Pèlerinage de Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs

Dates

Année 2025 entière

Opening hours

Monday	08:00 → 20:00
Tuesday	08:00 → 20:00
Wednesday	08:00 → 20:00
Thursday	08:00 → 20:00
Friday	08:00 → 20:00
Saturday	08:00 → 20:00
Sunday	08:00 → 20:00

Contact

contact@lebeaujardin.alsace
03 88 21 46 92

Address

21 Route de Saverne
67370 Wiwersheim
France

Getting there

In the Middle Ages, the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Miserable and founded "vor guter Zyt und Jaren" (for a long time and for many years) was erected or restored at his own expense by a certain Henselin Gungesheim according to a draft of a document dated 29 May 1459 by the Bishop of Strasbourg Robert Count Palatine (1440-1478). This Henselin Gungesheim asked for protection from the bishop, who then commissioned his auxiliary to consecrate the new chapel and the altars dedicated to Our Lady and all the Saints. It became a very popular pilgrimage. A third order called the Brotherhood of the "Compassion of the Mother of Heavenly Hierarchies" was established there. It had members from the dioceses of Mainz, Augsburg, Constance, Speyer, Basel and Würzburg. The bishops of Strasbourg installed "principals" there for the administration of the temporal goods of the chapel. They greatly increased the possessions of the chapel by purchasing land and rents in the Kochersberg. In 1517 the wealth of the chapel was considerable. When the Reformation won Strasbourg, the sanctuary passed into the hands of the Beguines (cf. foundations of the presbytery: 1557) and then into those of the Johannites of Strasbourg. The village remained a Catholic bastion.

• Languages spoken

  English

  German

  French

  Alsacian

• Package visits offered

  Guided tour for groups with reservation