Ainhofen

Ainhofen
Village of Markt Indersdorf
View of Ainhofen from the south
Location of Ainhofen
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Coordinates: 48°24′04″N 11°22′45″E / 48.40111°N 11.37917°E / 48.40111; 11.37917
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Dachau
Municipality	Markt Indersdorf
Elevation	502 m (1,647 ft)
Population  (1987)[1]
• Total	209
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	85229

Ainhofen is a village in the municipality of Markt Indersdorf, in the Upper Bavarian district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.

Ainhofen ("Eiinhofa" or "Farm from Eio") was first mentioned in 837 AD as a church village. The Indersdorf monastery built a local church around 1229. The church was keen to promote a Marian pilgrimage, which is based on a miracle of the statue of Mary from the 12th century.^[2]

Ainhofen was robbed and largely destroyed during the Thirty Years' War.

An outdoor pool facility was built in 1960 by the members of the swimming club and has been renovated.^[3]

In 1515 a pilgrimage started in Ainhofen. The focal point was the miraculous Romanesque Madonna of grace (the oldest in southern Germany). Since 1700, two to three hundred Marian pilgrimages were held annually. In 2019 the Ainhofen pilgrimage celebrated its 500th anniversary.^[4]

• Ainhofen in der Ortsdatenbank der Bayerischen Landesbibliothek Online. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

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