Kühtai branch church

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Catholic Expositur Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Kühtai

The Roman Catholic branch church Kühtai is located in the Kühtai district of the municipality of Silz in Tyrol (Austria). The Expositurkirche Mariä Visitation belongs to the deanery Silz in the diocese of Innsbruck . The church is a listed building .

history

The church was built in 1976 according to the plans of the architects Hans and Ingo Feßler . Bishop Paulus Rusch consecrated the church on September 25, 1977 to the patronage of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary.

architecture

The church building has an almost square floor plan and a church tower at the back of the slope.

Furnishing

A monumental Gothic crucifix from Friuli from the 14th century is part of the interior of the church .

literature

  • The art monuments of Austria: Dehio Tirol 1980 . Silz, Modern Church in Kühtai, p. 737.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dehio Tirol 1980

Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '49.1 "  N , 11 ° 1' 29.1"  E