Pilgrimage Sites in Germany Archives

Bedevaartplaatsen in Duitsland – Telgte

Jan van Wijk 23 September 2026 No comments

GESCHIEDENIS Het genadebeeld, de piëta als bedroefde Moeder met gestorven Zoon, is vóór 1348 gemaakt van populierenhout door een onbekende beeldhouwer. De piëta is de patrones van het broederschap “Liebfrauengilde”…

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Söder

Jan van Wijk 26 August 2026 No comments

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…

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Marienthal

Jan van Wijk 13 August 2026 No comments

HISTORY A legend from 1309 forms the basis of the pilgrimage site. A hunter, by the name of Hecker Henn, is in the service of Lord Hans Schaffrait von Oppelsheim. The hunter…

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Wietmarschen

Jan van Wijk 23 May 2026 No comments

HISTORY The founder of the monastery at Wietmarschen was Hugo von Büren, who was a knight and came from the Netherlands. The first abbot of the monastery at Wietmarschen was monk…

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Cologne

Jan van Wijk 3 May 2026 No comments

HISTORY In 1630, 5 daughters of the Discalced Carmelites from ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands came to Cologne. They fled from the Netherlands due to the increasing dominance of Protestants, who gave them more and...

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Ophoven

Jan van Wijk 14 April 2026 No comments

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…

Pilgrimage sites in Germany– Bergheim

Jan van Wijk 10 April 2026 No comments

HISTORY The parish church of St. Remigius was consecrated in 1175 by Philipp I von Heinsberg (c. 1130-1191), Archbishop of Cologne (1167-1191). The church is located on the site where a chapel previously stood…

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Maria Vesperbild

Jan van Wijk 23 February 2026 No comments

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...

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Seelenbach

Jan van Wijk 18 February 2026 No comments

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...

Pilgrimage sites in Germany – Andechs

Jan van Wijk 16 February 2026 No comments

HISTORY In the 10th century, relics from the Holy Land were brought to Andechs Castle following a pilgrimage by Count Rasso (c. 900-954), an ancestor of the Counts of Andechs.