When the Cistercians of Schiitzing moved their monastery to Raitenhaslach in the Middle Ages, there was already a "capella" at Marienberg. In the course of the centuries, the church was rebuilt, extended, finally after 1760.
For the new building the abbot Emmanuel II Mayr commissioned Franz Alois Mayr (1723-1771) The Munich painter Martin Heigl, a student of Johann Baptist Zimmermann, did the frescoes: on a series of Marian themes.
For the new building the abbot Emmanuel II Mayr commissioned Franz Alois Mayr (1723-1771) The Munich painter Martin Heigl, a student of Johann Baptist Zimmermann, did the frescoes: on a series of Marian themes.
The ceiling pictures were the first great works of Martin Heigl as fresco painter. The monastery Raitenhaslach also gave him numerous orders. Above the high altar, the Annunciation is portrayed, on the north side, the visitation and the birth of Christ, and the 12-year-old Jesus in the temple on the underside of the gallery.
On May 1, 1765, the prince-bishop Sigismund of Salzburg consecrated the church. The visitor ascends the 50 steps, which point to the 50 Ave Marias of the Rosary. The high altar features a holy image from the 17th century by Johann Georg Lindt, a sculptor who lived in Burghausen since 1758: Mary as Queen of Heaven with sceptre in her hand and Jesus in her arms surrounded by angels and saints.
The side altars come from the workshop of Georg Lindt and Georg Kapfer, the paintings of the Anna and Bernhard altar by Peter Lorenzoni, the cross and Johannes altar by Wilhelm Epple.
In 1806, the parish was moved from Marienberg to Raitenhaslach and the church on the Marienberg was closed and "released" for demolition. The holy image and other fittings were brought to Raitenhaslach and some were auctioned.
The long "struggle for Marienberg" began when the Marienberger peasants protested against the demolition ordered by the landlord Franz von Armansperg. Some of the "resistors" were even imprisoned. A petition was sent to the Bavarian Crown Prince and later to King Ludwig I. With success, on 29 August 1811 a church service was held again in the church. On January 15, 1815, the image of grace again returned to the church.
Renovation work went on from 2001 to 2011 and was going on when we visited in 2009.
On May 1, 1765, the prince-bishop Sigismund of Salzburg consecrated the church. The visitor ascends the 50 steps, which point to the 50 Ave Marias of the Rosary. The high altar features a holy image from the 17th century by Johann Georg Lindt, a sculptor who lived in Burghausen since 1758: Mary as Queen of Heaven with sceptre in her hand and Jesus in her arms surrounded by angels and saints.
The side altars come from the workshop of Georg Lindt and Georg Kapfer, the paintings of the Anna and Bernhard altar by Peter Lorenzoni, the cross and Johannes altar by Wilhelm Epple.
In 1806, the parish was moved from Marienberg to Raitenhaslach and the church on the Marienberg was closed and "released" for demolition. The holy image and other fittings were brought to Raitenhaslach and some were auctioned.
The long "struggle for Marienberg" began when the Marienberger peasants protested against the demolition ordered by the landlord Franz von Armansperg. Some of the "resistors" were even imprisoned. A petition was sent to the Bavarian Crown Prince and later to King Ludwig I. With success, on 29 August 1811 a church service was held again in the church. On January 15, 1815, the image of grace again returned to the church.
Renovation work went on from 2001 to 2011 and was going on when we visited in 2009.
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