List of pilgrimage sites in Eichsfeld

The list of pilgrimage sites in Eichsfeld contains the most important pilgrimage sites , pilgrimage sites and pilgrimage churches in Eichsfeld in north-western Thuringia and southern Lower Saxony in Germany.

list

Pilgrimage site	place	District diocese	Pilgrimage church or chapel	Pilgrimage since	Pilgrimages
Annaberg	Struth	Unstrut-Hainich Erfurt	St. Anna (demolished in 1869)	17th century until 1855 back to the wayside shrine for several years	Annaberg pilgrimage
Beberstedt	Beberstedt	Unstrut-Hainich Erfurt	St. Martinus Church	Mid 18th century	Assumption Day
Width wood	Width wood	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary	1655	Visitation of the Virgin Mary
Brink	Burgwalde	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Chapel of St. Boniface	1957	Boniface pilgrimage
Dingelstädt	Dingelstädt	Eichsfeld Erfurt	St. Mary in the Bush		Pilgrimage to the Birth of Mary
Etzelsbach	Steinbach	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Pilgrimage chapel of the Assumption	15./16. century	Mariä Visitation (horse pilgrimage) Mariä Schnee, Mariä Himmelfahrt, Mariä Birth and others
Hen festivals	Birkenfelde	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Maria-Hilf chapel		Pilgrimage on Whit Monday
Good Born	Ershausen	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Good Born Chapel
Höherberg	Wollbrandshausen	Göttingen Hildesheim	Pilgrimage chapel In honor of the 14 Holy Helpers	Mid 19th century	Great Höherberg pilgrimage Christopherusfest Marie Admission to heaven Motorcycle pilgrimage and others
Hülfensberg	Geismar	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer	before 1357	Dreifaltigskeitswallfahrt Johanneswallfahrt Pensioner Pilgrimage Pilgrimage for the Day of German Unity and others
Kerch mountain	Dingelstädt	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Monastery church		Pilgrimage for women
Klüschen Hagis	Waxed	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary	16th Century	Men's pilgrimage (1957) Visitation of the Virgin Mary and others
Kreuzebra	Kreuzebra	Eichsfeld Erfurt	St. Sergius and Bacchus Church		Cruise pilgrimage
Leinefelde	Leinefelde	Eichsfeld Erfurt	St. Boniface Church		Elisabeth pilgrimage
Maria in the meadow	Germershausen	Göttingen Hildesheim	Church of the Annunciation	Early 18th century	Senior pilgrimage Women pilgrimage Marian pilgrimage Great pilgrimage and others
Renshausen	Renshausen	Göttingen Hildesheim	Joseph Chapel		Joseph pilgrimage Small pilgrimage
Werdigeshausen	Kefferhausen	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Mercenary Church of St. Cyriakus	Late 18th century	Boniface pilgrimage
Wingerode	Wingerode	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Ignatius Chapel	17th century	Ignatius pilgrimage
Worbis	Worbis	Eichsfeld Erfurt	Antonius Church	1678	Antonius pilgrimage Kolping pilgrimage

Other pilgrimage traditions

Further national pilgrimage traditions in and outside the Eichsfeld are listed here:

Pilgrimage of the Eichsfelder in a foreign country to Bochum-Stiepel
Pilgrimage on foot from Magdeburg to Klüschen Hagis (since 1982)
Walldürn pilgrimage from Küllstedt via the Hülfensberg to Walldürn (since 1683)
Traditional costumes pilgrimage Eichsfeld clubs to changing pilgrimage sites
Ecumenical pilgrimage from the Hülfensberg to the Zella monastery
Palm Sunday procession in Heilbad Heiligenstadt

literature

Kathrin Dukic, Frank Rüdiger, Gunnar Müller: PILGRIM LAND Eichsfeld - home of pilgrimages. Publishing house AST text + bild MEDIEN GmbH 2012
Andreas Anhalt: The place of pilgrimage Etzelsbach in Eichsfeld. Publisher Mecke Duderstadt 1998
Duhamelle, Christoph: The pilgrimage in the re-catholized Eichsfeld: revival, new accents, denominational demarcation. In: Hrdina, Kühne, Müller (eds.): Pilgrimage and Reformation. Pp. 265-279
Sylvia Kindle: Pilgrimages as an expression of popular piety. Walldürn and the pilgrimage of the Eichsfelder. GRIN Verlag 2004
Thomas T. Müller: Pilgrimage as an economic factor during the Reformation: Two examples from Eichsfeld. In: Pilgrimage and Reformation 2007, pp. 173–185
Hermann-Josef Siebrand: The Marian veneration of the Eichsfeld. St. Benno Verlag Leipzig, Verlag Cordier Heiligenstadt 1954