Pfarrkirche Krönung Mariens, Parish church in Traunkirchen, Austria.
Pfarrkirche Krönung Mariens is a three-aisled, six-bay columned church built after 1632, with a west tower added in 1718 and a mansard-style roof. Its choir reuses the polygonal end of an earlier Gothic church, and the barrel-vaulted nave and side aisles sit beside the former monastery building and cemetery.
A monastery was founded around 1020, and its first Benedictine nuns came from Stift Nonnberg in Salzburg. The monastery and church burned in the night before 10 January 1632; the present Baroque church was built afterwards and consecrated in 1652. The Jesuits, who had taken over the monastery in 1622, were dissolved in 1773, and in 1778 the church became a parish church.
The patronal feast of Maria Krönung is celebrated on 15 August, when the parish marks the Assumption. The church's best-known work is the Fischerkanzel, carved in 1753 with the scene of the miraculous catch from John 21; its soundboard carries a statue of Francis Xavier with figures representing Asia. The high altar of 1754 is by Franz Preisl.
The church stands directly against the former monastery building, with the cemetery wrapping its south and east sides. The west tower, built in 1718, has a mansard-like broken tent roof. The building is a protected monument; the parish belongs to the Seelsorgeraum of Altmünster in the Diocese of Linz.
The pulpit, carved in 1753 by an unnamed master, shows the miraculous catch of fish from John 21: James and John haul a net full of fish into the boat, Christ stands behind and Peter kneels before him. On the soundboard sits Francis Xavier with dark-skinned figures seated before him as representatives of Asia.
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