Mötz: Pilgrimage Sites and Routes

When choosing a destination, the activities you want to pursue during your stay often play a key role. Mötz offers specific points of interest: sacred buildings and pilgrimage sites, hiking trails, cycling options and a local historians’ library with historical image collections. If you are looking for a hotel in Mötz, you can compare these highlights with your own travel plans. The range includes everything from individual cultural sites to routes with clearly specified features.

Sacred Buildings and Memorial Sites

The parish church of Maria Schnee in Mötz is an early Baroque rural church dating from 1710. The Jechele Chapel is a large, two-storey wayside shrine dating from 1729. Those interested in sacred architecture can compare these different types of buildings.

The Birgele Cross Chapel serves as a memorial chapel for the marksmen from the Silz judicial district who fell or died during the wars of 1799 and 1809. In the Federal Monuments Authority’s register of monuments, as of 30 June 2025, the chapel at Birgele and the Way of the Cross from Mötz to Locherboden Pilgrimage Church are protected by ordinance.

Pilgrimage Sites and Walking Routes

Maria Locherboden Pilgrimage Church lies east of Mötz, at an elevation of 816 metres, on the highest point of Locherboden Hill. The Way of the Senses pilgrimage route connects it with St. Anthony’s Pilgrimage Church in Rietz and St. John’s Pilgrimage Church in Stams. The Way of the Cross from Mötz to Locherboden Pilgrimage Church is a separate route; the Way of the Senses also connects three pilgrimage churches.

The “Maria Locherboden Suspension Bridge” circular hike leads through the forest to the Inn floodplains and via Locherboden, where the pilgrimage church stands; a detour to a waterfall is possible. The Mötz–Burg Klamm–Mötz hike follows a narrow, sometimes steep trail to a waterfall. On the circular hike, the waterfall is mentioned as an optional detour; on the second hike, it is part of the stated destination. Burg Klamm is privately owned and is not open to visitors.

Cycling

The Mötz cycle route is designated as a regional cycling route in Tyrol. The Tschirgant Circuit is a moderately difficult cycling tour, 55 kilometres long. The two descriptions focus on different aspects: the Mötz cycle route is presented in terms of its regional classification, while the Tschirgant Circuit is specified by difficulty level and distance. When narrowing down your options, you can therefore consider whether the route designation or the specific rating and distance matter more to your plans.

Oberland Local Historians’ Library

The Oberland Local Historians’ Library in Mötz holds around 6,000 publications and approximately 11,000 glass plate photographs. The photographs come from across Tyrol and date from the first half of the 20th century; collection figures may change over time. The library complements the descriptions of the town and routes with a collection of regional images.

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