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Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge

Wunsiedel

Ruins of St. Catherine's Pilgrimage Church (Katharinenkirche) on Katharinenberg

Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge

Wunsiedel

Ruins of St. Catherine's Pilgrimage Church (Katharinenkirche) on Katharinenberg

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Ruins of St. Catherine's Pilgrimage Church (Katharinenkirche) on Katharinenberg

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Location: Wunsiedel, Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

November 19, 2018

Once you have walked the emotional 1,000 steps, you can totally indulge in nature up here.
The “Collis Clamant” medieval festival also takes place here every year. For this reason alone, it is worth climbing the mountain.
Not to be forgotten is of course the bird of prey park including petting zoo.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

August 23, 2022

There is a lot to experience on the Katharinenberg: in the lower area the Bürgerpark, higher up the Birds of Prey Park, the place to learn about nature and the game reserve. But the highlight remains the church ruins of St. Catherine with its special atmosphere.

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

July 19, 2019

In the summit area is the ruins of the former pilgrimage church, the oldest building in Wunsiedel, which was dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria. The time of its creation is unknown, it was first mentioned in a letter of indulgence sealed on October 14, 1364 by 14 archbishops and bishops. The former mountain chapel contained a widely famous image of St. Catherine, which attracted many pilgrims. The letter granted 40 days of exemption from ecclesiastical sin for anyone who came to the chapel on specific, individually listed days and supported them with gifts. In 1384 an early mass was established, which was held by a priest from Wunsiedler. The villages of Rügersgrün and Holzmühl had to make annual maintenance payments from their income. In 1444, a lay brother was named who, as a hermit, served as a guard and guardian.
In the city archive of Wunsiedel there is a report written shortly after 1500 about miraculous healings by St. Catherine. People from the "Pehemer Land" (Bohemia) and from places "two miles behind Nuremberg" made the pilgrimage to the oldest pilgrimage to the Katharinenberg. It was the lame, the blind, the half drowned and the suffocated, as well as war victims, who had "praised themselves to the dear Junckfrau Sant Katharina ufm Berg". This martyr was considered the greatest saint among the 14 relief workers. The pilgrimage destination visited until the Reformation was a marble statue of the martyr, considered miraculous.

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Location: Wunsiedel, Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Ruins of St. Catherine's Pilgrimage Church (Katharinenkirche) on Katharinenberg

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