The forest church MARIA STERNBACH is definitely worth seeing. It was first mentioned in a document in 778. For almost 775 years it was actually a village church with surrounding courtyards and a small village pond. However, the place disappeared by 1564; only the church remained and was maintained by the monks in the nearby WICKSTADT monastery. The plague raged in the Wetterau in 1555. There is a high probability that the residents of STERNBACH died. The depopulated place fell into disrepair. Any survivors found their livelihood with the monks in WICKSTADT.

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April 3, 2022

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Beautiful little church in the middle of the forest with remains of the walls of the medieval village and a very beautiful pond, which is reminiscent of a fish pond in a monastery

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1. Sternbacher Church – Maria Sternbach Forest Church loop from Nieder-Florstadt

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2. Sternbacher Church – Maria Sternbach Forest Church loop from Nieder-Florstadt

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3. Sternbacher Church – Engelthal Abbey loop from Engelthal

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Elevation 210 m

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Friday 23 January

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-3°C

21 %

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Location: Niddatal, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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1. Sternbacher Church – Maria Sternbach Forest Church loop from Nieder-Florstadt

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