Kollegienkirche

The Kollegienkirche (Collegiate Church) was built under Archbishop Johann Ernst Count Thun as a new church for the Benedictine University, founded as early as 1620. In 1707, the edifice, begun according to plans by Johann Fischer von Erlach, was consecrated; the interior decoration was carried out during the following two decades. With its extraordinarily steep proportions, the interior is among the most unusual and impressive creations of European baroque style. The short transept and the cupola are located exactly in the center of the space. With its renunciation of painting and the sparse use of stucco and sculptures, the space makes an austere impression, concentrated exclusively on the effect of the architecture. The façade with its two towers is marked by the massive curved middle section.

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