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St. Rochus Chapel Bad Kohlgrub

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St. Rochus Chapel Bad Kohlgrub

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  • Location: Bad Kohlgrub, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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    May 20, 2020

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    After the devastating plague in 1633/1634, the chapel was built on what was then the plague cemetery and consecrated to the plague saint St. Rochus. Due to the large number of pilgrims, the small votive church was expanded around 1733. The old Pestfriedhof is now a municipal new cemetery. The Rochus chapel, which was completely restored in 1983, is not freely accessible to visitors, but can be seen through a small anteroom with a partition grille.
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    August 16, 2020

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    The residents of Kohlgrub were particularly hard hit by the plague during the Thirty Years War. Therefore, in 1633, they made the vow to build a chapel in honor of …
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    Rochus Chapel Bad Kohlgrub

    In 1633/1634 the plague hit Bad Kohlgrub. After the epidemic was over, the small votive chapel was built on the plague cemetery.

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    Location: Bad Kohlgrub, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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