Wieskirche virtually translates as 'meadow church', in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps.

According to legend in 1738 a local farmer found a ruined wooden figure of the Scourged Christ shedding tears. Regardless of whether the claim was verified or not, the nearby Steingaden Abbey (long since defunct) commissioned a pilgrimage church, the Wieskirche in question, for the veneration of the Scourged Christ figure, in the lower middle of the uploaded photo.

In a region (south Germany) exceptionally abundant in like-decorated locales, the interior of the Wieskirche may be the most recognizable example of Rococo, the more light-hearted, airier 18th century version of the larger scale, more heroic Baroque style of the 17th century, to wit interior of St. Peter's in Rome. The Wieskirche is primarily the handiwork of the Zimmermann brothers, architect Dominikus (1685-1766) & fresco painter/stuccoist Johann Baptist (1680-1758); they were similarly responsible for the pilgrimage church of Steinhausen.

In the Diocese of Augsburg, the Wieskirche is in SW Bavaria & close to the border of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany's SW-most state. The Wieskirche is in the Weilheim-Schongau district, just 1 district north of the Austrian Tyrol. In turn that said district is none other than Garmisch-Partenkirchen (G-P), whose main city is its namesake. G-P's main claims to fame are a ski resort; the Zugspitze (Germany's highest peak @2,692 m); & the once-a-decade Oberammergau Passion Play.

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