Wieskirche, Bavaria

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Wieskirche in Bavaria is a renowned Bavarian pilgrimage church celebrated as one of the finest masterpieces of Rococo religious architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pilgrimage Church of Wies 6
Wieskirche 5
Wieskirche UNESCO World Heritage Site 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo church ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
pilgrimage church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria

Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies ⓘ
architecturalStyle Late Baroque ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo architecture
associatedWith Johann Baptist Zimmermann ⓘ
consecrationYear 1754 ⓘ
constructionEnd 1754 ⓘ
constructionStart 1745 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Christ the Scourged Saviour ⓘ
linked to: Man of Sorrows
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
designedBy Dominikus Zimmermann ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature frescoed ceiling ⓘ
gallery with stucco work ⓘ
ornate high altar ⓘ
oval nave ⓘ
rich stucco decoration ⓘ
hasArtwork ceiling frescoes ⓘ
sculpture of the Scourged Saviour ⓘ
hasHeritageValue outstanding example of Rococo religious architecture ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
interiorDesigner Dominikus Zimmermann ⓘ
locatedIn Bavaria ⓘ
Weilheim-Schongau district ⓘ
municipality of Steingaden ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Bavaria ⓘ
locatedNear Alpine foothills ⓘ
Füssen ⓘ
maintainedBy Roman Catholic Church authorities in Bavaria ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
nameMeaning Church in the Meadow ⓘ
notableFor Rococo interior ⓘ
harmonious integration of architecture and decoration ⓘ
important pilgrimage site in Bavaria ⓘ
parish Steingaden parish ⓘ
pilgrimageTradition devotion to the Scourged Saviour ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
setting rural meadow landscape ⓘ
stuccoArtist Dominikus Zimmermann ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1983 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rococo architecture → notableExample → Wieskirche, Bavaria ⓘ
Upper Bavaria → contains → Wieskirche ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Wieskirche, Bavaria → alsoKnownAs → Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
World Heritage Sites in Germany → hasPart → Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies → alsoKnownAs → Wieskirche ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Steingaden parish → associatedWith → Wieskirche ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Steingaden parish → associatedWith → Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Steingaden parish → hasChurch → Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Steingaden parish → heritageAssociation → Wieskirche UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Church in the Meadow → hasNameInGerman → Wieskirche ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Dominikus Zimmermann → notableWork → Wieskirche ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Dominikus Zimmermann → notableWork → Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria
Steingaden → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNameNearby → Pilgrimage Church of Wies ⓘ
linked to: Wieskirche, Bavaria