Pilgrimage Church Wilparting
The branch and pilgrimage church of St. Marinus and Anian is the Catholic village church of Wilparting , a district of the municipality of Irschenberg in the district of Miesbach . It rises above the grave of the two saints, the small St. Vitus' chapel marks the place where the cell of Saints Marinus and Anianus is said to have been.
history
The grave church of the two saints is one of the oldest Christian places of worship in Bavaria and has been a place of pilgrimage for well over 1000 years .
Today's church, against the picturesque backdrop of the Mangfall Mountains, one of the most famous Bavarian photo motifs, owes its baroque exterior to the renovation of a late Gothic building in 1697 by Johann Mayr the Elder. Ä. von der Hausstatt (1643–1718).
Interior
The interior is mainly determined by the Baroque style from 1759. The centerpiece of the church is the monumental high tomb of the two saints from 1778.
organ
The organ was built by Franz Borgias Maerz in 1897. It has seven registers , a manual and a pedal . The disposition is:
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- Pairing : M / P
- Playing aids : Tutti
- Remarks: cone chest , pneumatic game and stop action mechanism, free-standing game table
Others
The pilgrims have been cared for in the “Moarhof” located to the south-west for ages. The most important festival is the patronage day on November 15th: After the mass, the pilgrims gather at the “Moarhof” under the centuries-old linden tree.
Picture gallery
Pilgrimage church from the southeast
St. Vitus Chapel
Frescoes by Martin Heigl
Carved cheek of a prayer bench
literature
- Klaus Kratzsch: District Miesbach (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.15 ). 2nd improved edition. Munich / Zurich 1987.
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ' N , 11 ° 55' E