Pöstlingbergkirche, Linz

Pöstlingbergkirche is a Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church on the top of the Pöstlingberg in Linz district Pöstlingberg. It is dedicated to the memory of the Sorrows of Mary, the patronage is celebrated on September 15th. In 1964 the church was opened by Pope Paul VI. raised to the minor basilica.

The pilgrimage goes back to the miraculous image of Maria Pöstlingberg , a Vesper image with Maria as Mater Dolorosa , which was created by the Linz sculptor Ignaz Josbt. On November 29, 1716, the 1st Sunday in Advent, the lay brother Franz Anton Obermayr, the “go-out” of the Capuchin monastery in Urfahr , carried the figure to the Pöstlingberg and attached it to a weather cross.

From 1720 the figure became a place of pilgrimage as a miraculous image and a wooden chapel was soon built to accommodate the votive offerings. From 1734 lived Franz Anton Obermayr as a hermit on Pöstlingberg. As a result, Joseph Gundomar Graf Starhemberg and Heinrich Maximilian Graf von Starhemberg founded a church. From 1742 the church was built according to the plans of the builder Johann Matthias Krinner.

The collaboration of his son, the builder Franz Xaver Krinner, is assumed for the facade construction of the church. In 1747 the miraculous image was transferred to the completed choir, in 1748 the central building was completed and the church was consecrated. The facade construction was completed around 1774. The entire church was consecrated in 1786 when it was elevated to the status of a parish church. From 1891 to 1892 the tower helmets were put on according to the plans of the architect Raimund Jeblinger, fires destroyed the roof structure in 1919 and 1963. The forecourt with balustrade was built in 1937.