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Cologne District
EuskirchenMechernichBruder Klaus Field Chapel
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
EuskirchenMechernichBruder Klaus Field Chapel
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Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
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Mike 🇩🇪 🇪🇺
February 16, 2020
Hiking
The Scheidtweiler couple, who run a farmstead in Wachendorf, commissioned the renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor to build the chapel. Mr. Scheidtweiler had written to the architect, describing his plan …
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JakobusPilger
September 26, 2024
Nordic walking
It is located in an open field, just outside the village of Wachendorf: the high, asymmetrical tower of this chapel, built on private initiative and designed by the Swiss architect …
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Stefan
November 9, 2016
Hiking
No place is better to meet yourself.
The way to the chapel is already part of a special experience, you shouldn't shorten it.
If you want to experience this field chapel for yourself and in silence, it is good to visit it if the weather does not necessarily invite you to hike and during the week instead of the weekend.
The chapel is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in summer, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in winter.
The way to the chapel is already part of a special experience, you shouldn't shorten it.
If you want to experience this field chapel for yourself and in silence, it is good to visit it if the weather does not necessarily invite you to hike and during the week instead of the weekend.
The chapel is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in summer, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in winter.
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