📜 A historic pilgrimage site with a miraculous healing spring, nestled in a beautiful valley near the Odra River.
✨ Known for its rich legends, natural beauty, and spiritual significance, this site is older than Lourdes in France.
🙏 Experience a spiritual journey at a revered pilgrimage site
💧 Discover the legendary healing spring within a rock grotto
🏞️ Enjoy the serene beauty of a deep, forested valley
🚶♀️ Explore a place steeped in centuries of history and local legends
🆓 Freely accessible with no admission fee
🗓️ Attend annual pilgrimages and special Marian services
🚫 May not appeal to those seeking high-energy activities
🚶♀️ Requires some walking on natural terrain, potentially uneven
🗓️ The main annual pilgrimage takes place on September 8th, or the closest Sunday.
⛪ Other services include Marian Saturdays, May devotions, and the Assumption of Mary pilgrimage.
⏳ Estimated visit duration is approximately 2 hours.
🌿 The surrounding area boasts protected plants like perennial honesty, wild columbine, and snowdrop.
🐟 The Odra River is home to protected animals such as river crayfish, brown trout, and common minnow.
🪨 Discover interesting geological formations nearby, including the Klokočůvky Fold Set and rock thresholds on the Odra.
📜 According to legend, a wounded soldier was miraculously healed by the spring water during the Thirty Years' War.
🏥 In the 19th century, baths were built here due to belief in the water's healing properties, though they were later destroyed by fire.
✨ The original image of the Virgin Mary was replaced by a stone statue in the late 19th century.
🛠️ The pilgrimage site underwent significant renovations between 1988 and 1992.
🚶♀️ The wider area of the upper Odra River is popular for year-round tourism and recreation, with numerous hiking and cycling trails.
🌲 A green tourist route leads from the pilgrimage site to Balerův mlýn (Baler's Mill), covering approximately 6.5 km.
⛪ Roman Catholic Parish of Spálov