Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Parish church in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany.
Mariä Himmelfahrt is a Catholic parish church on Marienplatz in Weilheim in Oberbayern. Its square tower of rough grey stone blocks, with a clock and a railed balcony, stands beside a white-plastered nave with a red tiled roof and tall arched windows. The body is about 45 metres long and 25 metres wide.
A Gothic predecessor from the 13th–14th centuries was demolished in 1624, leaving only the tower, crowned in 1573 with a Welsche Haube under Hans Guggemoos. From 1624 to 1628 Bartholomäus Steinle built the present Mannerist church, with Hans Krumpper involved; it was the first free-standing wall-pillar church in a southern German country town, modelled on St. Michael in Munich. The last renovation was in 2004.
The church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and its ceiling frescoes of 1627 by Elias Greuter the Elder and his son Johann show the Archangel Michael casting Lucifer into hell under Mary's eyes. The dome over the altar unusually depicts seven archangels, including Uriel, Barachiel, Salathiel and Jehudiel, alongside Mary.
The main entrance is at Kirchplatz 2, with parking available in the surrounding streets. Visits are best arranged outside of service times, and the church is easily reached on foot from the town center.
In the dome above the altar, the fresco shows seven archangels with Mary — including Uriel, Barachiel, Salathiel and Jehudiel — although Catholic custom venerates only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The choice is linked to the era's current and possibly to Santa Maria degli Angeli, then being built in Rome under Pius IV.
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