Andechs Monastery and Pilgrimage Church
Andechs, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Benedictine pilgrimage complex on Bavaria’s Holy Mountain, known for a medieval relic treasury and a later Marian devotional image.
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Ettal Abbey
Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Benedictine abbey founded in 1330, with a long Marian pilgrimage centered on a small white-marble devotional image.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
Vierzehnheiligen, Bad Staffelstein, Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Major Franconian pilgrimage basilica associated with fifteenth-century apparition traditions of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
Chapel of Grace, Altötting
Altötting, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Nationally important Marian shrine centered on the Black Madonna of Altötting and a pilgrimage tradition dating from 1489.
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Wies, Steingaden, Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed Rococo pilgrimage church created after reports that a wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour shed tears.