Description of the attraction
The village of Innerschwand am Mondsee, located in Upper Austria, in the Voecklabruck district, is notable for its modest size. Its area is only 19 sq. km. It is a small village where only about a thousand people live. Initially, the village of Innerschwand am Mondsee was part of the Principality of Bavaria, then, in 1506, it became part of the Austrian Duchy. During the Napoleonic wars, it was occupied several times by the French army. Since 1918, the territory in which the village of Innerschwand am Mondsee is located belongs to the province of Upper Austria.
The dominant feature of the village is the Church of St. Joseph, built after the end of World War II by local residents who returned from two world wars. It was consecrated on August 24, 1948. In 2010-2011, the artist Inge Dik was engaged in the restoration of the interior and exterior of the temple. He is the author of the new stained glass windows. In the church, attention is immediately drawn to the bright altar fresco painted by the painter Sepp Mayrhuber.
Also, tourists must be shown the chapel of St. Conrad, built near the miraculous source. It is said to have been built in 1145 by Conrad II after learning that water from a local spring cured eye diseases.
One of the local attractions is the archaeological zone, located in the town of Innerschwand right on the shore of Lake Mondsee. These are eight-meter piles, dug into the lake, on which houses were once built, during the late Neolithic period. The pillars were discovered in the 1970s. In honor of the lake, the culture of the local ancient inhabitants was named the Mondsee culture. Where people disappeared from Lake Mondsee is unknown. They left behind several copper items and amazingly beautiful ceramic dishes. Scientists suggest that in 3200 BC. NS. there was a strong earthquake on Lake Mondsee, which forced the owners of houses on stilts to leave their homes and go in an unknown direction.
