Maria Lanzendorf#

Maria Lanzendorf, Lower Austria, municipality in the district of Wien Umgebung, alt. 171 m, pop. 1,487 (1,107 in 1981), area 1.70 km2, place of pilgrimage south-east of Vienna. - Home for handicapped people operated by the Caritas Roman Catholic welfare organization, sports centre, centre for cultural events; construction industry. - Place of pilgrimage (first documented mention in 1418); splendid Baroque parish church (former pilgrimage church, 1699-1703), choir (1727), Baroque interior (1703-1730), frescoes (1956) by W. Koeberl, Calvary (Stations of the Cross, 1699) by F. F. Nuerning with chapels in rocky landscape; Franciscan monastery founded in 1698.