The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
monuments and culture

The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a registered cultural monument. Up to the displacement of German inhabitants in 1945, this pilgrimage place belonged to the most important Marian pilgrimage places in our country and it united pilgrims from Bohemia, Moravia, Austria, Germany and even from Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia. Regarding the number of pilgrims, in 1913 Dobra Voda shared the10th place together with pilgrimage place in Stará Boleslav. It was even considered to be the most important place in the German-speaking parts of Southern and Western Bohemia. The importance and popularity of this place can be seen in it’s nickname„The Lourdes of South Bohemia“, which the well-known writer Zikmund Winter used to describe it.