Pfarrkirche St. Kilian, Bad Heilbrunn
Facts and practical information
St. Kilian is the Catholic parish church of Bad Heilbrunn in Upper Bavaria. The late Baroque church building in what was then Steinbach was built in 1726/27 on the foundation walls of a late Romanesque predecessor consecrated in 1253.
The building was commissioned by the Benediktbeuern monastery under Abbot Magnus Pachinger, from whose college the architect, Michael Ötschmann, also came. The construction was carried out by the Hainz family of craftsmen from the neighboring village of Bichl. The frescoes were created by the Benediktbeuern monk Lukas Zais. Among other things, the crucified Christ in the choir dome is depicted as a fountain of grace, the paintings in the vaulted domes show biblical motifs such as the woman at Jacob's well, the life-giving spring, Hagar's finding of water in the desert, the administration of justice at a spring or Elisha's healing at the spring. In addition to the extensive fresco decoration, the church is richly decorated with late Baroque, in some cases late Gothic, sculptures. The building, otherwise unchanged to this day, was extended to the west in 1931/1932, and Otto Grassl added baroque-style Stations of the Cross motifs to the interior in 1940.
Organizationally, the church was a branch church of the parish of the Benediktbeuern monastery until 1803. After secularization, it became an independent parish in 1806. The church building and the adjacent rectory are listed as monuments in the Bavarian Monument List.
Bad Heilbrunn
Pfarrkirche St. Kilian – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Kloster Benediktbeuern, Golfclub Bad Tölz e.V., Blomberg, Brauneck.