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Founded: 12th centuryCategory: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Hohenstaufen Dynasty (Germany)
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Burg Haag is a castle ruin with a preserved tower in Haag in Oberbayern, Bavaria. Listed as a historical monument, it also holds archaeological significance due to its medieval and early modern remains.
Built in the 12th century, likely by the noble de Haga family, the castle later passed to the Gurren von Haag and then to the Fraunberger family, who ruled until 1566. It became an imperial county in 1509 but was given to the Dukes of Bavaria by Emperor Maximilian II. The castle was gradually dismantled starting in 1804.
From 1981 to 2005, the castle tower housed a local history museum. After closing due to structural issues, it reopened in 2016 without the museum. Today, guided tours are available, weddings are held from May to October, and cultural events take place in summer.
The remains include the core castle, a round curtain wall, gate tower, and the striking 42-meter-high residential tower (Schlossturm). Built around 1200, it was later extended, featuring a 7-meter-high entrance, thick walls, fireplaces, and turrets from the 15th century. The baroque-era moat once served as a zoo.
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.
The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.
The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.