Germany
Bavaria
Swabia
Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg
Sielenbach
Maria Birnbaum Pilgrimage Church
Germany
Bavaria
Swabia
Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg
Sielenbach
Maria Birnbaum Pilgrimage Church
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 263 out of 270 hikers
Location: Sielenbach, Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
maria-birnbaum.de
The Maria Birnbaum monastery is located on the Ecknach river south of Sielenbach on the road to Adelzhausen in the Aichach-Friedberg district (Bavaria).
March 1, 2017
The pilgrimage church "Our Lady in the Pear Tree" in Sielenbach is a place with a long tradition that has lost none of its fascination to this day.
This fascination - which lies in the experience that heaven and earth touch here,
when we turn to Mary with trust - was what inspired the Teutonic Order Commander Philipp Jakob von Kaltenthal to build the pilgrimage church almost 350 years ago. And he chose an unusual form to express the extraordinary.maria-birnbaum.de
December 28, 2019
I can only agree with the previous speakers: a very beautiful church and place of pilgrimage with an interesting history.
February 8, 2025
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