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Legend of the Sunken Chapel in Johannistal

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Legend of the Sunken Chapel in Johannistal

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Legend of the Sunken Chapel in Johannistal

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Irmgardis Chapel – Hoher Busch Trail loop from Vinkrath

48.2km

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320m

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2. Irmgardis Chapel – Mühlenheuweg Trail loop from Dülken

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270m

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3. Mühlenheuweg Trail – Hoher Busch Trail loop from Viersen

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Roman

August 12, 2018

The legend of the Johannistal

Many hundreds of years ago stood in the Johannistal
For the benefit of devout Christians, a church is narrow and narrow.

The believers of the area, they were flowing here to God,
He often implored his blessing in bitterness.

As once for the evening, just on St. John's Day,
To praise the Lord's praise, the crowd has united,

Then it started to flash, it thunders, the storm howls
The church bell tolls by itself, the rooster crows on the tower.

It even quakes the divine house in its joints
And it sinks into the earth together with the Beter crowd.

When the morning dawned, the mist of Flor
There was a dark black bog instead of the church.

And out of the marsh you could see the church spire,
The legend has come from days gone by.

Still on St. John's night for the midnight hour '
Listen to the organ sound and sing deep out of this marshy throat.

The spirits are of the former believers who are there
Have sung God's praise. They still sing it today.

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Marcel

June 28, 2019

I'm not sure if there's really a whole chapel buried ^ ^

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Helge

October 26, 2024

Not recommended for deep terrain.

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Elevation 140 m

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Legend of the Sunken Chapel in Johannistal

1. Irmgardis Chapel – Hoher Busch Trail loop from Vinkrath

2. Irmgardis Chapel – Mühlenheuweg Trail loop from Dülken

3. Mühlenheuweg Trail – Hoher Busch Trail loop from Viersen

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