Maria Lindenberg, Catholic pilgrimage church on Lindenberg mountain in Sankt Peter, Germany
Maria Lindenberg is a pilgrimage church and retreat house at 720 metres on the southwest slope of the Lindenberg near Sankt Peter, in the municipality of Buchenbach. The present church was consecrated on 14 September 1761, built by Abbot Philipp Jakob Steyrer with funds from St. Peter's Abbey; it was rebuilt after 1800 and enlarged in 1865. Inside, a memorial plaque honours priests of the Freiburg archdiocese murdered by the National Socialists, placed in 1978.
The pilgrimage tradition began in 1497 when a farmer commissioned a statue of the Virgin Mary after a livestock epidemic suddenly ended. Since then, the site has served as a spiritual gathering place and remains a destination for the faithful from the region.
The patronal feast is the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. Since 1955 the Catholic Men's Work of Freiburg has kept Eucharistic Adoration going day and night all year round, men praying for peace and the renewal of the Church. A small shrine in the candle chapel recalls the prayer answered in time of need that began the pilgrimage.
Visitors can reach the church by marked pathways, several of which include Stations of the Cross along the way. The grounds are easily walkable, and regular services and prayer gatherings take place throughout the year.
The wooden chapel that Pantaleon Mayer built after the apparitions was enlarged before 1525 following a second vision, that of the old farmer Hans Zähringer of Unteribental, to whom Mary is said to have given a cross made of two chips and a twig. Simon Göser painted the scene in 1790 for the church of St. Jakob in Eschbach.
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