The 14-meter-long, seven metres wide and almost four meters high Church held until May 1911, before she melted in the Spring Sun together. To commemorate this exceptional building a snow Church 100 years earlier to be built in the winter 2010 / 2011. This objective is the 2009 founded Foundation “100 years of Mitterfirmiansreut snow Church”.
in 1907, 34 citizens of Mitterfirmiansreut founded a church building society, but the project of a new Church stopped short for financial reasons. The nearest Church was in Mauth, one and a half hours walk away. It was therefore often not possible to visit the church regularly old people and women with children. The winter 1910 / 1911 was very rich in snow, calculated to Christmas Eve a snowstorm raged, and no one from the village was not able to Mauth.
To call attention to the plight of the faithful in the secluded Mitterfirmiansreut, the idea came up to build at least a church out of snow. Construction began in the ice-cold February 1911 – men and women from the place cut blocks from the abundant solid snow and coated together like bricks. Cold nights, the each other getürmten snow blocks found a so fixed link, that one could tackle even bow and along the lines of the Passau Cathedral erected two towers at the front. The first worship in the Church of the snow was held on 28 March 1911.
The snow Church held only until the spring, but the project caused a stir far beyond, the Bavarian Forest. Numerous donations to build a proper Church, received a a photo of the snow Church appeared even in a US magazine. in 1923 a stone School Chapel could be built in the place of the Church of the snow, which was dedicated in 1925 and 1932 extended to the present-day church of Expositur. Thus, the builders churches of snow had reached their goal.
The foundation of “100 years of snow Church Mitterfirmiansreut” was founded on November 24, 2009. He wants to keep the awake the memory of the legendary project. At the founding meeting it was decided to build a church out of snow in the winter 2010 / 2011 following the example of the first Church of the snow.
Since the original construction of the first snow Church is no longer available, the new Church of snow on a fence near the Alpine mountain lift in the Mitterdorf families skiing area is to be established. The snow Church is to all winter about 2010 / 2011 are available and will be met by various cultural and spiritual events with life.
So is worth a visit to Mitterfirmiansreut. Or better just a small winter holiday?
For this, the hotel recommends House Waldeck. Dogs also are expressly welcome in this three-star comfort Hotel with its family atmosphere.
Mitterfirmiansreut has also a wide range of winter sports. Directly at the hotel you will find a great penchant for sledges and Bobfahrten. Here is also the convenient access to the prepared network of cross-country trails covering 35 km. And is also close to the family ski area Mitterdorf with the junior ski circus.
The ski centre around the Alpine mountain (1140 m) offers also much fun for adults with its five ski lifts, which open up ski slopes of different levels of difficulty. Locally, there is a ski school and a ski rental.