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MännerwallfahrtMännerwallfahrt (Men´s pilgrimage), each year the Vienna Catholics organize a Pilgrimage to the Lady Church at Mariazell; first organized in 1893 by Father H. Abel and the merchants´ congregation which he had founded. Since 1903 there have also been men´s pilgrimages to St Leopold´s Shrine at the town of Klosterneuburg. Literature: K. Woditschka, 40 Jahre Wiener Männerfahrt nach Mariazell, festschrift, 1932.
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