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Katharinenberg Church Ruins
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Andrea und Huskys 🐺
July 18, 2025
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The centerpiece of this pilgrimage church, begun in 1520 but never completed on the site of a previous chapel dating from 1462, was originally intended to be the "Holy Grave," …
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Franzl wandert 🥾
June 26, 2025
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The Katharinenberg church ruins are a very romantic ensemble. Only the choir of the planned pilgrimage church was ever converted. The interior of the church never had a roof.
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Wandertourist
May 3, 2025
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The church ruins were planned as a pilgrimage church, but even then, they remained in ruins. The reason for this was that construction of this church began on St. Catherine's Hill in 1520. However, when major peasant uprisings broke out in the region in 1525, it was apparently destroyed. By the time the uprisings were over, the local rulers had converted to the new, Lutheran faith. The construction of the church was never completed. Only the church tower was expanded and maintained, as it served as a watchtower.
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