An 1898 pilgrimage chapel replicating the Lourdes grotto in Bad Blumau, one of dozens of such Marian replicas built across Catholic Central Europe after the Church recognized the Lourdes apparitions in 1862. Free and accessible during daylight. Minor stop in a Bad Blumau visit; combine with the Hundertwasser-designed Rogner thermal spa nearby.
church in Bad Blumau
Lourdes-Kapelle
A small pilgrimage chapel in Bad Blumau built in 1898 as a replica of the grotto at Lourdes in southern France, where Bernadette Soubirous claimed visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- Bad Blumau
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 1898
- Era
- 19th Century
- Address
- Bad Blumau 24, 8283 Bad Blumau, 8283 Bad Blumau
- Coordinates
- 47.1325, 15.3683