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Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim

Hemmersheim

Ottilien Spring in Pfahlenheim

Natural Monuments

Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim

Hemmersheim

Ottilien Spring in Pfahlenheim

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Ottilien Spring in Pfahlenheim

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Location: Hemmersheim, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. View of Uffenheim Church – Torture Tower (Martyr Tower) loop from Uffenheim

32.8km

02:06

220m

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2. Schloss Walkershofen – Ottilien Spring in Pfahlenheim loop from Walkershofen

28.9km

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3. Aub Town Center – Historic Old Town of Aub loop from Baldersheim

35.5km

02:19

310m

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Ulrich

August 26, 2021

Ottilia, a duke's daughter from Alsace, was born blind. Her father disowned the girl and she was accepted into a monastery. On a later pilgrimage, Ottilia and her sisters are said to have come to the never-ending spring in Pfahlenheim. By wetting her eyes with the soft spring water, she regained her eyesight and could see from now on.
Her father, who found out about it, took her back to his castle and gave her all of his fortune. Ottilia had a monastery built on the Ottilienberg in Alsace, joined this order and did a lot of good with her father's goods and money. After her death, she was canonized. The built monastery still stands today and is visited by many pilgrims.

According to another tradition, Ottilia was never in the Pfahlenheim and she did not regain her eyesight through the water of the spring, but in other wondrous, unspecified ways. But when our area was populated by people from Alsace, they also brought their culture with them. They expanded the spring on the western edge of the village with the spring stick and called it Ottilien spring.
However it may have happened - the year 1494 is carved into the vault. The spring provides very soft water and helps alleviate eye ailments. It is still visited today by pilgrims, especially from the Ochsenfurt Gau, but also by pilgrims who come through Pfahlenheim on the Jakobs.- or Kunigundenweg.
Even today, the children of Pfahlenheim are baptized with the Ottilien water on request. In addition, it served as drinking water for many farming families and ensured that our homeland was settled early. (from the Pfahlenheim website)

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Manfred Betz

August 9, 2022

Even now in early/mid-August, after a long dry period and water shortage, the spring still supplies clear water.

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Elevation 310 m

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Location: Hemmersheim, Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Ottilien Spring in Pfahlenheim

1. View of Uffenheim Church – Torture Tower (Martyr Tower) loop from Uffenheim

2. Schloss Walkershofen – Ottilien Spring in Pfahlenheim loop from Walkershofen

3. Aub Town Center – Historic Old Town of Aub loop from Baldersheim

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