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Upper Palatinate

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf (Mariahilfberg, Amberg)

Upper Palatinate

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf (Mariahilfberg, Amberg)

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Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf (Mariahilfberg, Amberg)

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Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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March 31, 2019

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The Maria Hilf pilgrimage church on Amberg's Mariahilfberg is an impressive Baroque church. Construction began in 1694. It boasts an incredible interior with magnificent ceiling paintings.

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May 2, 2024

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The largest mountain pilgrimage in the Upper Palatinate was created during the plague in 1634. The tower of the former castle on the Ammenberg was converted into a chapel, and immediately afterwards the town built a round chapel based on the model of the chapel on the Lechfeld. The current pilgrimage church on the Mariahilfberg was built in 1697 to plans by Wolfgang Dientzenhofer in place of the previous church that burned down in 1646. Due to the War of the Spanish Succession, construction could not be completed until 1711.

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July 20, 2019

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The city Amberg was hit in 1634 by a heavy Pestepedemie. On the advice of Fr. Caspar Hell, Rector of the Jesuit College, the citizens, hoping that the plague subsided, …

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Elevation 550 m

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Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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