Hörndlkapelle - Rupert pilgrimage

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The St. Rupert Sternpilgerweg (St. Rupert star pilgrimage trail) follows the footsteps of the “Salt Saint” and “Apostle of Bavaria” in seven stages from Altötting through the Rupertiwinkel, via Traunstein and the old brine pipeline to Bad Reichenhall and on to Salzburg to the grave of Saint Rupert. Branching off at Waging, a second trail leads via Oberndorf, Seekirchen, St. Wolfgang, Annaberg, Hüttau to the Hochgründeck mountain (1,827 m) and back down to Bischofshofen, to the Maximillian cell founded by Rupert and a replica of the Rupert cross in the visitor center of the Ore of the Alps UNESCO Global Geopark.

The St. Rupert pilgrimage trail to Hochgründeck mountain leads past a sacred treasure. The Hörndl Chapel is a small mountain chapel located on Hörndlwald at 1,153 meters. This is where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a farmer maid, Elisabeth Pilzegger, in 1851. As a result, a votive shrine was erected.

Instead, during the interwar period, the chapel was built, which was extensively renovated by the Bauernschützen Bischofshofen in 2010. Pilgrims come from near and far to pray to the Hörndlfrau. South of the Hörndlkapelle chapel in the Hörndlwald forest is a sinkhole that indicates mining activities from prehistoric to medieval times.