Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary
We know little about the early construction history of the Kirchberg church. The mention of a pastor in “Chirchberg” in 1326 presupposes the existence of a church; this is definitely proven by the gravestone of Pastor Konrad, who died on October 16, 1344. While the choir and the 30 meter high tower belong to the late Middle Ages, it cannot be said to what extent there is older masonry in the nave or to what extent the nave rests on older foundations.
In 1763, Pastor Joseph Anton Schmid complained about the circumstances that the church was too small and dilapidated; these circumstances should lead to the church being rebuilt. A lack of money repeatedly led to delays, so that the consecration did not take place until August 26, 1787 - seventeen years after the start of the new building - by the Regensburg Auxiliary Bishop Valentin Anton von Schneid, the brother of the Hofmarksherr von Karlstein.
As simple as the external appearance is with the box-shaped ship, the steep gable roof and the four arched windows, the interior also appears reserved and elegant. Portals provide access from two sides, the southern one forming the main entrance. The eastern corners with the two side altars are rounded and framed by individual pilasters, the row of which also continues in the chancel. The upper wall is formed by a high, profiled beam.
The high altar, dated around 1760, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary into heaven. The great Woman of the Secret Revelation stands as a baroque figure in the niche of the high altar and is flanked between the columns by the Princes of the Apostles Peter and Paul. God the Father with the globe, Christ with the cross on the bank of clouds and the Holy Spirit dove in the rays crown the altar structure.
The northern side altar was created in 1752 and decorated with the Jesuit saints Ignatius of Loyola and Aloysius of Gonzaga. The altarpiece shows St. Franz Xavier the missionary of East Asia. The southern side altar, donated in 1787, shows a portrait of St. on the altarpiece. Sebastian.
Today's ceiling painting shows the “Reception and Coronation of Mary”. It comes from the Munich painter Georg Wissmann and was created on the occasion of the interior renovation in 1939.
Source: Churches and chapels in the Regenstauf market