Church of St. Maria (Hohenrechberg)

[2] The church was originally built by the Counts of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen.

[2] 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.

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.

[2] The church is under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

St. Maria Hohenrechberg in 2013