!!!Christkindl

Christkindl ("Holy Child" - in Austria it is the "Christkindl", not 
Santa Claus, that brings Christmas presents, and to whom children 
write letters), name of a village with pilgrimage church, in the 
municipality of Steyr, Upper Austria. The church, with its two towers, 
was started by C. A. Carlone in 1706 and completed by J. 
Prandtauer. Dome fresco and side altar pieces by C. von Reslfeld. 
The high altar includes a part of the tree that originally gave rise 
to the pilgrimage. The post office, open only before Christmas, has 
made the village world famous (since 1950).


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