About 200 meters to the left and above the town parish church in Zwiesel stands the mountain church, once and now the destination of many pilgrims.

1682: A Marian chapel was founded and built by Franz Casimir Brandt and his wife Anna.

1767: The current building (26 meters long and 11 meters wide) replaced the Marian chapel.

The frescoes in this Rococo church were created by Franz Anton Rauscher (1731-1777), who is rightly considered the painter of the Bavarian Forest during the Baroque period.

The high altar is crowned by the miraculous image of Our Lady of the Rosary, which likely dates from the second half of the 18th century.

1994-1997: The mountain church underwent a complete renovation. Horst Fochler created the new altar and ambo, as well as the case for the new organ.

With the celebration of the Mountain Indulgence Week in September – granted by Pope Pius IX in Rome on July 30, 1867, by papal brief "for all time" – the parish aims to revive the old pilgrimage tradition, evidenced by the votive paintings in the sanctuary.

The mountain church is very popular as a wedding venue!

Pilgrimages take place annually.

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Peter W. Janakiew

July 10, 2021

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Location: Zwiesel, Regen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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