St. Mary’s Hill Church and the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Catholic church in Parkstein, Germany

St. Mary’s Hill Church and the Fourteen Holy Helpers stands on the basalt cone of Hoher Parkstein above Parkstein. The 1852 hall church has a pale yellow facade with stepped, crenellated upper edges, a small arched window, a circular window with a cross-shaped frame and a large arched doorway; a square roof turret with two bells and a green spire rises behind the gable. Inside, the neo-Romanesque high altar shows Mary among the fourteen helpers, framed by gold spiral columns.

The church was built in 1852 on the basalt cone of the Hoher Parkstein above Parkstein in the Upper Palatinate. It belongs to the Diocese of Regensburg and is listed as a Bavarian monument under the number D-3-74-144-14.

The high altarpiece is Neo-Romanesque and shows Mary surrounded by the fourteen helpers, among them St. Barbara and St. Catherine, each holding an attribute such as a tower or a wheel. The church belongs to the Diocese of Regensburg, and pilgrims on the Hoher Parkstein stop here to seek these saints' intercession.

The church stands on the basalt cone of the Hoher Parkstein, reached on foot along paths up the hill; the climb is the only way to the building. The west facade holds the portal, and the square roof turret with its two bells rises above the gable.

The church stands on the basalt cone of Hoher Parkstein, not on the Schlossberg as older descriptions claim. Its Bavarian monument number is D-3-74-144-14, and the parish belongs to the Diocese of Regensburg.