The Nikolauskirche is Bad Gastein’s medieval parish church, completed around 1389 and built during the valley’s mining era rather than its later spa period. The Gothic interior has a carved serpentine pulpit and simple stonework that contrasts with the Belle Époque grandeur of the town below. A short uphill walk from the main promenade; free to visit during daylight hours.
church in Bad Gastein
Nikolauskirche
Bad Gastein's medieval parish church sits above the spa town on a steep hillside, its Gothic (the medieval style of pointed arches and ribbed vaults, 12th-15th century) stonework predating the thermal resort era by several centuries. The church was completed around 1389 and the interior has a notably carved serpentine pulpit.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- Bad Gastein
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 15th century
- Era
- Gothic
- Address
- 5640 Bad Gastein
- Coordinates
- 46.9906, 12.5215