Pfarrkirche Sankt Peter bei Taggenbrunn

St Peter’s parish church stands beside the Längsee in the quiet village of St Georgen, a Romanesque tower church first recorded in 860 and again in 927. Its core is medieval, but the walls still carry traces of the original 9th-century fabric. The single nave and square tower were raised in the 16th century and again in the early 19th century, when the roof and tower helm were renewed in Biedermeier style. The church is worth visiting for its layered craftsmanship. The 1521 star-ribbed vault in the nave bears master marks, including the monogram ‘1521 P. S.’, which links the site to a travelling mason active across southern Austria. A large late-16th-century fresco of St Christopher covers the north wall, while the sacristy preserves a late-Gothic ribbed vault from the 13th or 14th century. The furnishings span three centuries, from a 17th-century high-altar statue of St Peter to 18th-century side altars carved by the workshop of Johann Pacher. Inside, the west gallery with its Platzl vault and the painted pilasters on the tower façade show the early-19th-century remodelling. Three Lenten veils hang in the nave, one depicting the Crucifixion, the others the Flagellation and Crowning with Thorns. The churchyard contains a 1645 heraldic slab marking the grave of Gertraut Mazigon. Outside, the stepped gable of the sacristy and the steeply pitched tower helm frame views over the lake and the surrounding farmland.