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An impressive monastery here.

It is the only one of the original four city gates still standing. It was originally called the Castle Gate, as the Cham Castle stood on the site of the adjacent old building. However, after it lost its former function, an electoral brewery for wheat beer was established here in 1642. Thus, the Castle Gate became popularly known as the "Beer Gate." Its squat shape with its massive round towers and covered pointed arch is reflected in the coat of arms of the city of Cham as a landmark.

The Redemptorist Order built its Cham branch with the Maria Hilf monastery church between 1900 and 1909. Since then, the neo-Romanesque brick building has dominated the area north of the old town.

Maria Hilf Monastery Church The monastery church towers over the city and shapes the cityscape. The two towers of the monastery church and the magnificent facade are visible from afar. Due to secularization in 1803, many monasteries and monasteries in Bavaria were closed and the priests and brothers expelled, including in Cham. Towards the end of the 19th century, however, the political and social mood changed and many new ones were founded. In Cham, too, the population wanted a monastery, which the then town pastor Michael Schmied was happy to take up. With great pastoral foresight, he recognized that in addition to the parish structure, something else was needed for a living faith: a monastery and a retreat house. Years of negotiations were held with the Diocese of Regensburg, with the Redemptorist order and the government. In 1898, the negotiations were finally successfully concluded and the Redemptorists could come to Cham. In 1900, construction began outside the city on the new monastery church, the monastery and a retreat house. The Redemptorist Father Josef Schleinkofer, the first rector of the monastery, worked hard to realize the major project. After two years of construction, the monastery and the church were completed. Work then began on the retreat house. The plans and designs for the entire church building were made by the Redemptorist brother Max Schmalzl, as was the interior: the entire painting of the church, altars, choir stalls, pulpit, confessionals, chair rails on the benches, etc. In 1909, the monastery church was ceremoniously consecrated by the Regensburg bishop Anton von Henle. Over time, the monastery church was renovated several times inside and out. The retreat house underwent several additions and was renovated and brought up to date in the 1980s and 1990s. The old monastery building was sold to the district in 1989. Today, the Cham district music school is located in these rooms. The monastery's rooms are now housed in the retreat house part of the building. Source: www.kloster-cham.de / www.wikipedia.de

This building attracted particular attention in 1959 as a backdrop for the award-winning anti-war film Die Brücke by Bernhard Wickl. To commemorate the filming, the Lions Club brought in a metal ribbon depicting scenes from the film.

A very impressive church room.

Redemtorist monastery, brick building, built by the Redemtorist order as a branch around 1900 with the Maria Hilf church