Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Landkreis Landsberg am Lech
Ammersee-Lech
Pöring Castle Church of Mary of Reconciliation
Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Landkreis Landsberg am Lech
Ammersee-Lech
Pöring Castle Church of Mary of Reconciliation
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 81 out of 85 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Lechtal-Süd
Location: Ammersee-Lech, Landkreis Landsberg am Lech, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
We really liked the castle chapel and everything has already been said from the previous comment. The path with stairs up to the chapel is easy to walk, you also have a beautiful view over to the Lech.
April 3, 2021
Wikipedia (Poering Castle, 2023-04-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Pöring
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Landsberg am Lech, 2023-04-11):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Landsberg_am_Lech#D-1-81-130-431
“Pöring Castle ... Cubic three-story hipped-roof building with baroque cottages, two-story lean-to roof extension to the east and a former chapel wing to the south, over the older core roof structure dendrologically dated to 1494, conversion and expansion of the former chapel wing in baroque forms 1731–1739 and neo-Gothic revision with a three-story raised, crenellated head building and knight's hall 1846, extension of the lean-to roof extension after 1739...Catholic castle and pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, small hall building with curved choir and chapel area, bass violin windows, hipped roof and roof turret, by Dominikus Zimmermann, 1739–42 ... D-1-81-130-431”Parish community of Landsberg Mariä Himmelfahrt, Pitzling and Reisch (Pöring Castle Church, 2023-04-11):
pg-mariaehimmelfahrt.de/kirchen/schlosskirche-poering
April 11, 2023
Pöring Castle and the associated chapel were devastated during the Thirty Years' War and then refurbished. In 1731, in front of the figure of Mary from the lost village of Pössing, there was a healing of the sick, which led to the start of the Pöring pilgrimage. During this time, the name “Our dear Lady Mariae of Reconciliation” was mentioned for the first time.
In 1739 the construction of a new chapel began to replace the old one, which is attributed to Dominikus Zimmermann on the basis of its interior decoration and external features. The ceiling picture above the nave also comes from him. Votive tablets on the back wall confirm the lively pilgrimage and also allow the appearance of the earlier chapel to be understood.
Source: pg-mariaehimmelfahrt.de/kirchen/schlosskirche-poering
A beautiful little chapel that invites you to take a short "break".
August 15, 2018
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