The Schneekirche is a church made annually from snow in Mitterfirmiansreut, in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria, Germany.

[1] The 1910–1911 winter had left a lot of snow, so they went to work in February.

Men and women worked to cut out snow blocks for their church.

[5] Blue lighting elements were built into the ice, to enhance its appearance.

The nearby Catholic Bishop of Passau, Wilhelm Schraml, initially ruled out masses, baptisms or weddings from being held at the church for theological reasons;[6] worship services were allowed to be held and the church was consecrated by the local dean, Kajetan Steinbeißer.