Towards the end of the Thirty Years' War, the two shepherd boys Hans Popp and Hans Steinmetz built a small chapel made of wood and clay on the Rosswiese in the north of Freystadt. There they put up a picture of the Virgin Mary given by a Sarah Frank. Due to the large number of pilgrims, the construction of a stone chapel began soon afterwards, in which a carved miraculous image was placed. The consecration took place in 1670. An extension of the church planned due to the large number of pilgrims was abandoned in favor of a new building, not least because of structural defects. In the years 1700 to 1710 a central building was built according to the plans of Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, with a dome and lantern vaulted and bordered by four small corner towers. 25 years after construction, the plans of the church served as a model for the Dresden Frauenkirche. [2]

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Stoapfalzb(h)iker

April 23, 2022

The dome of the pilgrimage church can be seen from afar

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☘️ Werner

January 20, 2025

Interesting baroque building with frescoes by Hans Georg Asam, the father of the famous brothers Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin (-> Asam Church; Weingarten Monastery Church).

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Location: Freystadt, Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf (Freystadt)

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