BASILICA OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY

UHLDINGEN-BIRNAU

GERMANY

Basilica of Birnau is a pastel‑pink Baroque pilgrimage church perched above Lake Constance in Uhldingen‑Mühlhofen, Germany.

"Mary is indeed the first fruit of the new humanity, the creature in whom the mystery of Christ - his Incarnation, death, Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven - has already fully taken effect, redeeming her from death and conveying her, body and soul, to the Kingdom of immortal life.”

- Benedict XVI

I arrived for an early morning mass in January. The liturgy was led by a cistercian priest and the attendance was solid for the time, work day and season. I arrived when it was still dark but when the mass ended, we were leaving the church with a beautiful view across the Lake Constance.

LINKS

Website (German): https://www.birnau.de/

Gcatholic (English): https://gcatholic.org/churches/europe/1025

Wikipedia (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallfahrtskirche_Birnau

VISITS

January 16, 2018