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Saint Pancras Church, Fügenberg

Saint Pancras Church, Fügenberg
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St. Pankratius is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church standing on a hill above the hamlet of Pankrazberg in the Zillertal. It belongs to the parish of Mariae Himmelfahrt in Fügen and sits 667 metres above sea level, south-west of Fügen and north-west of Kleinboden. The church and its surrounding landscape are protected for their importance to the scenery.

The building began in 1494 and was finished in 1397, with a western extension added between 1520 and 1522. It is recognised as the most significant late-Gothic church in the valley and a masterpiece of the period. A church dedicated to St Pankratius was first recorded in 1338, when Heinrich der Haitzenperger sold serfs to the lord of St Pankratius.

Inside, the main altar and two side altars were carved by Michael Mayr of Brixlegg. A life-size Nativity scene made in 1763 by Petrus Schmid the Younger stands on view all year. The organ, built in 1768 by Johann Anton Fuchs II, was restored in 2013 by Christian Erler. Three bells hang in the tower: one from 1582 by Hans Christoph Löffler, a second from 1604 by Heinrich Reinhart, and a smaller one from 1947 by the Oberascher foundry.

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