Parish Church Weizberg
Motorway A2 in direction Gleisdorf, take the exit Gleisdorf West; then B64 from Gleisdorf to Weiz;
or from Graz via Mariatrost take the B72 to Weiz.
at Weiz take Birkfelderstraße in direction Anger / Birkfeld, at Wegscheide turn left to Weizbergstraße which leads directly to the church
parking places around the church
The parish roots go back to the 11th century. Around 1140 the archbishop of Salzburg sent the first priest to Weiz.
From the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century Weizberg was also a well known pilgrimage site.
The first church on the Weizberg was a three-aisled Romanesque basilica. Around the middle of the 14th century, the church was enlarged by a Gothic choir.
Because of the rise of the parish population and the pilgrims in the 18th century, a complete reconstruction of the church was necessary.
The new church was erected in only two years by the famous Styrian baroque architect Josef Hueber in 1757/58.
The interior decoration was made by the famous artists Josef Ritter von Mölck, Veit Königer and Jakob Peyer.
