Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows

South of the village of Geispolsheim, nestled in the Bruch de l'Andlau forest, the Hattisheim chapel is dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. According to tradition, this pilgrimage site dates back to the 14th century, when the Virgin Mary appeared to a young shepherd tending horses in the nearby meadows. He then erected a modest oratory on the spot, which quickly attracted many faithful, especially shepherds. The chapel was destroyed several times over the centuries—by the Armagnacs in 1444, during the Thirty Years' War, in the Battle of Entzheim, and by a fire in 1833—but was each time rebuilt thanks to the devotion of the people of Geispolsheim. During the French Revolution, it served as a refuge for refractory priests who celebrated clandestine masses there, while a hermit watched over the site. Access to the chapel is through a porch topped by a niche housing a 1970 stone pietà, replacing a 17th-century wooden work now kept in the Sainte-Marguerite church. A perforated metal plaque bearing the initials of the