Bergen is a village near Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube River, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany.-Divisions:The municipality has 16 divisions:-History:...

, in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

Neuburg-Schrobenhausen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Pfaffenhofen, Aichach-Friedberg, Donau-Ries and Eichstätt, and by the city of Ingolstadt.-History:...

, in Oberbayern, in Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

. The place is known locally as Baring. It is part of the municipality of Neuburg an der Donau.

Sights

Pilgrims church of the Holy Cross: Rococo

Rococo

Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...

 frescoes by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, with Roman tower and Roman crypt (with the Rococo changes undertaken sensitively); Renaissance epitaph for Wilhalm von Muhr and his wife (by the sculptor Loy Hering

Loy Hering

Loy Hering was a German Renaissance sculptor.-Biography:He began his career as an apprentice to Hans Beierlein in Augsburg. Between 1511 and 1512 he settled in Eichstätt, where in 1519 he was elected to the city council, from which he was elected to the post of Mayor several times...

).

History of the church

• 787 first mention at the time of Karl the Great
• 976 establishment by Wiltrudis
• 27 September 988 confirmation of the establishment by Johannes XV
• 1007 delivery of the monastery by emperor Heinrich 11th to the Bamberg
  Bamberg
  Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
  
   diocese
• 1095 consecration of a church new building by bishop Ulrich I of Eichstätt
  Eichstätt
  Eichstätt is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the District of Eichstätt. It is located along the Altmühl River, at , and had a population of 13,078 in 2002. It is home to the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, the lone Catholic university in Germany. The...
  
  
• 1155 fire destroys large parts of the church
• 1190 consecration after re-establishment by bishop Otto von Eichstätt
• 1542 first abolition of the monastery by Ottheinrich Pfalzgraf of Neuburg
• 1552 final abolition of the monastery by Ottheinrich Pfalzgraf of Neuburg
• 1618 recatholicising of Bergen
• 1635 delivery of the church and parts of the monastery goods to the Jesuits of Neuburg
• 1700 church and crypt are reconditioned and extended by 7 altars
• 1755 change of the church
• 1758 consecration of the new building by prince bishop Raimund Anton of Eichstätt
• 1799 tower altered
• Around 1920 renovation of the church
• 2001-03 renewed renovation of the church