Wieskirche

The Pilgrimage Church of Wies is a Roman Catholic oval Rococo church, designed in the late 1740s and completed in 1754. It is the major work of the brothers Johann Baptist and Dominikus Zimmermann, the latter of whom lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Steingaden, Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: “Pilgrimage Church of Wies” and “Wies Church”
  • Address: 14, Wies, Wies, Steingaden, 86989
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wies pilgrimage museum and Wieskapelle.

Museum
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Church
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is a church, which is situated 130 metres northwest of Wieskirche.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fronreiten and Wildsteig.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Wieskirche.

Village
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is a municipality in the district, in , . is situated 3½ km northeast of Wieskirche.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Wieskirche.

Wieskirche

Latitude
47.68058° or 47° 40′ 50″ north
Longitude
10.90054° or 10° 54′ 2″ east
Elevation
862 metres (2,828 feet)
Open location code
8FVGMWJ2+66
Open­Street­Map ID
way 49867155
Open­Street­Map feature
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7522156
Wiki­data ID
Q156675
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Wieskirche” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վիսի ուխտավայր եկեղեցի”
  • Basque: “Wiesko eliza”
  • Bavarian: “Wieskira”
  • Bavarian: “Wieskirche”
  • Bulgarian: “Вийскирхе”
  • Burmese: “ဝီးစကက်ရှဲ”
  • Catalan: “església de Wies”
  • Catalan: “Església de Wies”
  • Chinese: “維斯朝聖教堂”
  • Chinese: “維斯聖地教堂”
  • Chinese: “维斯教堂”
  • Chinese: “维斯朝圣教堂”
  • Croatian: “Hodočasnička crkva u Wiesu”
  • Czech: “Kostel ve Wies”
  • Czech: “Kostel Wies”
  • Czech: “Wieský kostel”
  • Dutch: “Bedevaartskerk van Wies”
  • Dutch: “Wieskirche”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo de la Prato”
  • Finnish: “Wiesin pyhiinvaelluskirkko”
  • French: “Église de pèlerinage de Wies”
  • French: “église de Wies”
  • French: “Église de Wies”
  • French: “Wieskirche”
  • Georgian: “ვისის ეკლესია”
  • German: “Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies”
  • German: “Wies bei Steingaden, Wallfahrtskirche Wies”
  • German: “Wieskirche”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Βις”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית ויס”
  • Hungarian: “Wieskirche”
  • Indonesian: “Wieskirche”
  • Irish: “Eaglais Wies”
  • Italian: “Chiesa del pellegrinaggio di Wies”
  • Italian: “santuario di Wies”
  • Italian: “Santuario di Wies”
  • Italian: “Wieskirche”
  • Japanese: “ヴィースの巡礼教会”
  • Japanese: “ヴィース教会”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Prati”
  • Latin: “Pratum”
  • Lithuanian: “Vyso bažnyčia”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Pellegrinaġġi ta‘ Wies”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Pellegrinaġġi ta’ Wies”
  • Maltese: “Wieskirche”
  • Mingrelian: “ვისიშ ეკლესია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pilegrimskirken i Wies”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wieskirken”
  • Norwegian: “Pilegrimskirken i Wies”
  • Persian: “کلیسای ویزکیرشه”
  • Persian: “ویسکخه”
  • Polish: “Kościół pielgrzymkowy w Wies”
  • Polish: “Kościół Pielgrzymkowy w Wies”
  • Polish: “Wies”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Peregrinação de Wies”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Wies”
  • Portuguese: “Wieskirche”
  • Romanian: “Biserica din Wies”
  • Romanian: “Biserica pelerinilor din Wies-Steingaden”
  • Romanian: “Wieskirche”
  • Russian: “Паломническая церковь в Висе”
  • Russian: “Церковь Паломников в Висе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hodočasnička crkva u Wiesu”
  • Slovak: “Pútnický kostol vo Wies”
  • Slovenian: “Romarska cerkev v Wiesu”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de peregrinacion de Wies”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de peregrinación de Wies”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Wies”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Wies”
  • Spanish: “Wieskirche”
  • Swedish: “Vallfärdskyrkan i Wies”
  • Swedish: “Vallfartskyrkan i Wies”
  • Thai: “Wies church”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์วีส”
  • Thai: “วัดวีส์”
  • Turkish: “Wies Hac Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Паломницька церква в Вісе”
  • Ukrainian: “Паломницька церква у Вісі”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Wies”
  • Western Frisian: “Beafearttsjerke fan Wies”

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