 aktuálně 12.3 °C zataženo 27.04. | polojasno | 14.4 °C 28.04. | oblačno | 18.4 °C 29.04. | zataženo | 19.9 °C Zlaté Hory, Czechy | Pilgrimmage Church of the Virgin Mary the Helper - Maria HilfPilgrimmage Church of the Virgin Mary the Helper – Maria Hilf Insert in my portal The site began to draw its first pilgrims in the 17th century. Within ten years a chapel was built on the site of the birth of a baby boy named Martin and in a short time at least five miraculous recoveries occurred. Due to the growing number of believers the wooden chapel was replaced by a brick church in the years 1834 – 1841. Gifts from the faithful were used to gradually build a Stations of the Cross and dozens of shrines and chapels. But in 1955 services and the pilgrimages were stopped. Despite protests by church dignitaries and the faithful the church was torn down in 1973. A new church was built and consecrated in 1993 – 1995 and a new Stations of the Cross was built on the site of the one that had been destroyed. With the Swedish army approaching the town in 1647 the local residents abandoned their property and fled to the mountains. Anna Tannheiserová, the pregnant wife of the local butcher, found a safe sanctuary on the mountain known as Lord’s Blessing. At the onset of labour pain she begged the Lord and the Holy Virgin for help. On July 18th she gave birth to her son Martin and returned home shortly afterwards. The boy went on to become an esteemed citizen and the mayor of his town. In 1718 his daughter had Sipo Schwarz of Prudnice paint a picture of the Virgin Mary of Mercy and hung the work at the site where her father was born. Trips (233) Events in the surroundings (16) Restaurants nearby (2) Destinations in the surroundings (504) 0%
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