The Hörnleberg is a mountain, , in the

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in southern

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. Its summit pyramid rises around 600 metres above the apex formed by the valleys of the Elz and the Wild Gutach. Currently (2012, after forestry work) it has a view of the Elz valley and the

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. At the summit is the pilgrimage chapel of Our Dear Lady (''Unsere Liebe Frau''), which was presumably built in the 8th or 9th century. The first record of the ''capella uf dem Hörnlin'' dates to the year 1469, in a

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occupancy book of the

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. According to legend, a blind man from the

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swore that if God gave him back his sight, he would build a chapel in honour of

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on the first mountain that he saw. Two

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, from Bleibach and from Oberwinden, lead up to the chapel.

References

External links

Homepage of the Parish of Winden
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