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Gemeinde Gaimberg

Gaimberg is an Austrian municipality in the district of Lienz in Tyrol with 880 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Lienz.

Culture and sights

In the municipal area of Gaimberg there are three listed objects, which are located in a small area in Grafendorf. Visible from afar is the single-nave, three-bay church with a high southern tower and polygonal choir, which stands on Romanesque foundations. It was rebuilt in the first half of the 16th century. Directly next to it at the southeast corner of the cemetery stands the listed crypt chapel. It was consecrated in 1857 and is a small, rectangular gabled building with a polygonal end and a wooden shingled gable roof. Also listed is the crucifix located outside the cemetery wall to the east of the crypt chapel. It is a roofed cross with a slightly smaller-than-life-size corpus from around 1800.

    Catholic parish church Grafendorf in Gaimberg St. Bartholomew

    Pedunculate oak in Untergaimberg: A pedunculate oak was dedicated as a natural monument in Untergaimberg in 1962. It is located at the foot of the slope next to the flight school. Its mighty trunk reaches a circumference of over 6 m, with the trunk dividing into two main branches at a height of about 2 m (list entry).

Recreation and sports
A large part of the Zettersfeld ski area is located in the municipality. Sporting life in the municipality is organized by the Union Raiffeisen Gaimberg club. The club maintains the sections tennis, soccer, tobogganing, skiing, ice skating and dancing.