Pfarrkirche, Parish church in Mistelbach, Austria

Pfarrkirche hl. Martin is a late-Gothic three-aisled hall church with a long choir and a dominant south tower, its upper storey baroque. It stands on the plateau of the Kirchberg at the eastern edge of Mistelbach, surrounded on the east and north-east by a wide cemetery; remains of the medieval defensive cemetery wall survive to the south. South-east of the cemetery is the Chapel of St Catherine, formerly a charnel house.

The parish was founded around 1050 and named in 1135 among the 13 private parishes of the Babenbergs. The church was consecrated in 1541; after a fire, the nave was re-vaulted in 1836. The Barnabites settled in 1632 and took over the parish in 1661 after long disputes with the Diocese of Passau. The west front was redesigned in 1902 to plans by Julius Hermann.

The parish was founded around 1050 and was one of 13 private parishes of the Babenbergs in 1135. The Barnabites took over the parish in 1661 after long legal disputes with the Diocese of Passau. The high altar, made in 1735, shows the mantle-giving of St Martin, painted by Josef Plank in 1880.

The church stands on the Kirchberg plateau at the eastern edge of Mistelbach, reached from the Wiedenviertel below by two stairways: the Marktstiege (Bürgerstiege) to the north and the Pfarrstiege (Kollegienstiege) to the southwest, the latter linking it to the former Barnabite college and parish house. A broad cemetery surrounds the east and northeast sides, with remains of the medieval defensive wall to the south.

On the south wall outside hangs the red marble gravestone of the baker Niklas Haiperg and his wife Agnes, carved between 1512 and 1520 with reliefs of a roll and a pretzel. Inside the choir are red marble epitaphs from around 1600, including that of pastor Adam Berndt with a coat of arms from 1624.