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(Church guide is available). date: 2025-02-06 modified: 2026-03-09 --- # Stadtpfarrkirche - Katharinenmünster Stadtpfarrkirche - Katharinenmünster ====================================== Freistadt, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/452367/A16627DBF95584C982C1F9CD6898BEBA22AF69049931D6742940EB58FFEBF1CF/q-at-03-fre-c-gotikstr-bda-irenehofer-33-jpg.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/206220/E5DC61C00D88B1566C3F1A9E78846BA6E4A050D5285CF8502E1C4278483AFB44/katharinenmuensterturm.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/206221/0E5DB92BA42C122FD55E6DEBA813CEF9F3F8A11FFDC49CD374C57EFCE63AD924/katharinenmuensterturm.jpg) © Open copyright © Irene Hofer, Bundesdenkmalamt Close copyright [ ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/452367/A16627DBF95584C982C1F9CD6898BEBA22AF69049931D6742940EB58FFEBF1CF/q-at-03-fre-c-gotikstr-bda-irenehofer-33-jpg.jpg "© Irene Hofer, Bundesdenkmalamt") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/452367/A16627DBF95584C982C1F9CD6898BEBA22AF69049931D6742940EB58FFEBF1CF/q-at-03-fre-c-gotikstr-bda-irenehofer-33-jpg.jpg) © Open copyright © Stadtmarketing Freistadt Close copyright [ ![Katharinenmuenster_Tower](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/206220/E5DC61C00D88B1566C3F1A9E78846BA6E4A050D5285CF8502E1C4278483AFB44/katharinenmuensterturm.jpg "© Stadtmarketing Freistadt") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/206220/E5DC61C00D88B1566C3F1A9E78846BA6E4A050D5285CF8502E1C4278483AFB44/katharinenmuensterturm.jpg) © Open copyright © gemeindefreistadt Close copyright [ ![Katharinenmuenster_Tower](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/206221/0E5DB92BA42C122FD55E6DEBA813CEF9F3F8A11FFDC49CD374C57EFCE63AD924/katharinenmuensterturm.jpg "© gemeindefreistadt") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/206221/0E5DB92BA42C122FD55E6DEBA813CEF9F3F8A11FFDC49CD374C57EFCE63AD924/katharinenmuensterturm.jpg) 1. 2. 3. Hauptplatz 3 4240 Freistadt [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hauptplatz%203%2C%204240%20Freistadt "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Hauptplatz%203%2C%204240%20Freistadt "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.510961225167719&lon=14.50490355491638&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) The parish church is a 5-aisled basilica with a magnificent choir vault. (Church guide is available). The parish church, a Romanesque basilica from the 13th century, was Gothicised in the 14th and 15th centuries, was given a 4th and 5th, albeit shorter, side aisle and finally, executed by the Freistadt master stonemason Mathes Klayndl between 1485 and 1501, the magnificent Gothic east choir with a height of 15 metres and an elaborately intertwined vault. As the church also burnt down in the great town fires of 1507 and 1516, nothing has survived of the rich and precious furnishings of the church with over a dozen altars. But even of the new furnishings of the 16th century, only the altar of the Holy Helpers has survived, because these furnishings were not appreciated in the subsequent Baroque period and were therefore removed and replaced by Baroque ones. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Stadtpfarrkirche - Katharinenmünster** Hauptplatz 3 4240 Freistadt Phone [ +43 7942 73278 ](tel:+43794273278) E-Mail [pfarre.freistadt@dioezese-linz.at](#mailto) Web [www.dioezese-linz.at/freistadt](https://www.dioezese-linz.at/freistadt "New window") https://www.dioezese-linz.at/freistadt --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ Summer: 8.00 am - 7.00 pm Winter: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm Deviations and exceptions on individual days are however possible! - opened daily - open to the public [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - All weather [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. 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