Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Bogenberg - Bogen

The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary stands on the Bogenberg (432 meters high) near the Lower Bavarian town of Bogen. It is one of the oldest, continuously existing Marian pilgrimage sites in the diocese of Regensburg with a very special miraculous image: a medieval pregnant Mother of God with a visible baby Jesus in her womb. The Bogenberg, which rises 118 meters above the Danube, is known as the Holy Mountain of Lower Bavaria because: In addition to the pilgrimage church at the top of the mountain, there are other late medieval chapels, a former hermitage, a Calvary and other elements of a sacred landscape that are well worth a walk.

Every year on Whit Sunday, pilgrims carry an almost 13-metre-high, 50-kg votive pole up the mountain in a two-day, approximately 75-kilometre-long march. The pilgrims make it themselves: a debarked spruce pole, wrapped in red wax, decorated with a "blessing tree" tuft and a blue ribbon. At the foot of the mountain, at the town square in Bogen, the pole is erected and carried standing up to the summit. The pilgrims take turns carrying it. At the top, they circle the church before bringing their offering inside. Each of the sacrificial candles remains on the chancel arch of the church for two years. This special pilgrimage has since been added to the list of Bavaria's intangible cultural heritage.

Parish office Bogenberg
Bogenberg 10
94327 Bogen
Phone +49 9422 / 1546
info@pfarrei-bogenberg.de