The 18 Most Amazing Peaks around Pilsach

Wonderful landscape with beautiful stretches of road and many beautiful sights

Wonderful stretches of road with many interesting sights

Cozy rest area, it's not that easy to get past 🥰

The medieval castle was first mentioned in 1198 as the property of the Counts of Velburg. In 1217 the last Count Ulrich ceded his rights to the Bishop of Regenburg, who enfeoffed Wirnto von Plankenstein. After Wirnto's death in 1232, he passed it on to his ministerials at Hohenfels in exchange for Falkenstein Castle, who then called themselves "von Helfenberg" (coat of arms on the left). But they later run into financial difficulties, so they have to sell their property. In 1373, a new owner, Hans Ehrenfelser, pledged the castle to Count Palatine Ruprecht, who from then on staffed it with caretakers. Hans himself goes to Pfaffenhofen as a nurse. It is said to have been destroyed in the Landshut War of Succession. In 1624, the heavily neglected Helfenberg Castle and the Upper Palatinate came to Bavaria; Elector Maximilian gave it, along with Breitenegg Castle, to his general Tilly. His descendant Lorenz Count Tilly had a new baroque palace built between 1696 and 1707 by the then Italian star architect Viscardi; the paintings were done by Hans Georg Asam, the father of the famous Asam brothers. After the Battle of Deining in 1796, the castle was looted and pillaged by defeated French revolutionary troops. Sold for demolition in 1807 for 2,200 guilders, much of it was demolished

Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary The construction of the second and larger church on the Habsberg, hereinafter referred to as the “pilgrimage church” to distinguish it from the Chapel of Grace, goes back to the initiative of the Helfenberg manor. The structure of the church (40 x 16.5 m), which is visible from afar, has a retracted choir in the north, followed by a nave with three window axes and a tower 37 m high in the south. The older tower of the Maria Hilf Church in Amberg was unmistakably the model for the double onion dome with lantern and cross (18 m). Construction of the church began in 1761 following planning by the Munich court master mason, Leonhard Matthäus Gießl, and the participation of the electoral master mason Johann Fischer from Ingolstadt. In 1764, accounts were already settled with the plasterer Josef Dietmayer from Wessobrunn and the fresco painter Johann Michael Wild from Amberg. The organ was installed in 1767 by Johann Conrad Funtsch from Amberg. In the same year, the high altar with tabernacle, the pulpit and a reliquary, as well as probably the two side altars, were completed by Georg Leonhard Dänthl from Velburg. The year 1769 brought the completion of the church. The focal point of the room is the mighty high altar. In the excerpt, God the Father graciously bends down. In the large central shrine framed by angels, the Mother of God floats upwards as the Immaculata. She takes all the prayers and needs of those seeking help with her and brings them before the face of God. Four powerful sculptures on the left, John the Baptist and Zacharias, and on the right, Joachim and John the Evangelist, refer to the earthly and spiritual family of Mary. The side altars are of similar quality to the high altar. Two columns each flank a central shrine. This contains a sculpture of St. in the left altar. Florian, to the left is St. Elizabeth, on the right St. Ottilie. The right side altar contains the figure of St. in the central shrine. George, to the left is St. Francis Xavier, on the right St. John Nepomuk, see. The highlight of the church's decoration is the large ceiling fresco in the nave. Its theme is: Healing of the sick,” says the banner of the angel in the center of the picture under the figure of Mary. Source: Excerpts from the Habsberg pilgrimage church guide

Located north, above the Bahntrassenradweg (nearly at the end). https://www.komoot.de/highlight/4850706. Coming from Lauterhofen, turn right at the crossroads into the Schlöglmühle and left up to the cross (dead end).

Located north, above the Bahntrassenradweg (nearly at the end). https://www.komoot.de/highlight/4850706. Coming from Lauterhofen, turn right at the crossroads into the Schlöglmühle and left up to the bank (dead end).

On the beautiful rock formation near Schlögelsmühle there is a "summit cross" next to a viewing bench!