title: Ainhofen
text: # Ainhofen
  
  Ainhofen is a village in the municipality of Markt Indersdorf, in the Upper Bavarian district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.
  
  ## History
  
  ### Older History
  
  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.
  
  Ainhofen was robbed and largely destroyed during the Thirty Years' War.
  
  ### 20th Century
  
  An outdoor pool facility was built in 1960 by the members of the swimming club and has been renovated.
  
  ### Pilgrimage
  
  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.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * ↑ "Orte: Ainhofen". bavarikon. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  * ↑ Hans Schertl: Ainhofen – St.Maria-Kirchen und Kapellen im Dachauer Land. http://kirchenundkapellen.de/kirchenab/ainhofen.php
  * ↑ Pfaffenhofener Kurier (June 6, 2019) 'Dieses Bad ist Gold wert'. https://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/pfaffenhofen/Dieses-Bad-ist-Gold-wert;art600,4210040
  * ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung (31 May 2019) 'Das ewige Wunder'. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/dachau/wallfahrtsstaette-ainhofen-das-ewige-wunder-1.4469642
  