page_title: Wohlde (Bergen)
section_title: Forest chapel
hierarchical_section_title: Wohlde (Bergen) / History / Forest chapel
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schandpfahl in Wohlde (Nachbildung)
context_page_description: Wohlde is a hamlet in the parish of Dohnsen, that belongs to the Lower Saxon borough of Bergen in North Germany. It lies in the northern part of the district of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath, 1 km east of Bergen, at a height of 77 to 81 m above sea level. The name is derived from Berger Wohld.
context_section_description: Until about 1623 there was a forest chapel in Wohlde. It is believed to have stood near the sport where there is the replica of a pranger today. 
  The church (a "Mary chapel"), "the Chapel of Our Dear Lady, the Chapel of the Holy and Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God in Berger Wohld" was probably built around 1383. The Bergen pastor and chronicler, Ludwig Spitta, wrote in 1875: And it is quite likely that it was the first chapel in our Bergen parish. Under Duke Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg the chapel was given to St. Michael's Monastery in Lüneburg. On 31 January 1510 Pope Julius II issued the last letter of indulgence for the St. Michael's Monastery at Lüneburg, and this was for the pilgrims in Wohlde. The chapel became a popular place of pilgrimage. Several tradesmen were located nearby. There was also a small market that has survived to this day and is known nationally as the Wohlde Market. With the beginning of the Reformation, the chapel was closed. In the Thirty Years' War, it was completely destroyed. The chapel door, made of sturdy oak planks, has been preserved and is now the oldest exhibit in the Römstedthaus museum in Bergen.
caption: Replica of a pranger
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