Discover the most beautiful pilgrimage sites in Germany

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Ophoven

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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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Ponlach

HISTORY The pilgrimage site has existed for centuries. A hermit at Ponlach brought a statue of Mary. He placed it above a spring. The water from the spring has healing properties. The…

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Sammarei

HISTORY In the late Middle Ages, this was already a Marian pilgrimage site. In 1296, there is mention of “Sanctam Mariam” and in 1381 a deed states “Sand Marein”. Around 1500...

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Seelenbach

HISTORY The devotional image of the sorrowful Mother and her Son is a wooden sculpture from circa 1600. Originally, the effigy was venerated on a processional cross near Stunzberg Castle. During...

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Söder

HISTORY In 1841, the municipality of Engerode, now a district of Salzgitter, acquired the miraculous image, and in that year it went to Söder Castle. The Lady Chapel was established in 1862…

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Telgte

HISTORY The mercy image, the pieta as a sorrowful Mother with her dead Son, was made before 1348 from poplar wood by an unknown sculptor. The pieta is the patron saint of the fraternity “Liebfrauengilde”…

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Todtmoos

HISTORY Since the 13th century, there have been pilgrimages in the Todtmoos area. In 1255, Mary appeared to the priest Dietrich von Rickenbach. She instructed him to build a wooden chapel…

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Triberg

TRIBERG HISTORY In 1644, a remarkable healing occurred under a large pine tree, at the very spot where the pilgrimage church now stands. A statue of Mary was hanging from this tree, which on a piece of parchment...

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Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Tuntenhausen

HISTORY The first mention of a church in Tuntenhausen dates back to around the year 1000. The hamlet was then written as “Tontinhusa” and had a small chapel. In 1226…

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