The forest church MARIA STERNBACH is definitely worth seeing. A wooden church at this point was first mentioned in 778. For almost 800 years, the church was the center of the village of STERNBACH with surrounding houses and a small village pond. However, STERNBACH went under completely by 1564; only the church remained and was maintained by the monks of the nearby WICKSTADT monastery. The plague raged in the Wetterau in 1555. There is a high probability that the residents of STERNBACH died. Any survivors found their livelihood with the monks in WICKSTADT.

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Jens-Peter Eufinger

May 9, 2021

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Very nice place to stay ...

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Helius FFM

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

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