Saint John the Baptist (also John Baptist), to whom this Bruchhausen church is dedicated, is - like Saint Joseph - a man on the threshold from the Old to the …

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JakobusPilger

June 30, 2025

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Someone has created the "Bruchhausen Dance of Death" as a standalone hiking highlight in the komoot system, even though it depicts the interior of the parish church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (see =>>komoot.com/de-de/highlight/3062995 ). Be that as it may, for religiously interested hikers or even pilgrims, this old textile object will surely be a special highlight of a church visit in the village of Bruchhausen. The tapestry depicts a person, from the simple peasant to the secular and clerical classes, who is always being picked up by a skeleton—representing death.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

April 2, 2021

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"... The parish church of St. Johann Baptist in Bruchhausen is one of the most attractive architectural monuments in the Rhineland. A "Marian chapel" is mentioned in documents in the …

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Location: Bruchhausen, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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