!!!Mariapfarr

Mariapfarr, province of Salzburg, municipality in the district of 
Tamsweg, alt. 1,119 m, pop. 2,290, area 47.33 km%%sup 2/%, 
bi-seasonal tourist resort (194,353 overnight stays) on the slopes 
bordering the Taurach Valley to the south; situated between the market 
towns of Tamsweg and Mauterndorf in the Lungau (one of 
Salzburg´s five main regions); Austrian village with the highest 
rate of sunshine; sports centre. - Earliest Christian community in the 
Lungau; first documented mention as "ecclesia ad Lungouue" in 923. 
Gothic parish church, 14%%sup th/%  century choir, nave (1446), choir 
tower which burnt down in 1854 and was rebuilt in the Gothic style, 
Late Romanesque and Gothic frescoes painted on the walls of the choir 
and the tower (depicting the Madonna of Mercy), high altar (1897, into 
which parts of a Late Gothic winged altar (around 1500) were 
integrated), Niederrain Palace (1536); ruins of Pichl Castle and 
Groebendorf Castle; farmhouses (Einhof, Paarhof and Gruppenhof types) 
typical of the region; granaries with painted façades. Custom: 
Samson Procession (procession of a person dressed up as a giant 
(sometimes accompanied by two dwarfs) which is held on the occasion of 
Corpus Christi and other religious festivals).

!Literature
J. Schitter, Heimat Mariapfarr, 1975.


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