Stift Ranshofen, Augustinian monastery in Braunau am Inn, Austria

Stift Ranshofen is a former monastery of the Augustinian Canons in the Ranshofen district of Braunau am Inn. Its former abbey church, now the Ranshofen filial church, was rebuilt in Gothic style from 1508 under Provost Kaspar Türndl. The baroque high altar, made by Sebastian Hagenauer around 1698, shows the beheading of the church patron; the current tower was rebuilt in reduced form after the 1859 fire.

Ranshofen appears in records in 788 as a ducal court of the Agilolfings; under Charlemagne it became a royal palace, and Arnulf of Carinthia had a palace chapel to St Pancras built there between 896 and 898. From a community of secular priests at that chapel, an Augustinian Canons' monastery emerged in 1125 under Duke Henry IX of Bavaria, confirmed by a papal charter of 1147. The monastery was dissolved in 1811 by the Bavarian government.

The former Stiftskirche, now the Ranshofen branch church of the Braunau parish, is dedicated to St. Pankraz. Its baroque high altar was made by Sebastian Hagenauer, and the altarpiece by Johann Kaspar Sing shows the beheading of the church's patron saint, with the Holy Trinity above. Under Provost Philipp Vetterl several brotherhoods were established, including the Corporis-Christi, Gut-Tod and Rosary confraternities, for which the Marienkapelle was refitted with a new altar in 1632.

The former abbey church now serves as the Ranshofen branch church of the Braunau parish, so opening times follow parish use rather than a museum schedule. The site lies in the Ranshofen district of Braunau am Inn; the church is the surviving core of the monastic complex, whose other buildings were dissolved in 1811.

The church tower seen today is lower than its predecessor: the original baroque tower, topped by a half-dome with a lantern, collapsed in 1621 and was rebuilt, then replaced after the fire of 1859 in reduced form. The high altar, made by Sebastian Hagenauer around 1698, holds a painting by Johann Kaspar Sing showing the beheading of the church's patron.