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The health spa St. Wolfgang in Fusch was very old according to different recorded documentations. Because a document from the year of 1417 mentioned a substantial twin-towered church that already stood on a hill. The fact that at this time in a remote area a relatively large church existed, can probably be explained by the lively mining industry and the numerous laborers that worked at the Weichselbach similar to Hirzbach and on the Schiedalpe in the Schmalzgrube.

In the year 1702 the church was destroyed for the most part by a dust avalanche. The church had already been damaged in 1643 and 1686 from two other large avalanches. After the destruction of the church, which was in the rank of a Vicariates, the church services were moved to the St. Ägydius church to Fusch. Later, a new smaller church (which still exists today) was built. Even the new church was not completely safe on this location either. In 1844, 1882 and 1892 it was damaged again and again by avalanches.

St. Wolfgang in Weichselbach Valley was a well visited place of pilgrimage. In the years 1890 and 1891 the church was thoroughly restored. With the fall of the health spa the small church also went to ruins. After 1985, Father Matthias Oberascher, the mechanic Alexander Schmidinger and the Fuscher veterans took over the church of St. Wolfgang. For years they renovated the abandoned church in cooperation with the local residents. The alters were restored by the Jordan family.

Nowadays, once monthly during the snow-free time, a mass is held on Saturdays. On the second Saturday of September there is a procession from the town of Fusch to the church in Bad Fusch. The church and the veterans are responsible for the mass. Every other year there is a "hunter's mass", to also state why the church is called "Hubertus Church".
Recently this small church, "St. Wolfgang in Weichselbach Valley“, is being chosen more frequently as a wedding church.

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