Kremsmünster Benedictine Abbey - Church

The church, originally a Romanesque-Gothic building of the 13th C., was remodeled in Baroque style in 1709-31. The tall and light interior is decorated with stucco-work and frescos. The high altarpiece by J. A. Wolf portrays the Transfiguration of Christ. On the side altars can be seen impressive figures of kneeling angels by Michael Zürn the Younger, and those of standing angels, also by Zürn, on the altars along the walls of the nave. On the right near the entrance can be found the Gunther Grave, a stone tablet with sculpted figures (c. 1300); legend has it that the abbey was built on the spot where Gunther, the son of the Bavarian Duke Tassilo, was killed while hunting.