Magdalenenkapelle

The citizens of Emmersdorf had their parish church on the hill, but the village itself lacked a pastoral facility. In 1516, Paul Frey von Friesing donated a benefice, an ecclesiastical institution for a clergyman. In order to legalize this, the chapel of St. Mary Magdalene initially became a branch of the parish church, which was exsecrated in 1785 and reopened in 1794 at the insistence of the townspeople. In 1809, the chapel was badly damaged by fire from French troops, but was restored in 1813.

A steep staircase leads to the loggia-like vestibule and the pointed arch portal. The chapel was obviously intended to be flood-proof. The coats of arms on the façade show the aristocratic foundation, the fresco of the Immaculata the dedication as a Marian chapel.

The gallery with a view of the roughly square chapel room is accessed via the vestibule. The polygonal ribbed vault reveals the chapel's late Gothic origins. The early Baroque high altar bears statues from the workshop of the famous sculptor Matthias Schwanthaler. The altarpiece "Annunciation of Mary" is young, dating from 1896. The two side altars have the altarpiece of St. Florian on the left and St. Leopold on the right with an early view of Melk Abbey before its Baroque reconstruction.

The chapel was renovated in 2015. Frescoes from the 15th century were uncovered in the course of the renovation work.