Case file · Apparition / miracle
The apparitions at Marpingen
On 3 July 1876, three girls of Marpingen in the Saarland said they saw the Virgin Mary in the woods; crowds came, and Prussian troops occupied the village.
1876 CE · 49.45, 7.06 · status: disputed
The account
The case became a battle of the Kulturkampf between the Prussian state and Catholics. It was called the 'German Lourdes'.
The sceptical view
The girls later retracted, and the Church never approved the apparitions.