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Parish Church of St. Martin The first Romanesque religious building in Miltach was built between 1050 and 1100. Around 1400 the apse was demolished and the current choir was built in the same place. Around the middle of the 18th century the church was given a baroque makeover, mainly by raising the tower. There were two reasons for the renewed expansion and redesign in 1974: the lack of space for churchgoers and the dilapidated structure of the nave. After initial concerns, the State Office for Monument Preservation gave its consent to the demolition of the rear part and the subsequent new construction. The official laying of the foundation stone took place on September 8, 1974 by cathedral canon Martin Lehner. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on October 25 of the same year. Auxiliary Bishop Karl Flügel consecrated the parish church on August 8, 1976. The high altar from 1760, a Rococo structure with free-standing round and square columns, is extended to the sides with passageways underneath. The figure of St. Andrew on the left and St. James on the right stand as altar guards. The center of the high altar is a painting depicting the patron saint of the parish church, St. Martin. The picture with the well-known motif of the cloak being divided was painted by Ignaz Anton Sollfleisch from Cham. At the top, the high altar ends with a so-called mercy seat, a depiction of the Holy Trinity. To the left of the altar is the figure of St. Florian (1763), to the right is the plague saint Sebastian (1754), and St. Barbara (around 1980), the latter as a replacement for the statue stolen around 1960. The left side altar is a reconstruction of the altar that burned on December 9, 1986. The Gothic Madonna of the Radiance and Child (1480) was also completely destroyed in this disaster. The other two figures, Saint Francis Xavier on the left and Saint Nepomuk on the right, were restored by carving. The altarpiece shows Saint Gertrude von Hefta, painted by Georg Achtelstetter from Cham in 1923. The right side altar (1760) received a picture of Saint Nicholas in 1987, a copy from the church in Haag near Hohenschambach. The golden apples and the book on the altar pillars as well as the miter above the altar testify that it was already dedicated to Saint Nicholas before 1923. Source: Excerpts from www.pfarrei-miltach.de

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Monastery Church of St. Peter and Paul The first church building, which was part of the Oberaltaich Abbey, founded around 1102, was consecrated in 1129 and was a three-aisled Romanesque basilica without a transept, with a flat roof inside. At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the medieval monastery church was demolished in 1621 and rebuilt from 1622 to 1630 - using the two western towers again. This was done under Abbot Veit Höser, who was also responsible for the planning, while the construction management was in the hands of the Graubünden master mason Ulrich Walchner. The church was consecrated in 1630 in the presence of Emperor Ferdinand II and Elector Maximilian I. In 1632, the church and monastery were plundered and devastated by a Swedish army led by Bernhard von Weimar. The current baroque church complex is a three-aisled hall church with a five-bay floor plan, surrounded by galleries on all sides. The unusual spatial form without excluding an actual choir building is further articulated by the fact that a two-storey chapel extension with a three-quarter circular floor plan is attached to the church building on all four sides. The vaulting of the church space is achieved by an unarticulated groin vault in the central nave, groin vaults in the side aisles and lancet vaults in the galleries. The principal piece of the church furnishings is the baroque high altar from 1693 with its six-columned structure, the altarpiece of which with the crucifixion of St. Peter by Johann Georg Knappich could be lowered by a mechanism on holidays in favor of the stage-like staging of the handing over of the keys to Peter, which was created around 1730. In the south-west corner of the church is the tomb of the founders of Counts Friedrich and Aswin von Bogen with a red marble cover plate from 1418, and in the northern Albertus Chapel is the high grave of Blessed Albert with a red marble cover plate from 1395. In 1727-1730, Abbot Dominicus II. Perger had the abbey church, built in 1630, refurbished on the occasion of the monastery's upcoming millennium celebrations. Joseph Anton Merz from Straubing carried out the extensive fresco work on the vaults according to the prelate's precise instructions, which are among the top achievements of southern German ceiling painting. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

The Chapel of Our Lady, Klinglbach was built in 1884 by Johann and Katharina Wittmann as a private chapel and dedicated in 1886. From 1884 to 1937 it served as a private chapel. In 1937 it was inaugurated as a branch church of the parish of St. Engelmar. There are 12 wooden panels with images of the apostles on the gallery. The church is open during the day.

The monastery church of St. Peter and Paul in Oberaltaich is a former Benedictine church and is located on the European pilgrimage route Via Nova. The first monastery was founded in 731 by Duke Odilo of Bavaria and Saint Pirmin. The new church was built between 1622 and 1630. The baroque high altar dates from 1693 and shows the crucifixion of St. Peter and above the beheading of St. Paul. From 1726 to 1731 the interior was redesigned for the “1000th anniversary”. The monastery was abolished in 1803 and the church has been used as a parish church ever since. The church is open during the day, but can only be admired from behind through an iron grille. Guided tours are available upon request at the parish office.

Refreshment point at the Arber Cycle Marathon. The real highlight is m.m.n. however, the increase coming from Reichsbach. Approx. 300 HM on almost 6 KM in the most beautiful nature and with a serpentine that gives a look back at what you have gained in height to date. Top!

Cute town, beautiful parish church.