The pilgrimage church of St. Kunigund on Altenberg near Aub was built around 1232 to 1240. Legend has it that one of the three veils that Empress Kunigunde threw from the church tower in distant Bamberg was caught in the 1000-year-old linden tree - with the promise to build churches where the veils would be found. Here at the Kunigunden chapel is the beginning of the approximately 110-kilometer pilgrimage to Bamberg.

The chapel is unfortunately only open on Sundays (from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.).

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

August 4, 2021

Source: kunigundenkapelle.de

The Kunigunden Chapel, which is dedicated to the Kunigunde of Luxembourg, who is particularly venerated in the region, was built around 1230 during the heyday of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. Probable builders are Heinrich von Hohenlohe and his son Konrad von Hohenlohe, who resided in the nearby Brauneck Castle. From 1608 to 1609 extensive repairs and alterations were carried out under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. This reconstruction was intended to consolidate the Counter Reformation. A stone tablet from 1614 indicates this renovation. In the middle of the 18th century, at the time of the Baroque, the walls and the ceiling were decorated with stucco. In 1762, today's main altar with the depiction of the Holy Family was donated by Thomas Klee from Buch. The last renovation took place around 1900. Regular services only took place on Kunigundentag (March 3rd) and on the third day of prayer. After the cemetery was no longer used since 1945, the Kunigunden chapel lost its importance. From 1961 to 1962 excavations were carried out in the chapel and the following thorough repairs restored it to its present state.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunigundenkapelle_(Burgerroth)

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Ralph

April 3, 2022

The destination of our Kunigundenweg, which we made "the other way around" from Bamberg here... that also has its charm, arriving HERE, at the origin!

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Location: Aub, Landkreis Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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