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decided to build a church. The
main object of adoration is a
wax figurine of Jesus, kept in a
beautifully decorated glass
cabinet. The cabinet itself is part
of a composition symbolizing
the Holy Trinity. Christkindl has
its own post office, using the
coveted “Christkindl” postmark
showing the Infant Jesus. It
operates only in the pre-Christ-
mas period, and a huge number
of letters, supposedly from the
Infant Jesus, are sent around
the world from here. Lovely scenery around the resort of Bad Hall
R Christkindl Church the fascinating Forum Hall represents the Holy Trinity –
Christkindlweg 69. Tel (07252) 54 622. Museum, which holds a superb everything is in triplicate. There
collection devoted to the are three façades, three portals,
deve lopment of traditional three towers and three altars.
folk handi crafts in Upper Austria, The church was built by the
as well as to the history of the Linz architect Johann Michael
local springs. Prunner. In the design of the
interior decorations some
E Forum Hall Museum clever false architectural
Eduard-Bach-Strasse 4. Tel (07258) 4888. perspectives have been
Open Apr–Oct: 2–6pm Thu–Sun. & incorporated, creating unusual
∑ forumhall.at effects. The paintingson the
altarpieces are by Carlo Carlone,
Martino Altomonte and
y Stadl-Paura Domenico Parodi.
The house at No. 13 Fabrik-
Road map D3. * 4,900. £ @
n Marktplatz 1, (07245) 28 011-0. strasse, once an orphanage for
the children of sailors who lost
Stadl-Paura, a small town on their lives in the waters of the
the right bank of the Traun Traun river, is now a museum of
river 2 km (1 mile) south of shipping, Schiffleutmuseum,
Lambach, has an imposing which is open on Sundays and
The façade of the Christkindl church, on the Dreifaltigkeitskirche (church holidays in summer.
outskirts of Steyr of the Holy Trinity). Construc-
tion of the church was started
in 1714 in thanksgiving for the u Schwanenstadt
t Bad Hall sparing of the town from the
plague. In its design, the church Road map D3. * 4,000. £ @
Road map E3. * 4,900. @ n Stadtplatz 54, (07673) 2255.
n Kurpromenade 1, (07258) 7200-0.
∑ badhall.at Schwanenstadt is a typical small
upper Austrian town, situated
Bad Hall, a health resort between between Lambach and
Steyr and Kremsmünster, lies on Vöcklabruck. In the centre of
the so-called “Romantic Route”, town stands a Neo-Gothic
but the idyllic scenery is just parish church with a 78-m
one of its attractions: it also (256-ft) spire, built in 1900 on
boasts the richest iodine springs the site of an earlier Gothic
in Central Europe. A therapeutic church. Worth seeing inside are
resort surrounds the springs, a late-Gothic statue of the Virgin
which are used to treat eye, Mary, a 15th-century relief of
circula tory and heart diseases. the Mourning for Christ and
The lovely Kurpark (spa park), 18th-century Baroque statues
with its excellent sports facilities, of the 12 apostles.
makes convalescence a real In front of the town hall is
treat. There is also a Rococo a 13th-century well, which is
church, which belongs to the set on an attractive square lined
abbey at Kremsmünster. The Dreifaltigkeitskirche, pilgrimage church with houses with Renaissance
Another sight worth visiting is of the Holy Trinity in Stadl-Paura and Baroque façades.

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