Parish church Puch bei Weiz

Name: Parish church Puch bei Weiz
Address: Puch 1, Puch bei Weiz, Oststeiermark, 8182, AT
Telephone: +43 3177 2242

Puch bei Weiz

Patron Saint Oswald

The oldest part of this church, the tower basement from 1466, formed the basis for the early baroque church building, which was completed in 1668 and modified in 1906 in the entrance area and in the design of the facade. The four-part chime consists of three bronze bells from 1989, created by Grassmayr in Innsbruck, and one bell that was cast in 1955 in St. Florian near Linz. The core of the simple interior is the high altar from 1768, created by the Graz sculptor Jakob Payer. The altarpiece shows the eponymous saint, St. Oswald, who, as the patron saint of cattle, watches over a herd of animals. The East Styrian landscape with the Kulm can be seen in the background. Above it hovers the Trinity group, flanked by the statues of St. Sebastian, Donatus (left) as well as Florian and Achatius. In the organ case from 1906 there has been a new instrument since 2003, a style copy of an Italian organ after Gaetano Callido, built in the workshop of Francesco Zanin.