Pilgrimage Sites in Austria
Discover 33 sacred destinations in Austria
Absam
Tyrol's most important Marian shrine, where a miraculous image of Our Lady appeared on a windowpane in 1797 and draws pilgrims to this alpine village.
Annaberg
Austria's first St. Anne pilgrimage, with a Gothic masterpiece and imperial Habsburg relics since 1217.
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Christkindl
Baroque pilgrimage church built around a miraculous wax Christ Child, with famous Christmas post office.
Eisenstadt
Burgenland's capital where Esterházy churches echo with Haydn's sacred music and pilgrims climb Calvary Hill.
Frauenkirchen
Burgenland's first basilica with a 13th-century Gothic Madonna, guarded by Franciscans since 1659.
Gurk
Austria's finest Romanesque cathedral houses Saint Hemma's tomb, drawing pilgrims along an 800km trail network since 1607.
Heiligenblut
Alpine village at the foot of Austria's highest peak, guarding a Holy Blood relic brought from Constantinople in 914 AD.
Heiligenkreuz
The world's oldest active Cistercian monastery (1133) with the largest True Cross relic north of the Alps.
Innsbruck
Tyrol's alpine capital with the Maria Hilf painting, Maximilian's tomb, and Wilten's Rococo basilica.
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Klosterneuburg
Augustinian abbey founded in 1114 by Saint Leopold III, patron of Austria, housing the Verdun Altar and the saint's tomb beneath its gilded reliquary.
Maria Bildstein
A Baroque basilica on a ridge above the Rhine Valley with Lake Constance views, marking a 1629 Marian apparition.
Maria Dreieichen
Twin-towered basilica on the Manhartsberg ridge where pilgrims venerate the Sorrowful Mother at a miraculous oak since 1656.
Maria Kirchental
A Fischer von Erlach baroque masterpiece at 900m, housing a miraculous Gothic Madonna and Austria's finest votive painting collection.
Maria Lankowitz
Styria's second-largest pilgrimage site, where Franciscans have tended a miraculous Gothic Madonna since the 1400s.
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Maria Loretto
A Baroque sanctuary in Burgenland with the Black Madonna of Loreto and a replica of the Holy House.
Maria Luggau
Carinthia's only basilica, where a peasant woman's 1513 vision led to one of Austria's great Servite pilgrimage shrines in the Lesachtal Alps.
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Maria Plain
Salzburg's beloved hilltop basilica where a fire-surviving Marian image has drawn pilgrims since 1652.
Maria Saal
Carinthia's "mother church" founded c. 753, where Slavic peoples first embraced Western Christianity.
Maria Straßengel
An Austrian High Gothic masterpiece above the Mur valley with a 48m openwork tower and 14th-century glass.
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Maria Taferl
Lower Austria's second-largest Marian shrine, where a miraculous crucifix and Pietà have drawn pilgrims since 1633.
Maria Waldrast
One of Europe's highest pilgrimage monasteries at 1,641m, where Servite monks have offered alpine hospitality since 1621.
Maria Wörth
A Gothic church on a Wörthersee peninsula where martyrs' relics have drawn pilgrims since 875 AD.
Mariastein, Tyrol
Cliff-top castle shrine where a miraculous Madonna twice returned from Bavaria, guarding Tyrol's imperial regalia in a 42-metre tower.
Mariatrost
Graz's beloved Baroque basilica on Purberg hill, where 216 steps of pilgrimage lead to a Gothic Madonna and panoramic views over Styria's capital.
Mariazell
Central Europe's most important Marian shrine, where the miraculous Magna Mater Austriae has drawn over a million pilgrims annually since 1157.
Melk
Baroque Benedictine abbey on a cliff above the Danube, with magnificent library and church. Monks have prayed here since 1089.
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Pöstlingberg
Linz's iconic hilltop basilica dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary, reached by the historic Pöstlingbergbahn since 1898.
Rankweil
Vorarlberg's principal Marian sanctuary where pilgrims climb Liebfrauenberg to venerate a healing Madonna.
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Salzburg
Birthplace of Christianity north of the Alps, where St. Rupert founded monasteries and Mozart was baptized.
Sonntagberg
Austria's national Trinity shrine on a 712-meter peak, with Daniel Gran's magnificent baroque frescoes and sweeping alpine views.
St. Georgenberg
Tyrol's oldest monastery on a rocky outcrop where pilgrims climb to venerate the Holy Blood relic.
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
Medieval pilgrimage church housing Michael Pacher's masterwork altarpiece, where St. Wolfgang of Regensburg lived as a hermit in the tenth century.
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Vienna
Austria's imperial capital where Baroque churches, Habsburg devotion, and Mozart's sacred legacy create an unmatched Catholic heritage.