슈미헨 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

A very successful renaturation project

Cycle path along the Paar River

The present church stands on a site that already featured several church buildings between the 8th and 15th centuries. These originated from pilgrimages to venerate Saint Afra (d. 304). Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg was buried near Afra's shrine in 973. Since 1012, the holy site has been cared for by the Benedictine monastery of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg. The lower church, containing the crypts of Saints Ulrich and Afra, was designed in 1962. St. Ulrich and Afra is a steep, three-aisled brick basilica with a transept and a long, east-facing chancel. Since 1594, the 93-meter-high onion dome of the Catholic basilica has been visible from the Swabian countryside. Only this structure—also known as the Afra Tower—on the north side of the nave was ever built. A planned tower on the south side was never constructed due to lack of funds. The parish house of the Catholic community adjoins the church on the northeast side. On the southeast side is a private green space containing the remains of the St. Godehard Chapel, dating from the Merovingian and pre-Romanesque periods. Adjoining the south side of the basilica are the modern buildings of the Haus Sankt Ulrich conference hotel, belonging to the Diocese of Augsburg. It was built between 1971 and 1974 as an educational and pastoral care center, designed by the Munich architect Alexander Freiherr von Branca in the postmodern style. From 2006 to 2009, it was renovated and redesigned, transforming it into a conference hotel and convention center according to plans by the Munich architectural firm Blum Architekten. The west side of the church is also surrounded by buildings. Outside the nave, the ensemble with the Protestant St. Ulrich Church is impressive, a popular subject for photographs, and symbolizes Augsburg's parity. (https://bistum-augsburg.de/Glaube-und-Lehre/Wallfahrten/Wallfahrtsorte-und-Gebetsstaetten/Bildergalerien/Augsburg-Basilika-St.-Ulrich-u.-Afra)

The current church building was built as the successor to a late Gothic church, whose choir was taken over as the Fugger family's crypt chapel. The church is dedicated to the memory of Our Lady of Sorrows. The originally Gothic church was rebuilt in the 17th century and redesigned in Rococo style in the 18th century. When it was rebuilt in the early 17th century, the eastern orientation was abandoned and the new church was laid out along a north-south axis.

Right on the street. But nice to look at.

Schmiechen has a rural character with a village pond, a beautiful maypole with a church behind it and outside the pilgrimage chapel Maria Kappel with adjoining coffee and crumble cake

Delicious cakes and a great atmosphere in the garden

View of the Beautiful Basilica