Wieskirche, Bavaria

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Rococo church Roman Catholic church UNESCO World Heritage Site pilgrimage church

Wieskirche in Bavaria is a renowned Bavarian pilgrimage church celebrated as one of the finest masterpieces of Rococo religious architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2
Wieskirche 1
Wieskirche, Bavaria canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo church ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
pilgrimage church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wieskirche, Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Pilgrimage Church of Wies

Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies ⓘ
architecturalStyle Late Baroque ⓘ
Rococo architecture ⓘ
surface form: Rococo
associatedWith Johann Baptist Zimmermann ⓘ
consecrationYear 1754 ⓘ
constructionEnd 1754 ⓘ
constructionStart 1745 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Man of Sorrows ⓘ
surface form: Christ the Scourged Saviour
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
designedBy Dominikus Zimmermann ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature frescoed ceiling ⓘ
gallery with stucco work ⓘ
ornate high altar ⓘ
oval nave ⓘ
rich stucco decoration ⓘ
hasArtwork ceiling frescoes ⓘ
sculpture of the Scourged Saviour ⓘ
hasHeritageValue outstanding example of Rococo religious architecture ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
interiorDesigner Dominikus Zimmermann ⓘ
locatedIn Bavaria ⓘ
District of Weilheim-Schongau ⓘ
surface form: Weilheim-Schongau district

District of Weilheim-Schongau ⓘ
surface form: municipality of Steingaden
locatedInRegion Upper Bavaria ⓘ
locatedNear Alpine foothills ⓘ
Füssen ⓘ
maintainedBy Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church authorities in Bavaria
material masonry ⓘ
nameMeaning Church in the Meadow ⓘ
notableFor Rococo interior ⓘ
harmonious integration of architecture and decoration ⓘ
important pilgrimage site in Bavaria ⓘ
parish Steingaden parish ⓘ
pilgrimageTradition devotion to the Scourged Saviour ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
setting rural meadow landscape ⓘ
stuccoArtist Dominikus Zimmermann ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1983 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rococo architecture → notableExample → Wieskirche, Bavaria ⓘ
Upper Bavaria → contains → Wieskirche, Bavaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wieskirche
Wieskirche, Bavaria → alsoKnownAs → Wieskirche, Bavaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pilgrimage Church of Wies
World Heritage Sites in Germany → hasPart → Wieskirche, Bavaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pilgrimage Church of Wies