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Gnadenwald is a municipality with 842 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) in the district of Innsbruck-Land in Tyrol (Austria). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Hall in Tirol.
Culture and sights
Gnadenwald St. Michael Catholic Parish Church: first mentioned in a document in 1337, it may have been built as a wooden church as early as the time of the missionization of this area in the 11th century. It was baroqueized in 1741 and lengthened in 1825, making it now too long in relation to its width. The tower and the narrow stained glass windows still show the Gothic roots of the church. The ceiling frescoes by the Götzner painter Anton Kirchebner from 1730 are remarkable for their depiction of the Gnadenwald landscape with the two churches and the folk costume of the time. The Widum attached to the church was built in 1741, when Gnadenwald was elevated to a curacy. In 1908, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the accession of Emperor Franz Joseph, a linden tree was planted in front of the church.
The Benefice Church of St. Martin dates back to a chapel built as early as the 11th century near a hunting lodge. From 1445 a hermitage was attached to it, which was later developed into a monastery, which, however, burned down together with the church in 1520. The new building, completed in 1638, was baroqueized in 1724-1732. The church tower was completely rebuilt in 1692, as the original one had been damaged in an earthquake in 1670.
The Speckbacher Memorial Chapel now stands on the site of Josef Speckbacher's birthplace, commemorating the Tyrolean freedom fighter.
The Maria Schutz chapel above the Walder Alm was donated between 1965 and 1967 by returnees from the Second World War out of gratitude for having survived the war.
