Parish church Gmünd in Kärnten, Gothic parish church in Gmünd, Austria.

The parish church of Gmünd in Kärnten is a large Gothic building with Baroque additions: a late-Gothic hall nave of four bays under a net-rib vault on six octagonal pillars, a Gothic long choir with a 5/8 close, and two side aisles ending in polygonal side choirs. The Rosenhaimer Chapel stands south of the nave, the Raitenau Chapel east of the main apse, and a 17th-century Baroque sacristy to the north. The 47-metre tower, rebuilt in 1886/87 on Gothic foundations, holds five bells.

The church was consecrated in 1339. After the town fire of 1792, the profaned Pankratius Church was replaced by Mariä Himmelfahrt as the town parish church. The Raitenau Chapel was added in 1641/1642 by builder Daniel Deutta, and the nave was vaulted in 1499.

The high altar, made by Millstatt carpenter Georg Tangerer in 1722 and gilded by Johann Benedikt Fromiller in 1730, carries a chronogram: the capitals of "MarIa aVXILlare popVLo aD te ConfVgIentI" read as Roman numerals give 1730. Jakob Zanussi painted its central Assumption of Mary. The church served as a filming location for the 1997 film Das ewige Lied.

The church stands on Kirchgasse, its north tower joined to the old town wall, so it is reached on foot through Gmünd's centre. The main west portal is sheltered by a square porch on Tuscan columns from around 1600. Look for the crucifixion fresco of about 1370, uncovered on the west facade in 1999.

The high altar, made by Millstatt carpenter Georg Tangerer in 1722 and gilded by Johann Benedikt Fromiller in 1730, hides a chronogram: the capitals of "MarIa aVXILlare popVLo aD te ConfVgIentI" read as Roman numerals give 1730, the year it was finished.