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St. Michael, Catholic pilgrimage chapel in Bad Münstereifel, Germany.

St. Michael is a pilgrimage chapel on the wooded basalt summit of the Michelsberg, the highest point in Bad Münstereifel's municipal area. It is built of plastered rubble stone with dressed-stone frames and slate-covered roofs. The late-Gothic choir with its net vault survives from around 1500; the rectangular nave and the three-storey west tower were rebuilt from 1857 to 1860 after a lightning strike in 1836, and the tower spire was added in 1869.

A first chapel on the Michelsberg is assumed by the early 14th century; a missal dated 1456 was written for the "Michaelskapelle auf dem Mahlberg". The late-Gothic choir with net vault survives from the chapel built around 1500. The nave and west tower were added in the late 17th century, rebuilt from 1857 to 1860 after a lightning strike in 1836, and given their spire in 1869.

The chapel is a pilgrimage site dedicated to St. Michael, and a missal dated 1456 was written for the "Michaelskapelle auf dem Mahlberg", the hill's earlier name. On the south side of the Gothic choir, a small saints' shrine built in 1733 houses a group depicting the entombment of Christ.

The chapel can be reached via marked walking paths that depart from Bad Münstereifel town center with clear signage throughout the route. Parking spaces are available nearby, making access convenient for those arriving by car.

The tower's viewing platform, created during the 1934–1935 renovation, sits on the highest point of Bad Münstereifel's municipal area, a wooded basalt dome 588 metres high. Before Christianisation the site served as a place of jurisdiction and pagan worship, and the Romans used it as a strategic lookout.

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