A Jacobite Gazetteer - Bavaria

Wildenwart - Christkönigskirche

This church, dedicated to Christ the King, was built in 1933 by members of the Bavarian nobility as a memorial to Queen Mary IV and III and her husband King Ludwig III of Bavaria; it was designed by Georg Berlinger.

Above the high-altar is Maximilian Freiherr von Schellerer's painting of Christ the King (1934). 1 Kneeling in the foreground are Queen Mary and King Ludwig (dressed as Grand Master of the Order of St. George). To the left of Queen Mary can be seen Schloss Wildenwart; to the right of King Ludwig can be seen the Christkönigskirche.

The remains of Princess Helmtrud, daughter of Queen Mary IV and III, are preserved in the Friedhof (cemetery).


Exterior

Painting above high altar
 

Notes

1 Maximilian Freiherr von Schellerer was born in Bamberg in 1892; he died in 1940. He studied under the famous Munich animal painter, Heinrich von Zügel.

Image 1 (Exterior): "Sehenswertes Frasdorf", http://www.derchiemgauer.de/Cityguide/lkrrosenheim/Frasdorf/einrichtungen.htm

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