Lambach Attractions
The old market town of Lambach lies in the Alpine foreland 25km/15mi north of the Traunsee and 10km/6mi southwest of the town of Wels, on the left bank of the River Traun at the spot where, having flowed down from the Salzkammergut, it turns eastward.
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Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting
Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting boasts a Kurhaus, mud baths, the Paracelsushaus (Mud Baths Museum) and the Stiftungshaus (Mud Baths Research Institute). Also worth a visit are the Transport Museum and Museum of Old Firearms. Near the town is an old smithy (visits by prior arrangement).
Sights
Lambach's older buildings lie at the foot of the Terrassensporn, on which the abbey stands. They include the Rathaus, the old High Courthouse and abbey tavern. Also of note are the obelisk with the two-headed eagle and the Mariahilfkirche (1717; heptagonal ground plan). It is a 10-minute walk from the Benedictine abbey to the church (1720) on the Kalvarienberg (fine views). The frescos, most of which were damaged in an air raid in 1945, were reconstructed by Fritz Frölich in 1952.
Vocklabruck, Austria
(Near Lambach)
Vöcklabruck is an attractive little town (435m/1,427ft; pop. 11,000), with old gate towers and remains of town walls. On a low hill to the south stands the Gothic church of Schöndorf (1481), now forming a part of Vöcklabruck. It contains a statue of Our Lady, stained glass windows and Baroque figures of saints.
