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Landkreis Aschaffenburg

Mespelbrunn

Pilgrimage Church of Hessenthal

Landkreis Aschaffenburg

Mespelbrunn

Pilgrimage Church of Hessenthal

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Pilgrimage Church of Hessenthal

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Location: Mespelbrunn, Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Ondschi

April 8, 2023

Nestled in the romantic Elsava Valley - near Aschaffenburg - is the parish and pilgrimage church Hessenthal.

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Michael 🏞 🥾

May 28, 2020

In the district of Hessenthal (place Mespelbrunn) there is a pilgrimage church of Mary. It is the burial place of the Echter von Mespelbrunn family.
There are three churches to admire: an early work by Tilman Riemenschneider's Lamentation Group (around 1490),
the crucifixion group, a masterpiece by the Mainz sculptor Hans Backoffen (around 1519),
Two "Real Epitaphs" by Erhard Barg (1583),
A modern way of the cross from 1967 by the Aschaffenburg artist Siegfried Rischar
For small change you can also listen to an audio file in the church

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Xray2307

April 15, 2018

Hessenthal in the eponymous district of Mespelbrunn is a Marien pilgrimage church in the Spessart. It is the burial place of the family Echter von Mespelbrunn and contains a body of Christ identified as the early work of Tilman Riemenschneider.
In building history and style there are parallels to the pilgrimage church Maria to the rough wind in Alzenau-Kälberau (short info from Wikipedia). To enumerate all information on the origin and equipment, would be tedious, if not impossible. Wiki helps here: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallfahrtskirche_Hessenthal
Pilgrimages take place in Hessenthal five times a year: Easter, Pentecost, Assumption (August 15), The Nativity (September 8) and The Sacrifice of the Virgin (November 21), each with a lights procession the night before.

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Location: Mespelbrunn, Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Pilgrimage Church of Hessenthal

1. Mespelbrunn Castle – View of Mespelbrunn loop from Hessenthal

2. View of Hessenthal – Mespelbrunn Castle loop from Hessenthal

3. Crypt chapel – Hohenwart House loop from Volkersbrunn

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