Großgmain - Our Lady church, Gothic church in Großgmain, Austria

Our Lady church is a Gothic building with pointed arches, tall windows, and stone walls typical of medieval religious architecture in the Salzburg region. Construction was completed around 1500, and the interior was later expanded with Baroque elements in the 1730s.

A ducal church existed at Gmain before 1136, when St. Maria in Muona was incorporated into the Augustinian monastery of St. Zeno in Reichenhall. The Gothic nave was begun in the late 15th century and finished in 1529; the Madonna was crowned in 1495 and a winged altarpiece followed in 1499. From 1731 Provost Floridus II Penker had the interior rebuilt in Baroque form under Tobias Kendler, and in 1807 the church became an independent parish church.

The main object of veneration is a Salzburg cast-stone Madonna from around 1400, kept in the colours then customary: white, blue and red with gold. Since the 18th-century remodelling it stands at the centre of the high altar that Johann Georg Langmayr built in 1739. The ten panel paintings of the winged altar, made around 1499 by the Master of Großgmain, now hang in the choir.

The building is located on Salzburgerstraße in Großgmain and is accessible to visitors interested in religious art and architecture. It is helpful to check opening hours beforehand, as they may vary by season.

The miraculous image is a Salzburg cast-stone Madonna from around 1400, painted white, blue and red with gold, and crowned in 1495. Since the 18th-century refit it stands at the centre of the high altar that Johann Georg Langmayr built in 1739, framed by a Trinity group showing the Coronation of Mary.