A pilgrimage (German Pilgerfahrt, Betfahrt, Bittfahrt, Wallfahrt; Latin peregrinatio religiosa) is a religiously motivated journey (Travel) to a cultic site. The narrower German term Wallfahrt, in common use from after the 14th century, is derived from MHG wallen (walk, wander; i.e. walk-faring). The religious phenomenon of the pilgrimage was based on the belief that the experience and agency of the holy or divine manifest themselves…