steyr, Austria, built as a circular structure with four apses and two facade towers. Its design by Carlo Antonio Carlone follows the model of the Roman Pantheon. The high altar, made by Leonhard Sattler around 1720, encloses a fir trunk up to a height of 120 cm.

Construction started in 1702 under architect Carlo Antonio Carlone, who died before the work was finished. Jakob Prandtauer took over and brought the project to its consecration in 1709.

The name Christkindl comes directly from the wax figure of the Christ Child kept inside the tabernacle, surrounded by rays of light above the main altar. Pilgrims from across the region still come today to pray before this figure, which is treated as the spiritual center of the entire building.

The church draws the most visitors during Advent, when mechanical nativity scenes are running and a seasonal Christmas post office opens nearby. Outside of this period, the church remains open year-round and is much quieter to visit.

The fir trunk enclosed in the high altar was already a devotional site before the church existed; the wooden chapel that first sheltered it was built by a farmer from St. Ulrich in thanks for his child's recovery. The trunk is walled up to a height of 120 cm and tied to the masonry with iron struts above.