A miraculous image of the Virgin Mary - presumably a pillar - made the chapel famous far beyond the borders of the village and turned it into a much-visited place of pilgrimage. However, at the instigation of Drosten Jobst Edmund von Brabeck (1705 to 1767), the Marian column was ceremoniously moved to Söder Castle (now part of the district of Hildesheim) in 1744. As a replacement, the inhabitants of Engerode later received a 230 x 127 centimetre oil painting depicting Mary on the crescent moon. In the 1940s, Andreas Graf zu Stolberg, owner of the Engerode estate, also brought the painting to Söder and had it hung in the castle chapel.

The church in Engerode is of Romanesque origin and is particularly famous today for its Gothic frescoes in the apse. The valuable wall paintings, which may date back to the 15th century, were only uncovered in 1959/1960. They depict scenes from the life of Jesus - the Baptism, the Wedding at Cana, the Temptation and the Passion.

Source: Kultur-Denkmale in der Stadt Salzgitter, published by Braunschweigische Landschaft e.V., www.braunschweigischelandschaft.de, 2001