On a small forest clearing here stands the tiny Magdalenenkapelle. After a heretic sect was expelled from the forest in the 14th century, a small chapel was built at their place of assembly. The decayed with time and was demolished in 1800. About 50 years later, farmer Erhard Riesinger decided to rebuild the chapel. Without financial support from the church, he rebuilt the chapel in its original location.

Today the Magdalenenkapelle is a listed building and some benches invite for a contemplative break.

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Staufer

April 29, 2024

Pilgrimage Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene

The wooden predecessor served as a meeting place for the Beghards, who lived as hermits scattered throughout the forest. They were members of a religious community that was founded in the Netherlands around 1220 and it was the only settlement in the diocese of Regensburg. The Beghards dedicated the first wooden chapel to the penitent Mary Magdalene. It became a popular place of pilgrimage because a never-ending spring rises nearby. In the chapel people prayed for rain during droughts.

After the Beghard community had to disband in the 14th century on papal orders due to accusations of heresy and its members moved to the Reichenbach monastery, the wooden chapel fell into disrepair.

The stone successor building, which the Benedictines of Reichenbach had built in 1669, also fell into disrepair over time and was to be demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. However, there was a long back and forth because of a stock of assets that belonged to the chapel. In 1844, the manager of the Einsiedelhof (now Waldhaus Einsiedel), Erhard Reisinger, created a fait accompli by having the chapel rebuilt. Above the door are his initials, "ER" and the year 1844, corresponding to the year of reconstruction.

The chapel was restored in 2009 by the Nittenau parish, on the initiative of the former mayor Julius Schmatz. The large wooden figure of Magdalena was restored and now stands in the parish church of the Birth of Mary in Nittenau. On special occasions, the parishes of Walderbach and Nittenau hold services in the chapel.

Source: wikipedia.de and information board

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Albert Brickl

January 7, 2022

Nice chapel and nice resting place

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