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Windische Chapel (Assumption of Mary) on the Dobratsch

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Windische Chapel (Assumption of Mary) on the Dobratsch

Windische Chapel (Assumption of Mary) on the Dobratsch

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    1. German Church on Dobratsch – Dobratsch Summit Cross loop from Gailitz

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    February 11, 2025

    ...a very beautiful "local mountain of Villach" with wonderful views 🥾👀

    Translated by Google •

      March 31, 2019

      The Windische Kapelle is one of the two Marienheiligenümer on the summit of the Dobratschin the municipality Nötsch in the Gailtal. It is dedicated to the feast of the Assumption. "Windische Kapelle" she is referred to the distinction of the 300 m distant German chapel, which is dedicated to the "Maria am Stein".

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        September 10, 2020

        On the edge of the Dobratsch slope rise at a distance of 300 m

        the churches Maria am Stein "and Maria Himmelfahrt". And so the question arises - why does Dobratsch have two churches ".


        The German "and the Windy Church" on the Dobratsch

        Immediately next to the Dobratsch summit, at 2167 m above sea level, is the "German Church". The church, built in 1692, is the highest among the old mountain churches in the Eastern Alps. It was consecrated to Maria am Stein and is just above the Dobratsch summit house the demolition into the evil trenches.

        The legend of the "German Church" tells that there in the 14th century shepherds sat a white woman surrounded by radiant light on a stone

        have seen. The church was built in 1692 by Bleiberger miners together with the farmers from Heiligengeist at the place of the apparition of, Maria am Stein "

        built and inaugurated on August 15, 1693. About 300 m further west, a little below the highest point, is the "Windische Kirche". It is also one of the two Marian shrines on the summit of the

        Dobratsch and is dedicated to the feast of the Assumption of Mary. This church was built in 1690 by the lord of the castle von Wasserleonburg, the baron von Semler and his wife, in fulfillment of a vow and so it is that two churches are so close at such a considerable height on the Dobratsch stand together. (... from information booklet)

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          Location: Bad Bleiberg, Bezirk Villach-Land, Carinthia, Austria

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