Church of St. Maria (Hohenrechberg)

{{Short description|Church in Baden-Württemberg, Germany}}

{{Expand German| St. Maria (Hohenrechberg)|date= December 2024}}

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The Church of St. Maria on the Hohenrechberg is a Catholic pilgrimage church on the Rechberg near Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.schwaebisch-gmuend.de/burgruine-und-wallfahrtskirche-rechberg.html|title=Wallfahrtskirche St. Maria Hohenrechberg - Schwäbisch Gmünd}}

It is a popular destination for Catholic pilgrims.{{Cite web|url=https://web.se-unterm-hohenrechberg.de/wallfahrtskirche.html|title=Wallfahrtskirche - Seelsorgeeinheit unterm Hohenrechberg|website=web.se-unterm-hohenrechberg.de}} The church was originally built by the Counts of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen. Legend states that pilgrimages started when a hermit brought a beautiful carved wooden image of the Virgin Mary to the mountain and built a wooden chapel as a shrine. Around 1488. Count Ulrich II of Rechnberg had a stone church built on the site. Count Bernhard Bero of Rechberg commissioned a Baroque church to accommodate the number of pilgrims.

The church is under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.drs.de/der-hohenrechberg-bei-schwaebisch-gmuend.html|title=Unterwegs mit der Schönen Maria|website=www.drs.de}}