!!!Baumgartenberg Baumgartenberg, Upper Austria, municipality in the district of Perg, alt. 237 m, pop. 1,424, area 15.72 km%%sup 2/%, lying in the Machland marshlands north of the River Danube, convent and girls' boarding house of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, production of aluminium foils and concrete ware; Cistercian abbey built 1141-1784, former abbey church in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles with opulent Baroque interior. Four phases of construction can be discerned: 1%%sup st/% phase: Romanesque basilica (1243) with arcade columns in the nave, the crossing and the choir walls (preserved); 2%%sup nd/% phase: early Gothic narthex to the atrium (1301-1306); 3%%sup rd/% phase 1436-1446, choir rebuilt and a uniform roof structure created; 4%%sup th/% phase: church changed in the Baroque style (1660-1697) by A. Carlone (stucco by B. Carlone), frescoes (1698) by G. A. Mazza, Baroque interior of high quality: high altar (late 17%%sup th/% century, altar piece from 1694 by J. C. von Reslfeld), pulpit (approx. 1670) with image of St. Bernard in the base, gravestones from the 16%%sup th/% and 17%%sup th/% centuries. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Baumgartenberg|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]