Pfarrkirche St. Georgen am Fillmannsbach

The parish church of St Georgen am Fillmannsbach stands in the rolling farmland of Upper Austria, its grey conglomerate walls rising above the narrow Fillmannsbach valley. Built in the late 15th century as a Gothic hall church, it replaced an earlier chapel first recorded in a forged 11th-century deed. The single nave has three bays under ribbed vaults, while the two-bay choir ends in a three-sided apse. A tall west tower, following Salzburg models, carries an octagonal spire above four cropped gables. The richly moulded south door is protected by a small net-ribbed porch, its ironwork adorned with lilies. Inside, the 1757 high altar shows the mounted St George slaying the dragon, painted by Josef Brandstätter of Braunau. Flanking figures of St Florian and St Martin date from the late 17th century, while two late-15th-century statues of St Catherine and St Barbara stand on the gallery rail. A Johann Mauracher organ of 1848, with six stops, still sounds from the west gallery. South of the church a small crypt-loge of the König family houses a 17th-century wall altar. A steep stairway of 140 steps leads to the Kalvarienberg behind the church. Built in 1826 by two local men, it has six stations under mulberry trees and a small chapel whose altar image once hung above the parish high altar. The chapel is now in need of care as it approaches its bicentenary in 2026. From the summit there are wide views over the valley and the surrounding farmsteads.