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The tragic story behind this small, sacred monument—which, with its unusual color scheme, is sure to arouse interest and perhaps even entice passing bikers to stop for a moment—has already been described by user 'Jürgen' in his post. "These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and attract the attention of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and aims to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who has conquered death," as Dean Rainald M. Ollig once put it in the foreword to a publication about wayside crosses.

Simply referred to as a "chapel" in the komoot system, the Virgin Mary depicted and venerated in this artificial grotto is the Virgin Mary of Lourdes. This well-known Marian pilgrimage site is located in the French Pyrenees and is visited annually by large numbers of people, including many sick people hoping for healing. The devotional image of the Virgin Mary has become widespread – not only in France – with believers building Lourdes chapels and grottos everywhere. The church feast day of "Our Lady of Lourdes" is February 11th, the anniversary of the Marian apparition (1858), when the Virgin Mary appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in a rock grotto very close to Lourdes. Bernadette later became a nun and died at the age of just 35. On December 8, 1933 (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary), she was canonized by Pope Pius XI. The feast day of the Madonna of Lourdes is also World Day of the Sick.

Shelter of the Vosges Club Pays de Dabo from 2018

Secret meeting place of François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl in 1984

A very well-surfaced road with practically no traffic leads up from Dabo. If you want to continue to the sandpit, you have to take a well-maintained gravel road, which is easier to drive on than some paved roads. At the sandpit, you then meet a paved road again.

Located in the heart of the Dabo forest, the Maison du Spitzberg has been maintained since 2012 by the Friends of Spitzberg, thanks to whom the building has been preserved.

Super nice rest area with several seating areas

Beautiful forest path for strolling