The Carmelite monastery was founded in 1349. Despite its important role in the religious education of the region, the Carmelite monastery could not escape dissolution under Emperor Joseph II (1765-1790). The building and its church are now part of a Franciscan monastery.
The parish church of Lienz already existed in Romanesque form in the 13th century, and in 1430 it was transformed into a Gothic church with three naves. In 1737, lightning destroyed the tower and the roof of the church. The choir was remodelled in the Baroque style. The high altar is the most beautiful baroque altar in East Tyrol. The tower received its present neo-gothic form after the upper part was redesigned in the first decade of the 20th century.
The parish church of St. Primus and Felizian was consecrated in 1876 and renovated from 1953 to 1954 and in 1974. The chapel originally on the site would have been enlarged to become a church in 1122. From 1720 to 1736, a church was built according to the plans of Oswald Stuelebmer and closed in 1858. In 1866 the foundation stone for a new church in neo-gothic style was laid according to the plans of district engineer Pieschel. Jakob Ceconi was responsible for the construction.
The Watschiger Toleranzbethaus is a Protestant church built in 1782, it was the second Toleranzbethaus built in stone in Carinthia and the oldest preserved. Toleranzbethäuser were Protestant churches built after 1781 on the basis of the tolerance patent of Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire.
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