The church honoring the scourged saviour became a place of pilgrimage when a miracle happened on June 14, 1738. There was a statue which was carried in the Steingaden Good Friday processions. This statue of the scourged saviour was originally made in 1730 of wooden parts from other statues; the joints were covered with linen and the entire thing was painted. Very simple. In 1735, this statue was put away in a monastery's attic because the congregation was upset by its pitiful appearance which looked to be covered in blood and wounds. In 1738, the statue was moved to a farmhouse in Wies where tears were seen on the face of the scourged saviour statue. A miracle. At the time the church was just a tiny wooden chapel.