Wallfahrtskirche Wilparting, Pilgrimage church in Irschenberg, Germany
Wallfahrtskirche Wilparting is a baroque pilgrimage church perched on a hill near Irschenberg in Bavaria. It has white outer walls, a dark roof, and a plain interior with a raised altar and a crypt beneath the choir.
In the 7th century, the Irish missionaries Marinus and Anianus are said to have worked and died in this area. A church was gradually built over their burial site, and it took its current baroque form over the following centuries.
The church is named after the two saints whose tomb it shelters; the small Veitskapelle nearby marks the spot where their cell is said to have stood. The main feast is the patronal day on 15 November, when pilgrims gather after Mass under the centuries-old lime tree by the Moarhof, the farm that long provided for them.
The church sits on a hill and is reached on foot after parking nearby on the access road. Visiting on a weekday gives more space and quiet, especially outside the main pilgrimage season.
The organ was built by Franz Borgias Maerz in 1897, with seven stops on one manual and pedal. It uses cone chests and pneumatic action, and the console stands free of the case. The 1778 high tomb of the two saints is the church's centrepiece.
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