The Meier's German Adventure

On the way back to Mannheim, we took a short detour to this church - the Wies Kirche. This is the pilgrimage church of the "Scourged Savior". In 1730 Father Straub and Friar Schweiger built a figure of the Scourged Savior to be used for the Good Friday procession. The statue was put together using parts from several other wooden figures, the joints covered with linen and the figure was painted. However, this likeness covered with blood and wounds raised the pity of the congregation to such a degree that the statue was put aside. In 1738, the monastary's innkeepers Godmother found and moved the statue to her farm where it became an object of veneration. On June 14, 1738 she saw drops on the face in the likeness of tears. From then on pilgrimages began, thus this statue has become the center of a Pilgrimage of European dimension.