After St. Martin's, the only place of worship until then, had been awarded to the Reformed during the division of the church, the Catholics initially had to move to a chapel in honour of all the saints at Bornstraße 14. The Catholic cemetery had been located there since 1610.
The Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows was built in 1733. Its construction was made possible by a donation from the Mainz patrician family Gedult von Jungenfeld, who provided the land. The interior is partly furnished with furniture from other Christian sacred buildings. Thus, the church has a four-column high altar from the 17th century. On the other hand, wooden figures and a crucifix in rural baroque style were probably created especially for the new building.
To the north of the church building is the cemetery, which was used by the Catholics from 1750 to 1880. The Catholic school teacher lived and taught in the neighbouring house (Neustrasse 5) until 1833.
By the way: Until before the Second World War, the church was the terminus of a procession from the surrounding villages. On Schmerzensfreitag (Friday before Palm Sunday), believers made a pilgrimage to Wackernheim to pay homage to the relic, a particle of the cross.
