In 2006 a Stolperstein was laid down in the sidewalk in front of the door of the last address of the Franciscan Father Ludwig Seraphim Binder, killed by the Nazi regime.

Forty more Stolpersteine were placed in the district of Braunau am Inn by Cologne artist Gunter Demnig in memory of victims of the Third Reich.

According to tradition, all started in 1735 when the farmer Michael Priewasser hung a picture of Saint Mary on a tree in memory of his lost son.

As the image of Saint Virgin Mary kept being worshiped by many, in 1850 a new wooden chapel was built, as well as a shelter for the pilgrims, clearings were made so that people could start settling around the shrine, and so a village was born and continued to grow.

In 1864 the Bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier concerned himself with providing the pilgrims with a due pastoral care, and upon his invitation the first Franciscans from Tyrol moved in.

As the pilgrimage site blossomed, in 1871 the original rectory was enlarged to become a cloister hosting ten Franciscans, who not only took care of pilgrims but attended also to the surrounding communities.

The local Union houses and organizes many sport and wellness activities like judo, cross country, downhill skiing / snowboarding, curling, and tennis.

Mountain biking is also a popular activity carried out in the lush wooded area surrounding the village by locals as well as tourists.