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Radegundis Chapel Ruins

Radegundis Chapel Ruins

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Radegundis Chapel Ruins

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Location: Drei Gleichen, Landkreis Gotha, Thuringia, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

September 29, 2024

The honorary remembrance of the early Christian and popular saint Radegunde has been maintained since her death on August 13, 587. The only place of worship in Thuringia is located in front of the Mühlburg. This chapel was probably built by the first Christian landowners, the monks of Echternach. Meinhard I, lord of the castle since 1140, had the Radegunde Chapel renovated. In the 1930s, the man-high remains of the chapel's walls were uncovered, but unfortunately demolished, so that today only the foundations are visible. On August 13, 1987, on the 1400th anniversary of Radegunde's death, a memorial stone was ceremoniously placed within the foundations to commemorate Radegunde's charitable work. Around 150 churches worldwide are dedicated to Saint Radegunde, the patron saint of weavers and potters, including in Canada and the Congo.

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Florian

May 1, 2020

Very interesting and always worth a detour on a hike around the castles.

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meisterwerk

September 15, 2020

If you visit this place, you shouldn't be afraid to dive into the history books. Not because of the place, but because of the popular saints of speech.
It's really worth it, it's exciting and educates. ;-)

The Radegundis Chapel is one of around 40 German places where Radegundis are worshiped. Along with the Radegundis Chapel in the Mühlberg village church of St. Lukas, it is the only one in Thuringia and is sometimes considered to be the oldest preserved German place of worship. Perhaps she is the most famous German in all of France. She is revered there to this day.

Radegunde (born around 518 - died 13.08.587) was the daughter of the penultimate Thuringian King Berthachar.

More here:
ekmd.de/presse/pressestelle-erfurt/thueringer-prinzessin-als-vorkaempferin-fuer-frieden.html

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