Josefikirche Bad Schwanberg

The construction of the Josefikirche began around 1685 (roughly the present chancel). The then owner of Schwanberg Castle, Johann Rudolf Graf Saurau, had the "watchtower" on the hill, not far from the castle (Altburg Schwanberg), converted into a chapel as a place of worship for St. Joseph. Ten years later, due to the strong popularity of pilgrims, the building was extended to a church as it stands before us today. The organ gallery in the west is probably much later (19th century).

Interior painting: The academic painter Jakob Laub completed the painterly version of the interior in the summer of 1993 with the themes of the history of salvation from Genesis to the Last Judgement. The high altar and the figures of the Way of the Cross along the steep northern descent path were painted by Johann Paptist Stütz.