The parish church of St Michael im Lungau is dedicated to St Aegidius, a medieval hermit saint widely venerated across the Alpine world as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. The Lungau plateau where it stands is one of the most isolated inhabited basins in Salzburg province, with its river draining east toward Styria rather than north toward the city. St Michael is the main settlement on the plateau and reachable by train on the Tauern Railway line. Combine with a visit to nearby Tamsweg, the Lungau’s cultural center, and the Murtalbahn narrow-gauge railway.
church in St. Michael im Lungau
Kirche St. Agydius
The parish church of St Michael im Lungau is dedicated to St Aegidius (Agydius in Austrian usage), a 7th-century Provencal hermit who became one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and was widely venerated across the Alpine lands in the medieval period.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- St. Michael im Lungau
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Address
- 5582 St Michael im Lungau
- Coordinates
- 48.2226, 16.9043