Litzkapelle

Where the road to Montjola and Bartholomäberg branches off in Schruns, the Litz chapel stands slightly raised above the street. According to tradition, the landowner had it built in 1688 on the spot where a pear tree had withered overnight. Above the round-arched portal a fresco from the year of construction shows Anna Selbdritt – St Anne, the Virgin and the Christ Child – and inside stands a Renaissance altar of 1688 with sculptures by the Tyrolean carver Melchior Lechleitner: a robed Madonna and Child, Saints Anthony and Agatha, two bishops and, above, God the Father with putti. The ceiling painting of the Immaculata is by Jakob Bertle (1886), and the 1981 restoration was led by Konrad Honold. A marble coat of arms on the façade recalls a piece of contemporary history: the former vice-chancellor Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg died of a heart attack at this chapel in 1956.

From our house it is 10.8 km or 13 minutes; bus 641 stops at Außerlitz, and from Schruns station it is a few minutes on foot. The chapel is the starting point of the miners' trail, which climbs via Montjola to the Baroque church of Bartholomäberg and the historic mine – for us the finest combination of church, views and mining history. If you prefer something shorter, stroll back along the Litz promenade to the church square with the Münster and the Heimatmuseum.

Last updated: 17 Sep 2026