Wallfahrtskapelle Schenkenberg, Pilgrimage chapel in Emmingen-Liptingen, Germany.
Wallfahrtskapelle Schenkenberg is a rectangular chapel with a white stucco facade and orange-red trim, built in 1720. Three small round windows sit above an arched window painted with a figure, and a square bell tower with a domed top rises from the rear roof ridge. Inside, a tall reddish-brown wooden altar with gold leaf ornamentation holds a silver figure in a central niche, flanked by four columns and two golden angels above.
A small church stood on this site around 1275; the village of Schenkenberg was destroyed in the 15th century and never rebuilt, leaving only the chapel and the Schenkenberger Hof farm. The present chapel dates from 1720 and stands a few metres from the vanished Schenkenberg castle, seat of the lords of Schenkenberg. Pilgrimage is documented from 1688.
The pilgrimage to the chapel began in 1688, and about 150 votive panels were soon offered in honour of the image of Our Lady of Schenkenberg. The chapel is dedicated to Maria Opferung (Mary's Presentation). A 1,200-metre Stations of the Cross, newly laid out in 2001, runs nearby.
The chapel stands a few metres from the site of the vanished Schenkenberg castle, next to the Schenkenberger Hof inn, which Klaus Mangold took over in 2013. A Way of the Cross about 1,200 metres long, laid out in 2001, runs near the chapel and can be walked on foot.
The chapel stands a few metres from the vanished Schenkenberg castle, seat of the lords of Schenkenberg; the village itself was destroyed in the 15th century and never rebuilt, so only the chapel and the neighbouring Schenkenberger Hof farm recall it.
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