The foundation stone of the chapel on the Miesberg was laid in 1691. Pilgrimages in the following years proved the chapel too small. However, the "Holy Trinity Pilgrimage Church" was not enlarged until 1721. In 1888 the church received the tower that is still preserved today. From 1933-1935, the Order of Passionists founded the monastery.
After the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, the desire arose to build a pilgrimage chapel on the Miesberg and dedicate it to the Holy Trinity. Construction began in 1691, and in 1694 it was completed and consecrated by Pastor Auberger. Extended in 1722, the nave was created as a western extension of the chapel. The exterior has a simple structure. The bays are indicated on the outside by smooth, accentuated bands. The tower from 1888 is four storeys high, the top storey is strongly recessed and crowned by a pointed helmet. The rectangular room of the nave is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes above the windows. The total of eight windows are round-arched and have a strongly sloping sill. The barrel vault of the choir is decorated with a large fresco. The extended high altar from 1720/30 is richly decorated in the Baroque style. The altarpiece from 1697 was already part of the original furnishings. An unknown painter, J.B. Hueber, painted the Holy Trinity. Between the retable columns stand (left) St. Joachim, (right) St. Anne, the parents of Mary. The not quite life-sized figures, dating from around 1730, are set in silver and gold. On the wall next to the altar, the two adoring St. Thomas and St. John kneel. The ceiling fresco in the choir from 1938/39 depicts Christ the Redeemer, surrounded by saints of the Passionist Order. The frescoes in the nave with the theme of the Passion of Christ were created by the Munich-born painter Josef Wittmann. On the altarpiece of the left side altar, the Blessed Virgin Mary can be seen as a girl together with her parents Joachim and Anna, the excerpt shows St. Martin dividing his cloak. The right altarpiece depicts the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, the excerpt shows God the Father, who represents the Holy Trinity with the baptism below. On the south wall, next to the right side altar, hangs the votive picture by Johann Georg Hämmerl the Younger, which was painted in 1796. On the south wall you can see Christ on the cross and Our Lady of Sorrows, the figures of St. Peter and Simon. Opposite on the north wall are the life-sized wooden figures of St. Paul and St. Andrew, painted in color around 1750.
Source: Extracts from the church guide
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