Steingaden Travel Guide
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Steingaden Overview
Steingaden is a town in Bavaria, Weilheim-Schongau and seat of the administrative community Steingaden. Steingaden is an official health resort. The town is home to two unique architectural monuments, the famous Wieskirche and Guelph Munster.
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Things to see in Steingaden
Festlicher Sommer concert series
Wies church
Guelph Munster
Church of the Holy Cross
Church of St. Mary Magdalene
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Travel Insider Tips for Steingaden
The Wies church is breathtaking. You feel very close to God when you enter through the doors. The painting on the ceiling show the gates to heaven and no matter where you stand in the church, if you look up you look at the open gate.
Shared by Brigitte Schumacher, Sep 2009
I have visited the Wieskirche church and it's beyond words. Sits off the beaten path but definitely worth the trip.
Shared by Linda Cross Rogers, Aug 2009
Kreuzgang
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Popular Points of Interest in and near Steingaden
Pilgrimage Church of Wies UNESCO World Heritage Site
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The UNESCO committe notes: Miraculously preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, the Church of Wies (1745–54), the work of architect Dominikus Zimmermann, is a masterpiece of Bavarian Rococo – exuberant, colorful and joyful.
In 1738, tears were seen on a dilapidated wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour in the area. This miracle resulted in a pilgrimage rush to see the sculpture. In 1740 a small chapel was built to house the statue, but it was soon realized that the building would be too small for the number of pilgrims it attracted, and thus Steingaden Abbey decided to commission a separate shrine. Many people who have prayed in front of the statue of Jesus on the altar have claimed that people have been miraculously cured of their diseases, which has made this church even more of a pilgrimage site.
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- Homepage of Steingaden: Steingaden (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Steingaden
More about the History of Steingaden
Founded in 1147, the originally separate communities Fronreiten, Lauterbach (Lauterbach vacation rentals | Lauterbach travel guide) and Urspring been incorporated as part of the municipality in Steingaden.
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