German Catholic Aesthetics

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The Basilika Vierzehnheiligen is a pilgrimage church near Bamberg. The Basilica was completed in 1772.

Pope Leo XIII elevated the Church to be second German Basilica in 1897. Today it the oldest Basilica still on German territory.

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The Rococo Church of Our Lady in the castle of Bayreuth was built in 1758 as a Lutheran Church but since 1813 it is used as a Catholic Church.

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The Baroque Pilgrimage Church Maria Gern near the Austrian Border was built in 1710.

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I am sorry for posting very little in the past days, but I have been really busy.

This is the Abbey Church St. Mary for the Abbey in Neuzelle.

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The Heilig-Kreuz Church in Landsberg am Lech is a Rococo Church built in 1754.
Since the Dissolution of the Jesuits in 1773 it is in use by the Order of Malta.
St. Petrus Canisius was present at the Opening of the nearby Jesuit School in 1578.

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Following on from my tweet yesterday, it seems like British & Irish Catholic Aesthetics won for the account name, but I want to check first.

Should I keep my name as British Catholic Aesthetics, or change it to British & Irish Catholic Aesthetics?

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Stiftsbasilika Waldassen was built in 1704 is one of the most important Baroque Churches in Southern Germany.
Until 1803 it was the Abbey Church for the Cistercian Nuns and since then it is used as a Parish Church.
Paul VI elevated the Church to be a Basilica minor in 1969

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Pope Benedict XVI was ordained in the Freising Cathedral.
The Romanesque Church was consecrated in 1205.

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The Baroque Pilgrimage Church Maria Birnbaum in Sielenbach was consecrated in 1668.
It was built after miracles occurred at a pear tree (Birnbaum) that carried a Marian image after the Thirty Year's war.

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The Theatinerkirche in München is a Baroque Church consecrated in 1675. Until 1801 the Church belonged to the Theatines and since 1954 it is administered by the Dominicans.

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Maria in der Tanne is a baroque pilgrimage Church north-east of Freiburg.
The Church was built 1699-1705 on the location of a miracle that occurred in 1645.

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The St. Salvator Cathedral in Fulda was completed in 1712.
St. Boniface is buried in the Cathedral.

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The Cathedral Freiburger Münster/Minster was built from 1200 to 1513, so it is party build in Romanesque and partly in Gothic style.

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Dom St. Blasien is 40km south-west of Freiburg. The Church was consecrated in 1783. It was built following the example of zhe Pantheon in Rome.

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St. Lorenz in Kempten was consecrated in 1748.
In 1969 Paul VI declared the Church to be a Basilica minor.

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The Pilgrimage Church St. Nicholas and Elizabeth in Andechs is the second largest Pilgrimage Church in Bavaria.
Built in 1427 it was later baroquized and then converted to Rococo style.

Three Eucharistic Miracles and parts of the Crown of Thorns are venerated there.

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The Limburg Cathedral has 7 spires. More than any other Church in Germany.
It was consecrated in 1235.

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Not to be confused with St. Michael in Berg am Laim in Munich.
This Rococo Church was built in 1751.

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St. Michael's Church is a Jesuits Church in Munich. Built in 1597 it is the largest Renaissance Church north of the Alps.
St. Michael was the spiritual center of the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria.

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@wiebite it was heavily damaged but rebuilt from 1946-1948

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St. Michael's Church is a Jesuits Church in Munich. Built in 1597 it is the largest Renaissance Church north of the Alps.
St. Michael was the spiritual center of the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria.