Wallfahrtskirche Mariae Geburt in Betenbrunn, Catholic pilgrimage church in Heiligenberg, Germany.
Wallfahrtskirche Mariae Geburt is a hall church in Betenbrunn with a straight-ended eastern choir and a tower on the north wall. The building displays ceiling paintings featuring the Mater Dolorosa in the nave and the Coronation of Mary in the choir, with the high altar attributed to a notable craftsman.
The lower tower storeys are the oldest part of the church and belong to the Romanesque period. The hall church was built from 1373, and the upper tower storeys with the clock and the three-bell frame were added at the end of the 14th century. The two-storey sacristy was attached east of the choir flank tower at the end of the 14th century, while the nave was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century.
The church is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary, celebrated on 8 September, which gives the village church its name. On the triumphal arch inside hang the coats of arms of Werdenberg, Fürstenberg and Montfort, marking the noble families tied to the region. The ceiling of the nave carries a stucco-framed Mater Dolorosa, while the choir shows the Coronation of Mary.
The church stands in Betenbrunn, a hamlet of Heiligenberg in the Bodenseekreis district, and is listed as a monument by the Baden-Württemberg heritage office. The nave dates from the end of the 17th century, while the lower tower storeys are Romanesque and the sacristy was added at the end of the 14th century. The organ, built by Orgelbau Pirchner, was installed in 2014 inside Johann Georg Aichgasser's case.
The coats of arms of Werdenberg, Fürstenberg and Montfort are painted on the triumphal arch inside the church, not on the tower. The tower's lower storeys are the oldest part of the building and date to the Romanesque period.
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