Kloster Traunkirchen at Klosterplatz 1 stands on a narrow peninsula into the Traunsee, a monastery site since 1020. The Baroque church inside contains the 1753 Fishermen’s Pulpit, a carved wooden pulpit shaped like a boat with apostles hauling nets, one of the strangest pieces of ecclesiastical art in Austria. Free entry. On the Salzkammergut rail line; combine with Traunsee and Bad Ischl.
monastery in Traunkirchen
Kloster Traunkirchen
Kloster Traunkirchen sits on a narrow peninsula jutting into the Traunsee, one of the most dramatic monastery sites in the Salzkammergut. The building at Klosterplatz 1 dates to a foundation around 1020 and was occupied by Benedictines, then Jesuits, then secularized in 1773.
- Type
- monastery
- Destination
- Traunkirchen
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 1020
- Era
- Medieval
- Address
- Klosterplatz 1, 4801 Traunkirchen, 4801 Traunkirchen
- Coordinates
- 47.8458, 13.7917
- Official website
- Visit website