The monastery Einsiedeln Switzerland was built where Saint Meinrad lived in solitary retreat

The place of pilgrimage Maria Einsiedeln (in the dark forest) is closely linked to the life of Saint Meinrad: https://www.kloster-einsiedeln.ch/heiliger-meinrad/ In 835 he is said to have built a hermitage and a chapel on the spot where the Chapel of Mercy now stands in the monastery church in order to serve God in the hermitage …