St. Ulrich, Pilgrimage church in Andritz, Graz, Austria

St. Ulrich is a Baroque pilgrimage church on the wooded northwestern slope of the Reinerkogel in Graz's Andritz district. Its white-plastered facade has a rounded end with a red metal canopy over a side entrance, two grilled windows and a small plaque; a red tower with an onion dome and cross rises from the patterned tiled roof. A crucifix at the roadside marks the path to the church.

The first chapel at this location was built in 1572, with the main church constructed in 1688. Expansions followed in 1736 to accommodate the growing number of pilgrims visiting the site.

The church is dedicated to Saint Ulrich, bishop of Augsburg, who according to legend performed a fish miracle at the 955 Battle of Lechfeld and became a water saint. A painting of him and a basin of spring water stand at the high altar. The spring grotto Maria Quell beside the church was venerated long before Christianity.

St. Ulrich sits halfway up the northwestern slope of the Reinerkogel in Andritz, hidden in woodland; a crucifix at the roadside marks the way to the church. The spring grotto Maria Quell lies right next to the building. Paths through the trees are uneven, so sturdy shoes help.

The high altar holds a painting of Saint Ulrich and a basin of spring water; Ulrich, bishop of Augsburg, was credited with a fish miracle at the 955 Battle of Lechfeld, which made him a water saint. A stone memorial plaque on the outer wall names priest Josef Berghold and Graz citizen August Schmickl, who restored the church after Berghold bought it in 1917.