Historically, Marienweiher is the oldest place of pilgrimage in Bavaria - even before Altötting. As in Vierzehnheiligen this basilica was a legend by a pilgrimage. It says that at the …

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November 22, 2021

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Every year many thousands of people make pilgrimages to the pilgrimage basilica to the Mother of God of Marienweiher and was first mentioned in a document in 1189 when a carter from Saxony was attacked here and survived this act after invoking Mary. Marienweiher is therefore the oldest Marian pilgrimage site in Bavaria.
In 1993 the pilgrimage church was elevated to the status of a papal basilica by Pope John Paul II.

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1. 🐟 Zech Pond – Valley of the Great Koserbach loop from Cottenau

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2. 🐟 Zech Pond – Valley of the Great Koserbach loop from Marienweiher

11.5km

03:10

190m

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3. 🐟 Zech Pond – Valley of the Great Koserbach loop from Marienweiher

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03:10

190m

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Elevation 550 m

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Tuesday 27 January

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-1°C

31 %

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🏛️ Marienweiher Basilica

1. 🐟 Zech Pond – Valley of the Great Koserbach loop from Cottenau

2. 🐟 Zech Pond – Valley of the Great Koserbach loop from Marienweiher

3. 🐟 Zech Pond – Valley of the Great Koserbach loop from Marienweiher

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