Stadtpfarrkirche

Churches look best from the outside

pretty church, nice Advent market behind it

Very nice church in a historically significant place

definitely worth seeing

Nice old church in the old town.

Linz is simply beautiful and there is always something going on!

Polish historical elements in Linz. Although November already behind us but let's find time to ponder over the fallen compatriots. On the facade of the church we will find embedded plaques commemorating those killed in the years 1870-1918, from the names engraved there we will find the names of Polish lancers. There is also a plaque commemorating fallen on 1-3 May 1915 at the Battle of Gorlice. It was the most important battle on the Eastern Front of World War I. Considered by many historians to be "little Verdun" On the 38 km front from the summit of Magura W Threadska (Tyrolean riflemen fought on the slopes of Magura) up to Tarnów, the Austro-Hungarian army supplemented with Prussian regiments withdrawn from France and Russian troops in a ratio of 7: 4! The Battle of Gorlice changed the manner of warfare and staff of the German army served as an example of how to prepare during the Second World War the so-called "Blitzkrieg" - Colonel Hans von Seeckt, in the future one of the main creators of the Wehrmacht and the theorist of light war. One of the Austro-Hungarian Army officers - Rozwadowski (later General in the government of Jozef Pilsudski) commanding the artillery first used artillery preparation 4 hours and mobile fire support of infantry attack. It is impossible not to mention the priest Swieykowskiego- priest, a hero who served as mayor of Gorlitz during the occupation of the city and surrounding area by Russian troops, who risking their lives organized the food, he also priestly ministry for Russian soldiers gave their lives in the pledge for the Jewish inhabitants of Gorlice and he left the city's inhabitants even when the city was almost completely bombed and burned during the battle. The Gorlice battle was a breakthrough event on the Austrian-Russian front and largely broke the Russian offensive initiative. The tsarist army never threatened the center of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and never even approached the Low Beskids. Starting from 2010, at the initiative of GRH "Gorlice1915", at the end of April a reconstruction of the battle of Gorlice is taking place in Sękowa. Reconstruction groups from Poland and abroad take part in the staging I would recommend!