Sankt Georg und Nikolaus, Roman Catholic church in Oetz, Tyrol, Austria

Sankt Georg und Nikolaus is a single-nave church with a slightly recessed choir, built on a substructure containing a lower church beneath the choir. The late Gothic tower on the west side has a pointed spire and tracery windows, and the facade bears the date 1744 on its curved gable. Inside, the five-bay nave has a barrel vault with stucco capitals and apostle crosses from 1744.

The late Gothic church was built around 1500. In 1667 the builder and stucco artist Gallus Apeller extended the nave in Baroque style. The lower church, essentially from the 14th century, was renewed in the 17th century and consecrated in 1682. The interior was given its Baroque decoration in 1743/1744, and a renovation followed in 1891.

The church honors Saint George and Saint Nicholas, whose stories appear in paintings and statues throughout the interior. These saints hold significance in the local faith practice, visible in the wall paintings that depict scenes from their lives.

The church stands on a hill above the village, reached by a footpath from Oetz; the cemetery terrace flanks the building. The nave and choir face north, so the late Gothic west tower with its pointed spire is the landmark to head for. The full peal of seven bells is rung only on high feast days.

Beneath the choir lies the Unterkirche hl. Michael, a two-bay room with a net-groin vault and an early Baroque portal. Its altar, carved by Ignaz Waibl in 1683, shows the Archangel Michael flanked by angels, a guardian-angel group in the upper section, and a predella relief of the jaws of hell.