Kapuzinerkirche Mariahilf
Kapuzinerkirche Mariahilf rises on Mariahilfberg above Passau as an early Baroque pilgrimage church. Francesco Garbanino built it between 1624 and 1627, after a revered image of Mary and the Christ child drew visitors to a wooden chapel on the hillside.
That image is a copy of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s painting, brought to Passau in 1611. Capuchin monks took care of the shrine from 1631, while the church later became linked to the Habsburgs after Emperor Leopold I prayed here during the 1683 siege of Vienna. Inside, a golden high altar from 1729 surrounds the Mariahilf image, with Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch standing beside it. The nave holds statues of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint John Nepomuk, and Saint Conrad of Parzham.
The covered Wallfahrtsstiege leads uphill through 321 steps lined with Marian images and votive offerings. Weapons captured during the Turkish wars remain among the displays, while a stone plaque recalls Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s visit in 1762.
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