The best road cycling routes around Miltach

striking church in Chammünster which is easily recognizable from afar due to its twin towers

Delicious beer, pork knuckles, sulzn, whatever you need

Located on the edge of the park

Beautiful view with beer garden behind the church

Beautiful view

Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary The first church was probably a wooden building, as was common at the time. It was probably destroyed during one of the Hungarian raids around 910. The second church was probably built in the Romanesque style from Regensburg and destroyed by King Ottokar II of Bohemia. Construction of an early Gothic church began in the second half of the 13th century. The stonemason's marks indicate the involvement of the Regensburg Cathedral workshop. The north tower and choir of this third church, as well as the beginning of the early Gothic triumphal arch, are still preserved. The south tower had to be rebuilt in the 19th century due to dilapidation. Major damage to this third church during the Hussite Wars made it necessary to rebuild the three-aisled hall. The fourth, late Gothic church was built on the remains of the columns and old foundations. The church complex stands within the quadrangle of a formerly fortified cemetery; it is a three-aisled structure with twin towers. In the southwest corner stands the St. Anne's Chapel, and in the northeast corner is the two-room charnel house with the mortuary, which has been built over since 1965. The Baroque high altar was probably built by Fidelis Ittelsberger from Cham; the altar is a High Baroque backdrop altar. A total of 26 putti and angels accompany the oil painting at the rear. Figures of the apostles Peter and Paul act as altar guardians. The altarpiece of the right side altar depicts the attire of St. Walburga by her uncle Boniface. The two are surrounded by Walburga's two brothers, Willibald and Wunibald, and her parents Richard and Wuna. The altar guardians are the figures of Barbara with chalice and sword, and Catherine with book and palm. The left side altar was built in 1939 by the Schierer workshop in Cham for the 1200th anniversary celebrations, based on the right altar. The altarpiece depicts the Archangel Michael fighting the dragon. Church painter Willi Diernhöfer painted it in 1939. The two patron saints of cattle, Leonhard and Wendelin, serve as altar guardians. The church's oldest furnishing is a Romanesque baptismal font in the shape of a hemisphere. Christ and the twelve apostles can be seen around the font, with plant ornaments in between. Approximately 130 epitaphs and gravestones have been preserved on the walls, the exterior walls, and the interior floor. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

Nice starting point for easy hike

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