Kapelle Maria Blasibrunn

The "Blasibrunn"
The most famous chapel in Losenstein is that at the "Blasibrunn" with the kind-concerned, somewhat sad Madonna holding her child in her arms. Anton Schosser also found his comfort there.

For centuries, the fresh bubbling spring on the Iron Road, once a narrow footpath, provided refreshment for travelers when they took a short rest at the foot of Schererbichl. Springs are often places of ancient cultic veneration of deities. In Christian times, a cross pillar was erected at Blasibrunn. During the Reformation, around 1550, the cross may have been removed, but by 1687 it was already there again along with an offering box, "containing 14 guilders at the holy Blasibrunn," which for that time was quite a sum, indicative of the great veneration of the church patron.
Father Antonius Nöstlang had the chapel built sometime between 1725 and 1748.
“Before all time, there stood a cross with a wooden railing; the cross was taken to Arzberg, and the women’s chapel was built on the grounds of Losensteinleitner.” In 1772, the offering box in Blasibrunn was broken by a passing soldier. The statue of the Madonna may have come from the monastery of Garsten. An investigation during the renovation in 1950 revealed that it dates back to the Gothic period. The Baroque clothing is well preserved. According to legend, the image was washed ashore on the Enns.
The passing raftsmen took off their hats at the chapel, the people made offerings, and hoped for the intercession of Mary, but also for the healing water that was good for eye and throat ailments. Thus, the chapel blends the devotion to Saint Blaise, which was originally there, with the veneration of Mary in the 17th century, pointing to the healing power of the spring for throat ailments.
The spring also serves for the eyes. One legend tells that a farmer's wife sent her maid to Blasibrunn for healing water for sick eyes. But the maid took other water from the Enns or from a well and was punished for this deceit by becoming blind. Passing soldiers and travelers made Blasibrunn known, so even the Hungarians passing through Losenstein in 1945 mentioned it.
An expert opinion from the municipality of Losenstein established that a water sample contained ordinary water with traces of iodine and varying yield. In 1977 and 1978, the chapel was renewed and was reopened and consecrated on July 15, 1978. With the expansion of the federal road in the 1980s, the character of the surroundings of Blasibrunn changed again. Today, the chapel is situated slightly elevated above street level, and in front of it, a spring with excellent water bubbles once more.