Rüdiger BenninghausThe first part of the church in Bacharach on the Middle Rhine (Rhineland-Palatinate), later called the Werner Chapel, was completed as early as 1293, but the church was not finished until after 1426. The church was badly damaged during the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 and remained a ruin afterwards.
Werner von Oberwesel (or von Bacharach -1271-1287) was a day labourer. His unexplained death was blamed on Jews in the sense of the ritual murder legend and thus led to a bloody persecution of Jews on the Middle Rhine. Werner was venerated as a Catholic saint and the chapel became a popular place of pilgrimage.
(August 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Werner von Oberwesel (or von Bacharach -1271-1287) was a day labourer. His unexplained death was blamed on Jews in the sense of the ritual murder legend and thus led to a bloody persecution of Jews on the Middle Rhine. Werner was venerated as a Catholic saint and the chapel became a popular place of pilgrimage.
(August 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Gotik, #Wallfahrten, #pilgrimages, #Ritualmordlegende, #Wernerkapelle, #Bacharach, #Mittelrhein, #Rheinland_Pfalz
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