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The chapel dates back to Kaspar Huber, who undertook a pilgrimage to Lourdes due to a serious illness. After his recovery, he had the chapel built in 1885 as a token of gratitude.

Beautiful monument from days long gone

The hikes with the alpacas and llamas can be booked at: www.alpakawandern.de

Anyone who hasn't had breakfast here has missed something in life

At the Pointner alpaca farm you can buy various products such as wool, blankets, but also eggs or soil. You can also book hikes with the alpacas and llamas. More information at https://www.pointnerhof.de/

Here at the church in Kronacker there is a station on the cycle path to the "Battle of Hohenlinden". Information on the subject can be found on a plaque. On the outer wall of the church you can see the sphere mentioned on the plaque, which can still be seen, quite high up next to the gutter.

The Mary depicted and venerated here is that of Lourdes. This well-known Marian pilgrimage site is located in the French Pyrenees and is visited by a large number of people every year, including many sick people who are hoping for a cure. The devotional image of Our Lady has become widespread - not only in France - Lourdes chapels and graves were built by believers everywhere. The ecclesiastical commemoration day "Our Lady in Lourdes" is on February 11th, this is the anniversary of the apparition of Mary (1858), when Our Lady appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in a rock grotto not far from Lourdes. Bernadette later became a nun and died at the age of only 35. On December 8th (the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary), 1933, she was canonized by Pope Pius XI. The day of remembrance of the Lourdes Madonna is also World Day of the Sick.

The patronage "Maria (or in other spelling :) Assumption" of this church refers to one of the many days of commemoration or feast days in honor of Mary, the Mother of God. It goes back to the feast of their physical acceptance into heaven, which the Church celebrates annually on August 15th. In many rural areas it is customary that on this day herbal bundles (called "Kruggweusch" in the Rhenish dialect) are collected by the population and blessed in the festival service.