Linz - Parish Chirch of Mariä Himmelfahrt Stadtpfarrkirche

In the Pfarrplatz in Linz stands the parish church (Stadtpfarrkirche) of Mariä Himmelfahrt, originally Gothic but remodeled in Baroque style in 1648 (frescos by B. Altomonte); it received its characteristic helm roof in 1818. Anton Bruckner was organist here and also in the Old Cathedral from 1856 to 1868. Behind a red marble slab on the right of the high altar is buried the heart of the Emperor Frederick III; his body is interred in St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

Note the Chapel of St Nepomuk in the south aisle, with a view of Linz in the year 1694 on St Florian's altar.
The foundations of the church were laid in 1286, and the structure was originally a three-naved Romanesque basilica.

The paintings in the church are impressive, including works by Karl von Resfeld, Bartolomeo Altomonte and Joachim von Sandrart.