St. Pankraz church is built on one of the oldest inhabitated places in the valley of Bad Reichenhall. Accessible through only a narrow footpath, this location was safe from attacks from below and must have been an old ritual place, too. One of my best christmas experiences is connected with this church: walking 1 hour through the snow, with a pitch-torch in the hand, and then attending midnight mass.
Thank you for making my day with this photo. I’ve been a bit melancholy, but it’s clearing, just like the storm in this photo of a place I love
Speak of a lonely place. The only problem with Bavarian churches is, that they always look like freshly built. There is simply too much money in Bavaria 🙂
Nice.
Hm, I’m not a real church person – but that sounds like a nice experience. Especially the torch-walk through the snow. And it seems to be a great landscape for such a hike…
Ein herrliches Foto: evoziert für mich sowohl unseren letzten Besuch dort im Herbst (http://beltwild.blogspot.com/2008/10/es-braust-ein-ruf-wie-donnerhall-es.html) als auch meine Präferenz für Kupfertiefdruck-Bildbände (http://beltwild.blogspot.com/2008/01/wer-hat-uns-den-kupfertiefdruck.html).