| The Parish Church of Mülln is on the most northern extension of the Mönchsberg mountain. "Mühle" means "mill" in German and this is what "Mülln" is derived from - the "church by the mills" was mentioned in documents for the first time in 1148.
The church built in 1450. Followed the chapel mentioned in 1148. Expanded in the 17th c. and redesigned in the Baroque style ca. 1730. It was handed over to the Benedictines in 1835.
Today′s church, designed by the builders Ulrich Dankl and Heinrich Murauer, was opened in 1453. Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau gave it to the Augustine hermits that moved into their new abbey, the Augustinerkloster next doors, in 1605.
The western façade was covered with a long staircase and an entrance hall between 1605 and 1609. The famous and easily recognised bell tower was built in 1674. The arch between church and abbey was built in 1614. |