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UNESCO Welterbe Kulturlandschaft Oberes Mittelrheintal

In the shadows of History
Wernerkapelle Bacharach Germany
by Jerry Burchfield

Wernerkapelle Bacharach Germany

From Wikipedia: Widely visible is the Wernerkapelle, a Rheinromantik landmark of the town, lying on the way up to Stahleck Castle from the town. It is the expanded Kunibertkapelle, and is still an unfinished Gothic ruin today. Its namesake is Werner of Oberwesel, known in connection with pogroms triggered by his death. According to the Christian blood libel, which was typical of the times, a 16-year-old Werner was murdered on Maundy Thursday 1287 by members of the local Jewish community, who then used his blood for Passover observances. On the grounds of this alleged ritual murder, there arose an anti-Semitic mob who waged a pogrom, wiping out Jewish communities in the Middle and Lower Rhine and Moselle regions. In folk Christianity arose the cult of Werner, which was only stricken from the Bishopric of Trier calendar in 1963.

Bacharach summer
Bacharach Germany
by Jerry Burchfield

Bacharach am Rhein

In the shadows of History
Wernerkapelle Bacharach Germany
by Jerry Burchfield

Wernerkapelle Bacharach Germany

From Wikipedia: Widely visible is the Wernerkapelle, a Rheinromantik landmark of the town, lying on the way up to Stahleck Castle from the town. It is the expanded Kunibertkapelle, and is still an unfinished Gothic ruin today. Its namesake is Werner of Oberwesel, known in connection with pogroms triggered by his death. According to the Christian blood libel, which was typical of the times, a 16-year-old Werner was murdered on Maundy Thursday 1287 by members of the local Jewish community, who then used his blood for Passover observances. On the grounds of this alleged ritual murder, there arose an anti-Semitic mob who waged a pogrom, wiping out Jewish communities in the Middle and Lower Rhine and Moselle regions. In folk Christianity arose the cult of Werner, which was only stricken from the Bishopric of Trier calendar in 1963.

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Bacharach Blues, Germany
Bacharach Germany
by Adelheid Smitt

One of the pretty villages along the Rhine river, as seen from a path through the vineyards above the town.

Burg Stahleck in the mist
Bacharach Germany
by Jerry Burchfield

Bacharach Germany

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Wernerkapelle in the fog
Wernerkapelle
by Jerry Burchfield

From last year. Thanks for looking again.

Wernerkapelle, Bacharach Germany

From Wikipedia: Widely visible is the Wernerkapelle, a Rheinromantik landmark of the town, lying on the way up to Stahleck Castle from the town. It is the expanded Kunibertkapelle, and is still an unfinished Gothic ruin today. Its namesake is Werner of Oberwesel, known in connection with pogroms triggered by his death. According to the Christian blood libel, which was typical of the times, a 16-year-old Werner was murdered on Maundy Thursday 1287 by members of the local Jewish community, who then used his blood for Passover observances. On the grounds of this alleged ritual murder, there arose an anti-Semitic mob who waged a pogrom, wiping out Jewish communities in the Middle and Lower Rhine and Moselle regions. In folk Christianity arose the cult of Werner, which was only stricken from the Bishopric of Trier calendar in 1963.

Burg Sooneck
Burg Sooneck
by Jerry Burchfield

Burg Sooneck, Germany

Burg Rheinstein
Burg Rheinstein
by Jerry Burchfield

Overlooking the Rhein River

Rooftops and windows
Bacharach Germany
by Jerry Burchfield

Evening in my favorite little town

From Bacharach toward Bingen
From Bacharach toward Bingen
by Jerry Burchfield

Burg Stahleck Pano, Bacharach Germany

Wernerkapelle
Wernerkapelle
by Jerry Burchfield

From Wikipedia: Widely visible is the Wernerkapelle, a Rheinromantik landmark of the town, lying on the way up to Stahleck Castle from the town. It is the expanded Kunibertkapelle, and is still an unfinished Gothic ruin today. Its namesake is Werner of Oberwesel, known in connection with pogroms triggered by his death. According to the Christian blood libel, which was typical of the times, a 16-year-old Werner was murdered on Maundy Thursday 1287 by members of the local Jewish community, who then used his blood for Passover observances. On the grounds of this alleged ritual murder, there arose an anti-Semitic mob who waged a pogrom, wiping out Jewish communities in the Middle and Lower Rhine and Moselle regions. In folk Christianity arose the cult of Werner, which was only stricken from the Bishopric of Trier calendar in 1963.

Thanks to all Phoide contributors to UNESCO Welterbe Kulturlandschaft Oberes Mittelrheintal!
Most notably Jerry Burchfield, Adelheid Smitt and Kari Siren.