Groafrauerl
| Groafrauerl forest chapel | |
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 View from the south (right side) |
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| Construction year: | 18./19. century |
| Floor space: | 4 × 3 m |
| Location: | 48 ° 36 '58.68 " N , 12 ° 38' 43.37" O |
| Location: |
Berg (Mamming) Bavaria , Germany |
| Purpose: | Roman Catholic pilgrimage |
| Local community: | Mamming |
| Parish: | Mamming St. Margareta |
The Groafrauerl forest chapel is a small, free-standing Catholic pilgrimage chapel in the municipality of Mamming in the Lower Bavarian district of Dingolfing-Landau , or in church terms in the deanery of Frontenhausen-Pilsting .
geography
The chapel is located 500 m north of the solitude of Brunnhäusl ( Reisbach municipality ) in the Bubach district , Flur Berg , 35 meters north of the municipal boundary between Mamming and Reisbach. She is u. a. Accessible from the north via a forest road that branches off to the right shortly after leaving the village of Berg bei Bubach to the south-east and leads to the chapel after around 1500 meters. From the south you take the municipal road towards Brunnhäusl, and about 150 meters before the desert a forest road to the left, which leads to the destination after almost 800 meters.
At the forest road intersection about 30 meters south of the chapel there is a sign on a beech tree with the spelling Kronfrauerl . A crucifix made from 19 horseshoes welded together is attached to the same tree .
Details
The chapel from the 18th and 19th centuries The 19th century was formerly consecrated to the Holy Corona , hence the name Groafrauerl , with Groa as a shortened pronunciation of Corona in Bavarian , combined with ... frauerl , the Bavarian diminutive for a (married) woman .
In the vernacular , the following story about the Groafrauerl is passed down:
“Long before the Thirty Years' War, a hunter was chasing a deer. In his zeal for hunting, he paid no attention to any direction, nor did he notice that the day was drawing to a close. He got lost in the thick forest until he finally no longer knew how to escape. In his need he asked St. Corona for help. Suddenly he saw a light in the distance from a tall spruce. He rode after this and came out of the forest. Later he kept his promise and built the chapel in front of this pine tree out of gratitude. "
Today the Groafrauerl is a Lady Chapel . It was re -qualified as a monument under number D-2-79-125-32 and is a simple saddle roof building with an open vestibule. The over 500 years old and 60 cm high Corona statue, a seated late Gothic clay figure holding a box in the right hand and a scepter in the left, is now in the parish church of St. Peter in Bubach on the left side of the altar. The entrance or the vestibule is on the east side, where the forest road leads past.
Since the 1990s, the Catholic Women's Association in Mamming has been organizing a star pilgrimage to the Groafrauerl on the day of remembrance of St. Corona. In addition, the Bubach parish community (parish community Mamming-Niederhöcking) holds a so-called appeal with a May prayer at the chapel every year on May 1st .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BavariaAtlas: Administrative Atlas, Churches, Catholic Church, Parishes
- ↑ Bavarian Surveying Administration: BayernAtlas, first recording
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: District of Lower Bavaria, District of Dingolfing Landau, Municipality of Mamming: Architectural monuments
- ↑ Geocaching: Groafrauerl
- ↑ ez: Star pilgrimage must be omitted. The annual prayer has been held in the forest for over 20 years. In: Dingolfinger Anzeiger, April 24, 2020, p. 18
