St. Peter’s Parish Church

Local history tells that one of the oldest Baptist churches of the surroundings was rising on this beautiful square. Today, the Parish Church stands on an even older site dating back to the preromanesque period (lombard-carolingian architecture) and is one of the rare examples of a cross-domed church with central nave and side naves. In 1287 Count Meinhard II of Tyrol transferred the patronage to the Cistercian monastery of Stams in the Oberinntal valley. Until today, St. Peter belongs to the spiritual welfare of that monastery. The lombard-carolingian church was given a thorough renovation under the regime of Meinhard; further modifications were made in the Gothic period. The church is rich in precious Romanesque and Gothic frescos. The southern side nave shows an especially well-preserved half-length portrait of St. Paul dating back to the 11th century.