St. Martin in Waging am See

The patronage of St. Martin of Tours, which was particularly widespread in the Franconian Empire, suggests that the church was built as early as the 8th/9th century. Century assume. In the middle of the 15th century, a new building was built in the late Gothic style, from which the oldest parts of today's church, the basement of the tower as well as parts of the choir and the surrounding walls, come from. In 1611 a fire destroyed this church building, which was rebuilt in 1612. In 1688/89 the west tower was renewed from the bell floor onwards, and the multi-coupled hood was added in 1760/65. In the years 1697 to 1699, the interior was redesigned into a baroque pillar church; the nave was vaulted with a barrel cap and covered with stucco by the Salzburg plasterer Joseph Schmidt. In 1722/23 the old choir was demolished and rebuilt by the Salzburg master mason Tobias Kendler as a cross-shaped structure with brotherhood chapels on the side. Joseph Höpp (or Hepp) from Burghausen carried out the band work. In the third renovation phase of 1895/96, under the direction of the Munich architect Joseph Elsner senior, the former chapels were converted into side aisles and the choir was extended by a yoke.During the external renovation of the church in 1971/72, a painted frieze on the cornice of the nave was uncovered again, which is dated to the late Gothic period (Wikipedia).

One of many beautiful churches in the region