Kapelle Dörnschlade mit Klause

The Dörnschlade Chapel with Klause is a church building with neo-gothic design features in Wenden. The structure displays a three-sided enclosed hall with buttresses supporting the walls and an open porch at the front.

The pilgrimage site receives its first written mention in 1414, though a small sacred building already existed before the Thirty Years' War. The current structure was built during 1862 to 1864.

The chapel houses a neo-gothic winged altar with a copy of a late Gothic image of Mary holding the infant Jesus. This religious artwork shapes how the interior feels when visitors step inside.

The chapel sits near the border with Siegerland and is reached through Wenden. Visitors should be prepared for rural pathways when walking to reach the site.

Local communities built this chapel between 1862 and 1864 even though church authorities in Cologne expressed initial doubts. This grassroots determination shows how deeply the pilgrimage site was rooted in regional life.