Sankt Bartholomä am Koenigssee - Koenigssee, Bavaria, Germany - Baroque Architecture on Waymarking.com

A first chapel at the lake was built in 1134 by the Provosts of Berchtesgaden. After the demolition (1697/98) of the previous building from 1134 century, the Church of St. Bartholomew was rebuilt on its foundations at the end of the 17th century and redesigned at the beginning of the 18th century in the baroque form that has been preserved to this day. It is equipped with two different onion domes and three red domed roofs over a three-conch choir, its floor plan resembles the shape of the Salzburg Cathedral. The small church building is adorned with stucco work by the Salzburg artist Josef Schmidt, and the altars in the three conches are each dedicated to a saint consecrated: St. Bartholomew, St. Catherine and St. Jacobus . St. Bartholomew was considered the patron saint of alpine farmers and dairymaids, which is appropriate considering dairy livestock are an important economic part of the local economy to this day. The annual pilgrimage to St. Bartholomew's is held on the Saturday after 24 August, starting from the Austrian municipality of Maria Alm and crossing the Berchtesgaden Alps. This is the oldest (1635) high mountain pilgrimage in the world! The Church is more of a special occasion Church, being used for pilgrimages, weddings, day visitors and events due to its' isolation from any areas of population.

Style: Baroque Type of building (structure): Large religious building (church, monastery, synagogue...) Date of origin:: 1697 (the original was in 1134) Architect(s): Unknown Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link] Address: Untersteiner Str. 26 Schönau am Koenigssee, Bayern Germany 83471

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