The best walks and hikes around Dieterskirchen

A lovely little town with a special flair! I like it very much!

Pilgrimage Church of St. John Nepomuk - Johannisberg Church The pilgrimage to St. John Nepomuk at the Forst began when Pastor Florian Sigismund v. Miller from Oberviechtach built a small field chapel with a picture of John Nepomuk on the busy road from Regensburg to Bohemia in 1704. The chapel must have been very small. The pilgrimage was obviously very popular with the local population and passing traders, who donated generously to the small chapel, so that the desire to build a large pilgrimage church was soon expressed. Construction began in 1732: the farmers brought the necessary wood, stones and other materials. The church was built and fully furnished in just two years. Construction management was in the hands of unknown Electoral master masons from Amberg. Otherwise, the church as a whole is the creation of local craftsmen and artists. Spacious central building with a three-eighth choir, vaulted. The sacristy is attached to the north, with an upper floor as an oratory; they were only built in 1764/65. Nave has a flat roof with a cove. Gable turret. The stately high altar is dedicated to St. John Nepomuk. The altarpiece with the image of the church's patron saint by Matthias Pösl is flanked by two columns each; between the columns are the life-size figures of John the Baptist (left) and John the Evangelist (right). Above the altarpiece is a painting depicting God the Father, surrounded by numerous angel figures. The side altars are less elaborately designed: the left one is dedicated to the Queen of Heaven, the right one to St. Wendelin, the patron saint of cattle. The pulpit is erected on the left side of the nave, decorated with foliage and ribbon work and evangelist shields. Opposite is a high-quality, life-size wooden figure of St. John Nepomuk. The two late Gothic wooden relief figures of St. Barbara and St. Catherine are noteworthy. They appear very slim and delicate and were probably made around 1500. Where they came from and how they got to Johannesberg cannot be determined. An extensive renovation took place from 1972 to 1974. Source: Excerpts from pfarrei-oberviechtach.de/johannisberg/

From Kulz in the direction of Kulm the Drei Kreuz Weg stretches .........

The ruins of Haus Murach Castle are almost more impressive from a distance than up close, so you should take your time to enjoy this vantage point of the castle and Obermurach.

Warberg Castle Warberg Castle, formerly known as Wartberg, is a ruined hilltop castle on the Warnberg near the town of Neunburg vorm Wald. The first indirect mention of the castle was around 1138, when Countess Adelheid von Warberg donated her estate near Traitsching to the Ensdorf monastery. Elisabeth von Sulzbach, the daughter of Count Gebhard III, married Count Rapoto I of Ortenburg around 1159 and received Warberg Castle as a wedding gift. In 1188, after the death of Count Gebhard III, her sons Heinrich I and Rapoto II of Ortenburg inherited Warberg Castle. The first probable destruction probably took place in the war between the Counts of Ortenburg and the Counts of Bogen, Passau, Bohemia and Austria in the years 1192 to 1199. The castle remained in the possession of the Ortenburgers until 1261, in the same year the son of Count Friedrich von Truhendingen and Anna von Ortenburg, daughter of Heinrich I von Ortenburg, sold Warberg to Duke Ludwig the Strict. The reason that led to the final destruction of Warberg Castle could be related to the military invasions of the Bohemian King Ottokar II of Bohemia in the second half of the 13th century. There is no reliable evidence for this, however, although the Schwarzhofen monastery, which is located not far from the castle, is said to have also been destroyed in the course of this war before 1285. The castle was therefore abandoned between 1261 and 1283, perhaps as early as 1278 if the Second Bohemian War and with it the death of Ottokar II in the Battle of the Marchfeld in that year are the reason for the abandonment. The Warbergers were mentioned in documents several times up until 1495 (Balthasar the Warberger of Kürnberg), presumably a ministerial family that continued to name itself after the destroyed castle. Between 1991 and 1993, an excavation was carried out by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, during which some of the walls were uncovered. Only a few remains of the walls and the well remain of the former 150 by 50 meter castle complex with its Salian-Staufian ring wall and layered water well. Finds can be found in the Schwarzachtaler Heimatmuseum in Neunburg vorm Wald. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

Simply a beautiful place to unwind

Simply a place to unwind!

St. Joseph's Church Expositure The St. Joseph's Church Expositure in Kulz is one of the younger church buildings in the Neunburg deanery, as it was built after a major fire between 1870 and 1876. The church was built in the neo-Gothic style and has been renovated several times over the years. The exterior design is simple, with the gable cross, a granite work weighing 28 hundredweight, being worth mentioning. When you enter the church, the richly decorated granite offertory box with the year 1769 immediately catches your eye on the left; this probably comes from the former castle chapel. The wooden altars that were created before the turn of the century give the neo-Gothic era the name "carpenter's Gothic". The main altar is dedicated to the church's patron saint, St. Joseph; St. Peter is on the left and St. Paul is on the right. The tips of the altar end in Gothic pinnacles with finials. The statue in the left side altar represents St. Sebastian, who is revered as a patron saint and helper against plague and epidemics. Brother Konrad kneels in prayer in front of the main altar. The left side altar is the altar of the Virgin Mary with St. Mary, next to it is a statue of the Sacred Heart, also known as the Savior of the World. The altar room is illuminated by two colorful windows with depictions of the Sacred Heart and the Sacred Heart of Mary, which benefactors donated in 1911. Above the main altar in the choir are the portraits of the four evangelists. The newly designed St. Joseph's Church in Kulz is, according to well-known experts, a rarity in the diocese of Regensburg. The nave is described as pure neo-Gothic with sophisticated, colorful color schemes. Therefore, the original state of the neo-Gothic should definitely be preserved because of its great rarity. Source: Church guide