Parish church Anif, Heritage church in Anif, Austria

The parish church of St. Oswald in Anif is a Roman Catholic church on a hill in the town centre, surrounded by a cemetery. Its late Gothic tower stands on a square plan 6.80 metres wide, and the polygonal choir walls carry frescoes painted by Josef Gold in 1900. The nave's present form dates from an 1840 rebuild.

A church at Anif is recorded in a property register of Bishop Arno from 788 to 799, and his predecessor Virgil is thought to have built a small stone or wooden church on the hill above the Salzach. Anif was named a mother parish in 1191, and the churches of Anif and Grödig belonged to St. Peter's Abbey from 987. The parish was raised in 1883 with land endowed by Count Aloys von Arco-Stepperg; the nave was rebuilt in 1840 after structural damage.

The church functions as a gathering place for the village community during religious celebrations and local events throughout the year. Visitors notice how the building serves as a spiritual center that brings people together around shared traditions and occasions.

The church is easy to locate in the center of the village and visible from the road. Regular services are held, and visitors should dress respectfully when entering the building.

The tower rests on a square plan 6.80 metres on each side. Archival research links its base storey to Magister Johannes murator of St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg, who in 1442 made a good foundation pillar for the tower of Anif. Long read as late Romanesque because of its massive conglomerate blocks and triforia, it is now dated to the late Gothic period.