Mountain Church Maria-Hilf (Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate)
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The Bergkirche Maria-Hilf is a Roman Catholic church in Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate . It belongs to the parish of St. Laurentius Eschenbach and is registered in the Bavarian list of monuments under no. D-3-74-117-12 .
history
The church was built in 1771–1774 at the highest point in the city in the Rococo style. Before that there was a small Mariahilf chapel in front of the upper gate of the city , which was built on the basis of a vow in 1683. The current church was renovated from 1972–1978 and painted in color.
Building description
The church is a single nave church with a retracted choir . It was built by the master builder Wolfgang Diller from Amberg.
The 26 m high tower of the church was built in 1906 by the Eschenbach master mason Karl Luber according to plans by the Weiden building department assistant Anding.
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Furnishing
The high altar and pulpit were created by the sculptor Joachim Schlott in 1778 and painted in 1788/79 by the Amberg painter Wolfgang Pößl. The picture of the Holy Trinity in the extract of the high altar comes from Joachim Michael Wild. On the left there is a figure of St. Joseph , on the right St. Anna . The miraculous image of Mariahilf is located in the high altar . The picture is a modified copy of a picture by Lucas Cranach the Elder . The picture attracted a stream of pilgrims in the 18th century. The two glass paintings on the north side of the church next to the main altar are reminiscent of the fallen of the First World War with depictions of the Holy Trinity and Queen of Mary .
The right side altar contains the image of the Visitation and the statues of Saint Elizabeth and Saint Zacharias . Next to this altar hangs a large crucifix with Mary standing at the foot. The left side altar shows Saint Sebastian as an altarpiece and Saint Florian in the excerpt ; on the left is a figure of Saint Wendelin and on the right of Saint Notburga .
The church also contains several epitaphs of regional officials.
The original ceiling frescoes were whitewashed in the 1930s and replaced in 1957/58 by the pictures of the Assumption of Mary in Heaven and Queen Mary by the Munich painter Josef Wittmann .
organ
The organ was built in 1977 by Hermann Kloss from Kelheim .
Bells
The church has three bells:
- St. Mary's bell (a ′), cast in 1954 by the Rudolf Perner company in Passau , weight 355 kg
- St. Konrads bell (e ′ ′), also cast by Rudolf Perner in 1954, weight 213 kg
- St. Sebastian bell (d ′ ′), cast in 1910 by the Klaus brothers from Heidingsfeld , weight 180 kg.
literature
- Churches of the city of Eschenbach. Small Art Guide series (Art Guide No. 1881). Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1991. pp. 13-17.
- Peter Morsbach, Catholic rectory (ed.): Cultural treasures - The mountain church Maria-Hilf in Eschenbach. Morsbachverlag, Regensburg 2015.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 8.8 ″ N , 11 ° 49 ′ 34.6 ″ E