| Image Coa: | Wappen Obermassfeld-Grimmenthal.png |
| Coordinates: | 50.5333°N 36°W |
| Image Plan: | Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal in SM.png |
| State: | Thüringen |
| District: | Schmalkalden-Meiningen |
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: | Dolmar-Salzbrücke |
| Elevation: | 295 |
| Area: | 5.59 |
| Postal Code: | 98617 |
| Area Code: | 036949 |
| Licence: | SM |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 16 0 66 049 |
| Website: | www.obermassfeld-grimmenthal.de |
| Mayor: | Martin Hofmann[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2021 - 27 |
Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany.
Since 1498, it has been a place of pilgrimage. An early picture of Mary was said to have been miraculous. In 1498 a chapel was inaugurated. From the revenue the Obermaßfelder Werra bridge was built. In 1536, after the Reformation, the pilgrimage ended. Immediately thereafter, a hospital for the poor was created. After 1945, it was a retirement home, which existed until 1990.
A chapel at Grimmenthal was erected by a Würzburg Captain which was dedicated by the Suffragan bishop of Würzburg Prince-bishop Lorenz von Bibra, Georg von Bipolis, on August 24, 1498. The number of pilgrims grew so much and the money came in so abundantly that a bigger church had to be built by the chapel which was inaugurated on May 1, 1502. Martin Luther was critical about this: