HISTORY Maria Wörth was founded by missionaries from the Benedictine monastery of Innichen in northern Italy, namely South Tyrol. This happened around 830 on the initiative of Hitto,...
HISTORY In 1661, Maria comes to the aid of a seriously ill village blacksmith and heals the man. This blacksmith is named Sebastian Schlager (+1698) and he receives a total of 8 apparitions of Maria…
HISTORY Mariapfarr is a municipality in the federal state of Salzburg and belongs to the district of Tamsweg. The place has existed for centuries. The name “Pharre” is mentioned in 1197 and the...
HISTORY The Mariastein rock was formed by a landslide in prehistoric times, an era spanning from about 2.5 million years ago to 800 BC. The rock mass comes…
HISTORY The Sanctuary of Mariatrost stands on the Purberg, near the city of Graz, where a castle once stood. In 1636, the then lord of the castle built a small private chapel in the…
HISTORY The origins of Mariazell date back to the 12th century, as the town was founded on 21 December 1157. Otker, abbot from 1155 to 1159 of the Benedictine monastery…
HISTORY The area around Mötz was already inhabited around 1000 BC. The place Mötz is first mentioned in the 12th century. Due to its location on the river…
HISTORY Around 1300, pilgrimages to Pöllauberg began with the veneration of an image of Mary. Towards the end of the 14th century, pilgrim interest increased. In…
HISTORY In 1716, a Capuchin friar in Linz commissioned a statuette of the sorrowful Virgin Mary and her dead son. He took the pietà statuette with him…
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