Keiler Chapel

Description

Keiler Chapel in Obertal was built around 1600 and is dedicated to Saints Francis and Anthony and the Virgin Mary. Valuable statues of St Sebastian and St Mary Magdalene were stolen. Pilgrimages to Villgraten and Defereggen once began at Keilerhof farm. Nearby stands Speckerhof farm, the birthplace of Capuchin friar and Tyrolean freedom fighter Joachim Haspinger.

Arrival

The church is located in St. Magdalena in the Gsiesertal Valley.

By bus:

Stop: St. Magdalena, Head of the valley

Line 441

By car:

Destination: Gsiesertal Valley – St. Magdalena

Public transport

Train and bus: www.altoadigemobilita.info

Bus line 441

Parking

Parking: Gsiesertal Valley – St. Magdalena.