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Pfarrkirche St. Stefan

St. Stefan-Afiesl, Oberösterreich, Österreich
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for pushchairs
  • Suitable for kids (all ages)
  • place with a special, natural energy

Worth seeing is our church, which was built in 1147 and is one of the few examples of the transition from Gothic to Renaissance.
The origin story

The "Stefanstritt", 500 m from the town center, is the site of a famous legend - When the little church of St. Stefan was to be built, the builders agreed on a place on the Stefinger Bachl. They started working. The next morning, however, her work was destroyed. While they were rebuilding it during the day, it was destroyed at night. Then one day Saint Stephen appeared to the builders in the form of a carpenter. He asked them to build the little church wherever he hurled his hatchet. He took a carpenter's ax and hurled it high over the treetops. The carpenters followed the instructions. And so the church stands today in the place that St. Stephen had chosen. It was dedicated to him.

The deepening in the rock next to the old border mark is interpreted as a sign of this mystical phenomenon: it is said to be the imprint of the foot of St. Stephen. Since the devil could not prevent the construction of the church, he wanted at least to keep people from going to church at the "devil's seat" not far from the "stefan".

daily from approx. 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

  • opened daily

Parking
  • Parking space: 20
  • Parking area for disabled: 1
  • Bus parking space: 1
Travelling by public transport
Route planner for independent travellers
  • Toilet facility
Service
  • Guided tour
  • voluntary contribution
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for schools
  • Suitable for kids (all ages)
  • Suitable for pushchairs
  • Suitable for single travelers
  • Suitable for friends
  • Suitable for couples
  • Suitable for children
Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Somewhat suitable for wheelchairs: Assistance is sometimes necessary. The measurements do not (fully) conform to the legally stipulated ÖNORM.

Contact


Pfarrkirche St. Stefan
St. Stefan am Walde 11
4170 St. Stefan-Afiesl

Phone +43 7216 4410
E-Mail pfarre.ststefan.walde@dioezese-linz.at
Web www.dioezese-linz.at/pfarre/4361
https://www.dioezese-linz.at/pfarre/4361

Contact person
Mag. Reinhold Neubauer Neubauer
St. Stefan am Walde 11
4170 St. Stefan-Afiesl

Phone +43 7216 4410
E-Mail pfarre.ststefan.walde@dioezese-linz.at
Web www.dioezese-linz.at/pfarre/4361

Legal contact information

St. Stefan am Walde 11
AT-4170 St. Stefan-Afiesl
pfarre.ststefan.walde@dioezese-linz.at
https://www.dioezese-linz.at/pfarre/4361

We speak the following languages

German
English

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