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Our Lady of the Mountains Shrine- Füssen
Our Lady Of the Mountains Church( Frau am Berg Kirche)
Blessed Seelos had a great love of Our Blessed Lady. He often asked his sisters to go and pray for him at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Mountains.Letter contained in the book "Sincerely Seelos" The collected letters of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos edited by Carl Hoegerl C.Ss.R. mention the Shrine on page 69 ref 13. The Church can be found on the Tiroler Straße leading out of Füssen towards the Austrian border which is a kilometre away.
The original church was built in the middle ages around the 14th century and served the Leprosy hospital which was built in 1300. It also had a cemetery attached to it where the lepers were buried.
Older members of the congregation in Füssen remember when the "Via Claudia" was not such a wide road and that on the other side of the road were many houses and a Hospital for lepers.
Many people who walk past or drive past in the car wonder why there is the shape of a door which has been filled in in the centre of the Church but at least 2 metres above the road.
This was used by the lepers who crossed over a bridge to the church from the Leper Hospital . The bridge ,Hospital and Houses were bull-dosed in 1968 to make way for a bigger road to the border with Austria.
The organ in the Frau am Berg Kirche Former Musical Director Albert Frey
The organ in this church was built by Andreas Jäger. It was one of the last works he undertook. He died before it was completed and its thought that the organ was completed by Joseph Anton Weyrather from the Tirol.
The casing was built by Joseph Anton Obermiller
The organ has the registers Hohlflöte 8′, Gedackt 8′, Quintatön 8′, Gamba 8′, Prinzipal 4′, Mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3 ′, Subbass 16′ and a pedal coupler.
In 1682/83 the church was rebuilt by Master Builder, Johann Schmuzer from the Wessobrunner School of Baroque stucco-workers. The new church was opened in 1685. A new single barrel-vaulted nave with a west gallery was added by Johann Georg Fischer,Master Builder & Stonemason in 1735.
In the middle of the 19th century the Eastern outside end of the church was redesigned as a chapel to begin the Stations of the Cross which were erected by Father Johann Baptist Graf in 1840 to counteract his disapproval of Secularisation. The Church is a Protected Monument and Holy Mass is celebrated in it a few times each year.
In the past its position on the Via Claudia meant many pilgrims stayed overnight in the two large dormitories located in the roof space of the church.
Frau am Berg Kirche Füssen
MDC LXXXIII
MDC LXXXIII is Roman Numerals for 1883 which is when the Church was completed. It was rebuilt by Master Builder Johann Schmuzer.
Frau Am Berg Kirche Main Altar
The main Altar of Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Füssen
The Death, Assumption and Crowning of Our Lady
The centrepiece above the main Altar shows Our Lady on her death bed. Above is her being crowned Queen of heaven by the Blessed Trinity.
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Frau am Berg Kirche, Füssen, Organ
The organ in this church was built by Andreas Jäger. It was one of the last works he undertook. He died before it was completed and its thought that the organ was completed by Joseph Anton Weyrather from the Tirol.
The casing was built by Joseph Anton Obermiller
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Frau am Berg Kirche, Füssen, Organ
The organ in this church was built by Andreas Jäger. It was one of the last works he undertook. He died before it was completed and its thought that the organ was completed by Joseph Anton Weyrather from the Tirol.
The casing was built by Joseph Anton Obermiller
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Frau am Berg Kirche, Füssen, Organ
The organ in this church was built by Andreas Jäger. It was one of the last works he undertook. He died before it was completed and its thought that the organ was completed by Joseph Anton Weyrather from the Tirol.
The casing was built by Joseph Anton Obermiller
The Leper`s Door 2 metres off the ground!
Why is there the shape of a door which has been filled in in the centre of the Church but at least 2 metres above the road.?
A Leper Hospital and many houses were situated on the other side of the road and the lepers came over a bridge and entered the church through this door. The bridge, Hospital and Houses were bull-dosed in 1968 to make way for a bigger road to the border with Austria.
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The manual of the organ
Albert Frey was for over 20 years the organist of the Catholic churches in Füssen. He allowed Seelos in Füssen to take this exclusive photo of him at the manual of the organ in the Frau am Berg Kirche in Füssen
Frau am Berg Kirche, Füssen.
A view of the former shrine of Our Lady of the Mountains on the Tiroler Strasse Füssen.
Seelos asked his sister Antonia to pray for him here.
Main Altar & 2 side Altars in the Frau am Berg Kirche
This photo shows the main Altar flanked by the two side Altars in the Frau am Berg Kirche. All have the theme of Jesus & Mary in them!
Füssen Kalvarienberg
The path at the back of the Frau am Berg Kirche leads up to the Füssen Kalvarienberg(Calvary)
Half way up this Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Bavaria(Solemnity 1st May in all Bavarian Dioceses)
