Oberau#

Oberau, Tirol, village in the district of Kufstein, alt. 938 m, tourist resort at the foot of Kragenjoch mountain (alt. 1,425 m), cadastral district of Wildschoenau municipality. - Museum of local history (display of a large collection of agricultural tools). Baroque parish church (1751/1752) with ceiling fresco by J. A. Moelk, high altar with beautifully carved figures (around 1750-1760) and spire with triple bulbous cupola; St. Anthony´s church (1674, reconstructed from 1706-1708), with foliage-decorated altar (1707), high altar with richly ornamented acanthus frame; Schnellhornhof house with wall frescoes depicting christological themes (1632). A. Thaler (1883-1939), founding father of the "Dreizehnlinden" settlement in Brazil, hails from Oberau.