As you can read on a sign, the building (also known as St. Rochus' St. Peter's Chapel) was erected after the 1422 plague.
The current building was built around 1680.

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Sabine 🦁

November 19, 2019

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The plague chapel was built after surviving plague epidemic of tax credits. A small landmark of the city. Closed.

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June 11, 2021

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In 1422 Archbishop Otto v. Ziegenhain Cochem on the occasion of the plague for ten years from property taxes and appraisals. The first development seems to come from this time, …

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Location: Cochem, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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