Steinhäufl Chapel

The chapel was created around 1740 as Bildstöckl. Built in 1905 by the forester Franz Hopf to today's chapel.

Steinhäufl chapelOn the way to Schwärzenberg you come across the Steinhäufl pilgrimage chapel in a forest clearing.
According to tradition, the construction of the Steinhäufl chapel goes back to a vow. The Schellerhof administrator Georg Hirner built it in 1740 after a horse accident that had not taken its course. The children of the manager Hirner are said to have been in the carriage with a team of horses that had become shy. In his distress that no misfortune befall the children, he made a vow to build a chapel.
In 1905, the until then modest wooden chapel was built in its present form by forester Franz Hopf from Strahlfeld with the help of donations, in particular from emigrants from the area to North America.
In 1945, after the end of the war, the Strahlfelder promised to hold a service every May 1st at the Steinhäufl Chapel, because Strahlfeld was spared major disasters during and after the Second World War.Source: Steinhäufl Chapel information board

Very nice chapel