Description of the attraction
The Rococo Church is located in the suburbs of the famous Bad Hull resort, about a kilometer from the city center. Despite the fact that this religious building has its own traditional name - the church was consecrated in honor of St. George - it is better known precisely as the "Rococo church" due to its unique interior. This temple is considered the pearl of the Rococo style in the entire federal state of Upper Austria.
The first sacral buildings on this site appeared as early as 1179; these were small chapels belonging to the large Benedictine abbey of Kremsmünster, located just 6 kilometers from the city. Then a Gothic church was erected here, however, nothing remained of it at the moment.
The modern temple was built in 1744-1777. The building itself is more Baroque - it is painted in a light color and covered with a red pitched roof, which is quite typical for religious buildings of this direction. The architectural complex is complemented by an elegant bell tower topped with an onion-shaped dome, which is very widespread in Austria and southern Germany.
Particularly noteworthy is the interior decoration of the church, made almost entirely in the style of the Rococo era and therefore distinguished by splendor and luxury. The walls were painted by the famous artist Wolfgang Heindl, who painted, among other things, the main temple of the Augustinian monastery in the Bavarian city of Passau. He is also the author of the altarpiece. Interestingly, other paintings that adorn the walls of the church were painted even earlier - at the beginning of the 18th century and were brought from the Kremsmünster Abbey itself.
It is also worth noting the amazingly preserved bright stucco molding, made back in 1740-1750. Church utensils, including the tabernacle, are made in the Baroque style, and the furniture is already more recent - it was made at the end of the 18th century. The oldest part of the temple is a small fresco depicting St. Christopher, which dates back to the 15th century.
