Ramersdorf Little Church

(Local Name: Mariä Himmelfahrt (Ramersdorfer Kircherl)) Mariä Himmelfahrt, better known as "Ramersdorfer Kircherl" (Ramersdorf Little Church), is one of the oldest churches in Bavaria, and stands on the site of an even earlier 11th C. predecessor. The present Late Gothic church was built in 1399 to house a relic of the Cross which had been presented to Ludwig the Bavarian. The church was remodeled in the High Baroque style in 1675 and a dome added to the Gothic tower in 1792.

The image of the enthroned Madonna on the high altar, to which the church owes its fame, probably dates from about 1470.

The Late Gothic furnishings include:

North wall of the nave: winged altar with a high relief of the Crucifixion by Grasser (1483).

Nave: panel picture of the Virgin of Mercy ascribed to Jan Polack (1503); paintings of SS Sylvester, Wolfgang, Barbara, Elizabeth, Catherine and Margaret.

Chancel: large and impressive votive tablets dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.