LAUTENBACH HISTORY According to legend, a shepherd in a hilly area heard a wonderfully beautiful song. He investigates and finds a statuette of Mary with Child at...
HISTORY In 1629, approximately 60 people died in Peissenberg from the highly contagious plague, including Bartholomäus Steinle/Stainl/Steindl (c.1580-1628), sculptor, woodcarver and responsible for the construction of the church, dedicated…
HISTORY The origin of the pilgrimage site Maria Eck is based on a legend. Woodcutters observed rays of light from the sky on the nights of major Marian feast days. These rays came...
HISTORY The church “Maria Rain” is named after its location on the high banks of the river Wertach. This is a left tributary of the Lech and has a length…
HISTORY After the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which saw much fighting between Catholic and Protestant states, a field chapel was built near Ziemetshausen. This happened in 1650 and within it there is...
MARIENFRIED HISTORY On the 13th of May 1940, the Second World War is escalating. On this day, a special event takes place. It is Whit Monday… The 16-year-old…
HISTORY A legend lies at the foundation of the pilgrimage site Marienweiher. A carter from Saxony, which is predominantly a Catholic country, leaves an image of the Virgin in Franconia…
MARPINGEN HISTORY Maria worship has existed in Marpingen as far back as the early 15th century. The altar retable in the parish church “Maria Himmelfahrt” is a reminder of this. Even before the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)...
HISTORY In 1196, Count Otto von Born (c. 1160-c. 1224) and his wife Petronella von Limburg (c. 1183-c. 1223) donated the land for the establishment of a Cistercian monastery. The pilgrimage church dates from 1198 and…
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