Schwaz - Parish Church

The Schwaz parish church, built in the second half of the 15th C., is the largest Gothic hall church in Tirol, roofed with 15,000 plates of beaten copper. Opposite the tall tower will be found a mortuary chapel with carved decoration (1506). The interior of the church is Baroque (1728-30), with four aisles (reticulated vaulting) and two choirs; the northern half was for the townspeople, the southern half for the miners. In the left-hand choir stands the Gothic high altar, while the right-hand one boasts three vividly colored stained glass windows of 1962. The Baroque St Anne's Altar in the south aisle has a beautiful 16th C. group of the Virgin and Child with St Anne. In the gallery is a tripartite organ.