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Streicherröhren Pilgrimage Chapel and Healing Spring

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Streicherröhren Pilgrimage Chapel and Healing Spring

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Streicherröhren Pilgrimage Chapel and Healing Spring

Name: Streicherröhren Pilgrimage Chapel and Healing Spring
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Naturpark Oberer Bayerischer Wald

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Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Albert Brickl

January 7, 2022

Nice pilgrimage church and nice resting place

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Miriam

January 20, 2022

String tube pilgrimage chapel in Untertraubenbach near Cham
On a hill in the forest is the small chapel at a healing spring against eye diseases.
A nice place for a rest.

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Staufer

December 1, 2025

Pilgrimage Chapel Streicherröhren

To trace the history of this pilgrimage chapel, we come across an old hand-drawn map from around 1570, which is located in the Bavarian State Archives in Munich. On this map, a small wayside shrine is marked on the road between Untertraubenbach and Roding—a shrine that may have been the origin of the Streicherröhren pilgrimage site.

According to tradition, the origin of the pilgrimage itself is attributed to a miracle that is said to have occurred in 1661. While this cannot be historically verified, we do know that in 1715 there was a wooden chapel in Streicherröhren, which was already visited by many pilgrims, and that votive tablets had been placed there decades earlier. The small pilgrimage evidently enjoyed considerable popularity, which also explains why it subsequently attracted opponents, particularly in Roding, who, due to their own pilgrimage to Heilbrünnl, viewed the development of Streicherröhren with envy. The parish priest of Roding complained in Regensburg about the "unauthorized gatherings" and "superstition" and was thus able to obtain permission, with the consent of the local landowner, to discontinue the pilgrimage. On his own initiative, he sent men to Streicherröhren, had the chapel dismantled, and the offerings, the miraculous image, and the votive tablets brought back to Roding. With the permission of Elector Max Emmanuel of Bavaria, the chapel was rebuilt, and a new miraculous image was presented in 1718. When the pilgrimage declined towards the end of the 18th century, a miraculous healing, confirmed by both ecclesiastical and secular authorities, helped to revive it. The chapel was renovated, and the miraculous image, previously painted on glass, was replaced with one on wood.

During the 19th century, the chapel acquired its present form: Framed within a simple fieldstone structure, the miraculous image, a simple depiction of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child as Queen, was placed behind a simple iron grille. Donated votive tablets and images, as well as candles and inscriptions inside the chapel, show us that Streicherröhren is still visited by many people seeking help and solace.

Source: Excerpts from bayerischer-wald.de

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Streicherröhren Pilgrimage Chapel and Healing Spring

1. Wetterfeld Castle Ruins – Mucia Rest Chapel loop from Pösing

2. Mucia Rest Chapel – Wetterfeld Castle Ruins loop from Wulfing

3. Hiking loop from Untertraubenbach

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