Country Austria District Amstetten Area code 07448 Elevation 340 m Local time Monday 2:44 AM | State Lower Austria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.sonntagberg.gv.at Population 3,905 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 3333 | |
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Weather -2°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 82% Humidity | ||
Sonntagberg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria. It is an important Catholic pilgrimage center.
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Map of 3332 Sonntagberg, Austria
Geography
Sonntagberg lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. About 29 percent of the municipality is forested.
Sights
It has a baroque church that was, in its current form, built in 1706–1732 by Jakob Prandtauer and Joseph Munggenast. The ceilings were painted by Daniel Gran (1738–43). In 1964, Pope Paul VI gave it the title Basilica minor.
For a short while, Sonntagberg was the location of what would then become Summerhill School.
References
Sonntagberg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA