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Marienthal, located 4 km southeast of Haguenau, is the most important Marian pilgrimage site in Alsace. Marienthal Monastery dates back to the knight Albert of Haguenau, who founded a hermitage around 1240. Around 1250, the hermitage became a monastery inhabited by monks of the Wilhelmiten order. Margrave Bernhard of Baden donated a Madonna to the monastery in 1420, which became one of the most important Marian pilgrimage destinations in Alsace. Construction of a new church began in 1460. Jesuits served in Marienthal from 1617, with pilgrimage care ending with the ban of the Jesuit order in France in 1765. In 1863, the late Gothic building was replaced by the present-day church. The facility is still used as a pilgrimage church and is managed by Benedictine nuns.
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The circular route “To Marienthal Monastery” starts at the train station in Kilstett. From the station, you follow the Rhine cycle route (EuroVelo 15) along the D 468 to Gambsheim. The very well signposted cycle path then takes you over the D 94 via Offendorf to Herrlisheim. On the cycle path beside the D 468 you reach Drusenheim. From Drusenheim, follow cycle route sign 23 to Haguenau via Oberhofen-sur-Moder to Kaltenhouse.
In Kaltenhouse, turn left into Rue de Marienthal and after 200 m turn left again towards Marienthal, which you reach on the cycle path beside the D 140. After visiting the pilgrimage church, follow the D 48 via Gries to Kutzendorf. Between Marienthal and Gries, you can use a roadside cycle path. From Kutzendorf, cycle on the D 437 to Weyersheim and from there on the cycle path beside the D 37 to Hördt. In the town centre, turn left towards Wantzenau. On the lightly trafficked D 223, shortly before Wantzenau, you reach the Rhine cycle path which takes you along the D 468 back to the starting point in Kilstett.
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