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Pilgrimage Church of St. Afra in the Field

Pilgrimage Church of St. Afra in the Field

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Pilgrimage Church of St. Afra in the Field

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Location: Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

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suny

December 23, 2020

Nice little chapel that is currently being restored. In addition, a good restaurant with Bavarian cuisine. Also suitable for festivities.

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suny

December 23, 2020

Legend becomes history

On August 6, 1177, Pope Alexander III confirmed the church in Lechfelderdorf to the monastery of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg - that was St. Afra im Felde with all its affiliations. This was linked to a separate priesthood, which had already been created under Bishop Walther (1133-1152) and confirmed by Bishop Hartwig von Liehrheim (1167-1184). The abbot of St. Ulrich and Afra could select and appoint this priest. This date, August 6, 1177, is so important because it is the first time that historically confirmed facts have been provided about a place of worship. Until then, there had only been legendary traditions about the martyrdom of St. Afra on an island in the Lech and a chapel built on the spot soon after. Although the reconstruction of this chapel by Bishop Ulrich after its destruction during the Hungarian invasions can only be traced back to legend, the church of St. Afra has been a building documented by a document since 1177. The settlement of Lechfelderdorf mentioned above had already been documented since around the year 1000, and a church in honor of the martyr has now been confirmed. While the settlement was already abandoned in 1391, the church of St. Afra continued to exist, surviving all storms, enemy storms, even secularization and conversion into an ammunition depot.

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Didada

July 1, 2022

The little church stands on Friedberg land and is dedicated to Saint Afra of Augsburg. It stands on the spot where Saint Afra died a martyr's death in 304 because she did not want to renounce the Christian faith.
A church was dedicated to her as early as 1350. In the meantime, the building was converted into an ammunition depot and filled with 20,000 hundredweight of gunpowder.

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Pilgrimage Church of St. Afra in the Field

1. Blue Bridge Over the Amper – View of the Ammersee loop from Friedberg

2. Marienbrunnen Friedberg – Afrasee 2 loop from Mering

3. Afrasee 2 – Bridge and Ford over the Paar loop from Friedberg

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