Pfarrkirche Ischgl, Parish church in Ischgl, Austria.
Pfarrkirche Ischgl is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, standing slightly above the valley floor in the Tyrolean municipality of Ischgl. The baroque hall church has a four-bay nave, a narrower two-bay choir with a three-sided apse, and a late Gothic tower with a gable spire on the choir's west side. A curved west gable holds a 19th-century niche figure of Saint Nicholas.
A church documented in 1443 was enlarged in 1471/1483 and altered in the mid-17th century. The present building was largely rebuilt in 1755/1757 and consecrated in 1758; it was renovated in 1930 and 1971/1973. A parish has existed since the 16th century.
The parish has existed since the 16th century. During Lent the high altar and both side altars are covered with Lenten cloths in front of the altarpieces, and a painted stage-set Holy Sepulchre from the late 18th or early 19th century is set up each Maundy Thursday and taken down after the Easter Vigil.
The church is regularly accessible to visitors and maintains religious services throughout the year. Guests should observe standard courtesy when visiting and be mindful of ongoing ceremonies.
The church's organ case dates from 1758–1759, built by the Füssen organ maker Andreas Jäger; only the Rococo casing survives. Karl Reinisch fitted a new two-manual, 20-stop instrument inside it in 1930, and the Späth firm installed a 25-stop organ in the same 1759 case in 2001. A 169 kg bell cast in 1681 by the Innsbruck founder Bartlme Köttelath the Younger is also recorded.
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