History of the parish of Hall
Here you will find information about the history of our parish
A church was built in Hall as early as the second half of the 11th century, probably shortly after the founding of the Benedictine abbey of Admont (1074). This first church was consecrated in 1095 by the Archbishop of Salzburg, Thiemo. This early construction of a church in Hall is linked to the existing infrastructure for salt mining, which also gave the town its name. The first church in Hall was probably already dedicated to the Holy Cross and remained a branch of the large mother parish of St Amandus in Admont. Since then, priests from Admont Abbey have provided pastoral care in Hall, although until the early 17th century, services were only celebrated on Fridays (these Friday services have survived to this day). Regular masses on Sundays and feast days are only documented from 1675 onwards.
The Church of the Holy Cross has undergone various renovations and alterations in modern times.
The work carried out in the first half of the 18th century was decisive in giving the church its present form. At the beginning of the 20th century, the baroque tabernacle structure (Veit Königer, 1776) was transferred from the parish church of St Bartholomew in Landlnach Hall. A little later, the matching baroque monstrance was also acquired.
During renovation work on the interior (1984), secular paintings from the 18th century were discovered on the altar wall and uncovered. In 1995, the 900th anniversary of the church in Hall was celebrated. In 2013, the interior of the church was painted and partially remodelled. At the same time, the church tower was given a new wooden shingle roof and a fourth bell; the tower cross was also renewed. Finally, the entire exterior of the church was renovated in 2014. Since 2015, the parish of Hall bei Admont has formed a parish association with the parishes of Frauenberg an der Enns and Ardning.
Pilgrimages
Over the centuries, the Church of the Holy Cross in Hall has been furnished with relics relating to the suffering and death of Jesus, which have become the destination of pilgrims and pilgrimages. Worth mentioning are the two large reliquaries on the high altar, with two touching relics (lance and nail). There is also a monstrance with a particle of the cross of Jesus. This was donated to the church in Hall by Leonhard Count Moggau in 1703 and set in a monstrance (from Göss Abbey).
In the Baroque period, large pilgrimages to Hall are documented: Gaishorn am See, Sankt Gallen, Weng im Gesäuse and Admont. Regional pilgrimages still come to Hall today.
