Notre Dame Chapel called Hippoltskirch

First cited in 1144 and listed as a Historical Monument since 1995, this chapel is an ancient place of worship since dedicated to St Martin. It was originally the Church of Sondersdorf whose inhabitants settled on the heights (the current location of the village) in the 12th century to escape the flooding of the Ill river.

In 1778 the present church was built in the village which had the effect of abandoning Hippoltskirch which henceforth served as a place of pilgrimage of the Virgin. Major work in 1781 gave it its current appearance. A hermit guarded the sanctuary until 1920 when the forest house was built above the chapel.

In 1902 lightning hit the chapel, tearing off part of the roof that covered the altar of the Virgin, breaking and overturning everything around apart from the statue which alone remained intact...