Pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows

In the Middle Ages, the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Misericords, long established according to archives, was built or restored at the expense of Henselin Gungesheim.

A document from the Bishop of Strasbourg, Robert Count Palatine, dated May 29, 1459, recounts this initiative. Henselin Gungesheim sought the bishop's protection, who tasked his assistant with consecrating the chapel and its altars dedicated to Our Lady and all the Saints.

Quickly, this place became a very popular pilgrimage site, attracting faithful from various regions. A third order, the Brotherhood of the "Compassion of the Mother of the Heavenly Hierarchies," was created here, gathering members from the dioceses of Mainz, Augsburg, Constance, Speyer, Basel, and Würzburg. The bishops of Strasbourg appointed provosts to manage the chapel's temporal goods, which grew considerably through the acquisition of lands and rents in the Kochersberg.

By 1517, its wealth was already notable. With the arrival of the Reformation in Strasbourg, the sanctuary came under the control of the Beguines, as evidenced by the foundations of the presbytery in 1557, and was later entrusted to the Johannites of Strasbourg. Despite these changes, the village retained its Catholic identity.