Maria Patrona Bavariae
Maria Patrona Bavariae is a Roman-catholic and the only church in Ringelai.
History
The first chapel was built in the 15th century as a side church of the main one in Perlesreut, dedicated to St. Michael. A church was built in 1749 to 1752 by the plans of Severin Goldberger, again dedicated to St. Michael. After plans were made to found a separate parish for Ringelai in 1894, a church building association was founded in New Year's eve of 1903 and later a parish hall. A cemetery was built in 1908 and 11 years later the construction of a new and bigger church was announced. German architect Michael Kurz planned the construction in 1919, finishing on November 22, 1920. As of now, the church has a side church in Neidberg called St. Heart of Jesus, built in 1923, serving as a chapel for the retirement home in Neidberg until 1989.Architecture and furnishing
The church has a hall made of unplastered stone masonry with a stitch cap vault,. It is plastered white on the inside, the architectural structural elements, such as the vault ribs are gray. The ceiling fresco shows Christ rising from the grave.The church is equipped with three altars in baroque shapes. They are made of black marble and are richly decorated with ornamental decorative elements made of gold-plated stucco. The altarpiece of the main altar is a colored relief with a Madonna in a halo.
Next to the cemetery, the church grounds also have a parish hall and a small choir room.