Church of Saint Gallen,
Weer, Tyrol, Austria.
Photo: 2025.
Illustration and Text:
Date: 1778.
Architecture:
Johann Michael Umhauser (1731–1784).
Frescos and Altarpieces:
Franz Anton Zeiller (1716–1794).
Parish of Kolsass/Fiecht Monastery.
History:
Weer, first elevated to the status of a Parish in 1954, was originally a Branch of the Parish of Kolsass and was under the administration of Fiecht Monastery near Schwaz.
The first Church, belonging to a farm, dates from the 8th-Century A.D. It is assumed that a new building was erected in the 13th-Century. In the last third of the 15th-Century, a larger Late-Gothic Church was erected.
The Master Builder, who long remained unknown,
has now been identified as Michael Umlauf.
Source: [https://baroqueart.museumwnf.org/database_
item.php?id=monument;BAR;at;Mon11;22;en&cp]
