Frauenkirche, Gothic church in Wasserburg am Inn, Germany

The Frauenkirche is a plastered brick Gothic pseudobasilica in Wasserburg am Inn, built from the early 14th century. It has three aisles of four bays, a short choir with a three-eighth close, and a west tower with a ground-floor passage and a spire over four corner oriels. The higher central nave is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes, the side aisles by ribbed vaults.

The Frauenkirche was first mentioned in 1324, built as a plastered brick structure against the town tower raised around 1300. It was vaulted in 1339 and consecrated in 1386. Wolfgang Wiser completed the tower spire in 1501/1502, and it was renewed in 1730. The interior was refitted in 1753 and renovated in 1974/1975.

The interior walls display fourteen representations of Marian feasts and biblical women, reflecting how local Catholics understood their faith through images. These paintings served as visual stories for people who could not read.

The church is entered through a ground-floor passage in the west tower, which links it to the town tower behind. The interior was remodelled in 1753 and restored in 1974/1975, so the furnishings mix Gothic structure with Baroque fittings. Look for the 1593 Saint Christopher and the 18th-century Annunciation painted on the outside wall of the south-east sacristy.

The main altar displays a 1430 image of the enthroned Virgin Mary painted by the Master of Seeon. Next to it hangs an 18th-century painting depicting Wasserburg itself, offering a view of what the town looked like then.