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St. Georgen im Attergau is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Hausruckviertel. The municipality is located in the judicial district of Vöcklabruck.
Culture and sights
Catholic parish church of St. Georgen im Attergau St. George: Until 1200 St. Georgen was under the parish of Altmünster. The large church dedicated to St. George was built between 1389 and 1406, with the tower first being built as a defense tower. The nave was added later. At the beginning of the 18th century it got a higher tower with an onion helmet. The quality of the furnishings can be seen especially in the pulpit and the larger-than-life crucifix group in the cross chapel, which come from the Guggenbichler workshop. The high altar painting is by Bartolomeo Altomonte.
Kogl Castle: On the Koglberg, St. Georgen's local mountain, remains of the walls of Kogl Castle, built in 1264, can still be seen. It was built in place of the Attersee castle. The owners were: Chunrad Kuchler, the Wallseer until 1411, the Schaunberger, Ortolph Geymann, the Pollheimer, the Counts Khevenhüller. Since the castle was not inhabited since 1524, decay set in.
Kogl Castle: The present Kogl Castle at the foot of the Koglberg was built between 1435 and 1441 as Neuattersee Castle. Kogl Castle was rebuilt in 1710 according to the plans of Johann Michael Prunner, a master builder from Linz. The horseshoe-shaped complex has undergone several structural transformations since then. A shady avenue leads from the castle to the market. It was formerly owned by the Counts Khevenhüller and was sold to Dr. Pausinger in 1810. Since 1872 the castle has been owned by the Mayr-Melnhof family.
Keltenbaumweg am Koglberg: A themed hiking trail with a length of 2.5 km (short version) or 5 km (longer version), which is supposed to bring the life of the Celts closer by means of information boards and "experience stations".
Open-air museum Aignerhaus: In this old Mittertenn house you can see the kitchen, the parlor, the sleeping quarters for the peasants, tools for laundry and linen production, a small tailor's and shoemaker's workshop and agricultural tools in the threshing floor.
House of Culture: Various exhibitions are held in the premises of the converted old elementary school in the village, which was officially reopened as a museum in 2002. Among others on Johann Beer and Erich Wilhelm Ricek. In addition, various finds from excavations of Iron Age graves have found their place there.
