St. Oswald Catholic Church

Tolle Kirche.

Sehr schöne Kirche!

Sehr schöne kleine Ortskirche

Innen sehr hübsche Kirche, außen Friedhof mit dem Grab des Physikers und Nobelpreisträgers Erwin Schrödinger!

Eine nette kleine Dorfkirche wie alle katholischen Kirchen sehr prunkvoll.

Schöne Kirche mit barocker Ausstattung.

Wunderschöne Kirche, mehr als ein Besuch wert

It's a beautiful Tyrolean parish church in one of the most beautiful Tyrolean villages. (Alpbach is one of Tyrol's most well-preserved villages partly due to extremely tight restrictions on what can and cannot be built, which were imposed to preserve its traditional character. The laws have certainly had their desired effect as this is one of Tyrol's prettiest areas .) This beautiful church in Alpbach is well worth a visit especially if you happened to be in the area. The inside of the church is gorgeous (photos). It was first mentioned in a document in 1369, and a consecration has come down in 1420. Its core is Gothic, but the interior definitely looks like Baroque in style. The first church was mentioned in 1369, and a larger one was consecrated in 1420 in honor of Saint Oswald, an Anglo-Saxon King from Northumbria. The church tower is from that period. The current church was built around 1720 in the Baroque style. The high altar, women's altar and cross altar come from the local artist family. The organ was built by Ferdinand Fuchs in 1777 and expanded in 1954; the Rococo façade was preserved. The Alpbach Cemetery is also worth seeing because hardly any other resting place is as well cared for as this one. In addition to the lovingly designed graves with their artistically forged crosses, you can visit the grave of Erwin Schrödinger, a Nobel Prize winner and the Austrian nuclear physicist, who died in 1961, found his final resting place at the village cemetery in Alpbach. Whether you are going to church or praying or just admiring the beautiful artwork inside, I highly recommend you visit this gem in Alpbach.