RELIGIOUS TOURISM
Celldömölk – The Hungarian Mariazell
Dömölk was a renowned place of pilgrimage as early as the 13th century. The miraculous statue of the Benedictine Abbey, however, had to be moved to the north to Dénesd, a place surrounded by moors, to save it from the Turks
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After the Ottoman occupation it was a monk, a certain Bonifac Lancsich who reorganised the community and it continued to flourish during the times of Abbot Odo Koptik. The abbot brought a copy of the statue from Mariazell, Austria and had a small chapel built for it, with a little dwelling place for himself right adjacent to it. Since he needed a well, he started digging. A large stone hit the person working in the pit on the head, and he suffered major injuries. The abbot appealed to the Virgin Mary for help and the worker survived. After a number of similarly miraculous incidents, Bishop of Győr, Ferenc Zichy officially pronounced the statue to have a miraculous power on 19 November 1745 in the presence of 50,000 people.
From the donations and charity gifts they erected a new shrine for the statue in 1748 (an imitation of the basilica in Mariazell) referred to as the Virgin Mary Shrine. When leaving the hall next to the sacristy, there is a wooden staircase leading to the Treasury with a permanent exhibition open to visitors, which has several-century-old treasures, frescoes, murals, paintings, exquisite cabinets and other votive objects on display.
The treasury is open to visitors upon prior arrangement. Tel: +36 95 420 135
The Well of the Virgin Mary, standing on the square in front of the church has preserved the legend of the well-digger.
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One of Hungary’s most spectacular churches is the Baroque edifice situated adjacent to the former Benedictine Abbey with the statue of Mary on its façade. In the vicinity, there is a Holy Trinity column, with St Stephen, St Paul the Hermit, St John of Nepomuk and St Florian standing on its pedestal. Not far is the Calvary church constructed in 1755 which completed the place of pilgrimage.
The major celebrations take place in Celldömölk on the Saturday and Sunday before 12 September, Mary’s nameday.
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Walking on Mary’s Pilgrimage Route:
We set out from the centre of Celldömölk, from Virgin Mary Shrine. At the end of Odó Koptik Street we arrive at the ruins of abbey set up by Abbot Koptik. We turn left onto Pórdömölk Street to follow the route, at the end of which we turn right into Kolozsvár Street. Leaving Celldömölk, with Mount Ság on our right, we can have a nice view of Sándor-háza, a hill with vines. The asphalt road will end here, and a dirt road will take us to Mesteri where a small but beautiful church, dating back to the age of the Árpáds, can be visited.
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