Franziskanerkirche, Franciscan church and monastery at Rathausplatz, St. Pölten, Austria

Franziskanerkirche is a late-Baroque church on the north side of Rathausplatz in St. Pölten, built 1757–1768 with Matthias Munggenast involved. Its Rococo main facade has a high base, a segmental-arch portal with a 17th-century Infant Jesus of Prague, and Ionic pilaster bundles dividing the upper floor into three axes. The interior is a single nave of two concave transverse bays under Platzl vaults, leading to a narrow one-bay choir with a round apse.

The building was constructed between 1757 and 1768 under the direction of Baroque architect Matthias Munggenast and initially served as a Carmelite monastery. It was transferred to the Franciscans in 1785, who have used it as a church and monastery since then.

The church keeps a neo-Baroque altar of around 1900 beneath the organ gallery, holding the Görzer Muttergottes, an 18th-century Madonna statue brought here in 1918 from St. Katharinenkirche near Görz after that church was destroyed in the war. The Loretokapelle behind the choir has a Rococo carving of 1760 with a statue of Our Lady of Loreto.

The church is located at Rathausplatz in the center of St. Pölten and is easy to find. The interior is open to visitors, particularly during service times and religious celebrations.

The pulpit was designed around 1770 and features the Eye of God, a motif with deep theological meaning. The modern organ was installed in 2011 within the historic housing, merging contemporary technology with classical design.