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Lower Franconia

Pilgrimage Church of Maria im Sand (Dettelbach)

Lower Franconia

Pilgrimage Church of Maria im Sand (Dettelbach)

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Pilgrimage Church of Maria im Sand (Dettelbach)

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Location: Dettelbach, Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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August 8, 2020

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The pilgrimage legend reports that in 1504 Nikolaus Lemmer from Melkendorf near Bamberg, who was wounded after a quarrel and therefore bedridden, had an apparition in which a figure asked …

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August 8, 2020

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The widely visible pilgrimage church Maria im Sand with the associated monastery is located on a hill on the eastern outskirts of Dettelbach. Under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, the current church was built in a historicizing style from 1608-1613. A late Gothic Pietà from around 1500 is venerated as a miraculous miraculous image, which has stood in a glass shrine open on three sides in the middle of a magnificent altar since 1778. 24 votive pictures inside the church from around 1660 testify to his strength.

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February 21, 2025

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Freely accessible pilgrimage church with 4-sided altar built by the Mespelbrunn Prince-Bishop Echter

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Elevation 280 m

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Location: Dettelbach, Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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