Adnet-marble offering box smashed at Pfarrkirche Kuchl

On Tuesday, 29 September 2026, in daylight after morning Mass while the church was open, unknown persons toppled and smashed the massive Adnet-marble offering box (Opferstock) by a side entrance of Pfarrkirche Kuchl in Kuchl, Salzburg (Tennengau), Austria, into pieces, likely irreparable. All donations in it, collected for a new organ, were gone. A local woman found it and raised the alarm. Parish staff reported the damage to police, who have no leads. Deacon Klaus Leisinger. Kronen Zeitung published on 2 October 2026.

Destruction of the offering box and loss of the donations mapped to incidentType vandalism. German Wikipedia confirms the dedication Pfarrkirche zu U.L. Frau Himmelfahrt und zum Hl. Pankraz; Nominatim has no name tag on the way. Coordinates are the Nominatim place_of_worship pin (OSM building=church, Wikidata Q22338179 Pfarrkirche Kuchl) in Kuchl (47.6251614, 13.1438754). occurredOn is Tuesday 29 September 2026.