ARCHITECT, Austrian
(active around 1339 in Steiermark)

Interior view

c. 1339
Photo
Pilgrimage church, Pöllauberg

The date of the construction of this slender pilgrimage church is either 1339 or 1370. It is a two-aisle hall church having a "baldachin" choir supported by four columns. Having no capitals, the two piers in the nave rise straight up into the vault, while the choir piers have slender capitals. Because of the subtle arrangement of the piers, the many pilgrims visiting the church could walk around the sanctuary under the "baldachin" created by the vaults in a way possible otherwise only in a centrally planned building.