Parish church of Zell am Moos

The Roman Catholic parish church in Zell am Moos stands in the lakeside village of the same name in Upper Austria. Built on a gentle rise above the houses, its white walls and steep roof rise clearly above the surrounding farmland. The church has been protected as a listed monument since the 20th century. The church first appears in records from 1107, giving it one of the oldest foundations in the region. Its present Gothic core dates from the 15th century, while the tower and interior furnishings reflect later Baroque and Classicist remodelling. The marble portal of 1696 and the 1739 bell show the craftsmanship of the period. Franz Nikolaus Streicher painted the high-altar picture in 1785–86, transferring it from the demolished church at Mondsee. Inside, the single-nave hall is covered by a net-ribbed Gothic vault of four bays. The one-bay choir ends in a three-sided apse, its windows admitting soft light onto the marble high altar. The late-18th-century side altars carry paintings from the early 1700s, and the late-medieval statues of Saints Blasius and Erasmus flank the nave. The classical pulpit displays a late-Gothic relief of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, while the 1706 lavabo in the sacristy completes the ensemble of finely worked stone and wood.