St. Mary's Assumption (Pürten)
The parish and pilgrimage church of the Assumption of Mary is the Roman Catholic village church of Pürten , part of the municipality of Waldkraiburg in Upper Bavaria .
location
The church is located in the so-called upper village on the edge of a lower inner terrace . Together with the cemetery, St. Michael's cemetery chapel and the rectory, it forms a closed building ensemble.
history
The first documentary mention of a chapel in Pürten comes from the year 1050. From 1177 to 1803 Pürten was an incorporated parish of the Augustinian canons of Au am Inn .
The preserved late Gothic church was built around 1400. From the 14th century to 1800 it was the destination of an important Marian pilgrimage with a pilgrimage cult, unique in Europe, with a healing book. It was the gospel book of the blessed Alta von Pürten (Countess Irmingard von Pürten), a French king's daughter. When she died on February 5, 1075, she bequeathed the precious Bible to the Church. When sick people borrowed the book, they healed. The late Carolingian gospels come from the Reims cathedral writing school in the 9th century and have been in the Munich State Library since 1805.
description
The furnishings include the remains of a late Gothic winged altar, the pilgrimage Madonna Sancta Maria speciosa ad portam , a work by the master of Seeon from around 1425 , four baroque altars 1670, 1684, 1688 and 1693 (side altar of St. Felizitas and her seven sons), one rich Decorated rococo pulpit , ceiling paintings by Johann Martin Seltenhorn from 1757 as well as many votive tablets and life-size wax figures.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 5 " N , 12 ° 25 ′ 34.3" E