Pfarrkirche hl. Lambert, Pörtschach am Berg

The parish church of Pörtschach am Berg stands on a hill in the village, dedicated to Saint Lambert. It overlooks the eastern slopes of Ulrichsberg in Maria Saal municipality. The church also hosts the second mass of the Vierbergelauf, a traditional pilgrimage.

Built between 978 and 983 by Duke Otto of Kärnten, it was intended as a monastery but never completed. The church became a parish in 1799 and was restored in 1963. The building mixes Romanesque and Baroque styles, with a sturdy east tower topped by a Baroque onion dome. Inside, a 1694 bell by Mathias Landsmann hangs in the tower.

Visitors enter through a simple west portal into a three-bay nave with a Baroque vault. The choir has a flat apse and a 15th-century ribbed vault. Frescoes from around 1400 appear on the north wall, showing scenes of the Passion. The high altar, from about 1725, features a statue of Saint Lambert. Nearby, baroque crosses mark the steep hillside path between the church and the 17th-century parish house.