After his return from the crusade in the holy land Egenolph II von Rappoltstein settled here as a hermit. From one of his travels he had brought a statue of Mary, for which he had built a chapel in gratitude for his happy return home.
Over time, the buildings were expanded, plundered, destroyed, renovated and remodeled. And have always changed hands.
The place is still today a much visited pilgrimage site.

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December 22, 2019

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Somehow unexpectedly they appear in the forest, the old monastery walls of the Pélerinage in Notre Dame de Dusenbach

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September 7, 2025

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Capuchin monastery and pilgrimage site located in the forest, built in 1204, destroyed in 1794, and rebuilt from the ruins in 1894.

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