Parish Church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus

A spiritual sight with a long history: the Roman Catholic parish church is located east of the main square in the Waldviertel market town of Gars am Kamp. The listed church is dedicated to St. Simon and St. Jude Thaddeus. It belongs to the Horn deanery of the diocese of St. Pölten.

The first ecclesiastical mention of Gars is documented in 1282. A chapel dedicated to St. Simon was built in 1387, followed by the construction of the vicarage and market church over 200 years later. After several fires, the church was rebuilt in the early 18th century - using original parts and preserving the old choir. Today's parish church has been renovated several times inside and out. Today it shines in new splendor: with a magnificent nave under the gabled roof, a three-storey tower, bells from the 14th and 16th centuries and an organ built in the late 1970s.