Zwischen Wallfahrt und Jahrmarkt. Die Gnadenkapelle am Marienberg bei Lenzen (Kr. Prignitz, Land Brandenburg, Deutschland) im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert (Pilgrimage and Country Fair. The Chapel of Mercy at Marienberg near Lenzen in the 15th and 16th Centuries [Prignitz county, Brandenburg region])

During excavations at the Marienberg near Lenzen which were organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG) project "Slavs at the lower Central Elbe river", remains of a medieval chapel were discovered. The chapel was surrounded by a cemetery. In the 15th century the chapel was the aim of pilgrimage from the vicinity, the whole complex was related to a chapel of Holy Mary. Together with the pilgrimage, there was a fair held every year after Pentecost. The findings from the Marienberg at Lenzen include many traces of the late medieval and early modern pilgrimage and the contemporaneous fair; the finds are well suited to connect the history of pilgrimage with its mainly written sources to aspects of material culture.