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Hermitage Chapel and Plague Cross

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Hermitage Chapel and Plague Cross

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    December 8, 2021

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    The following inscription greets us on the door of the chapel:

    “Dear pilgrim, dear wanderer, we are standing here on a lonely place, a saint, a reverent place, where in …
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    July 1, 2020

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    From there, many beautiful paths lead in all directions. It is most beautiful up to the Weissenfels. The Hermitage is historically significant, but the Way of the Cross is closed with a ribbon, why 🤷‍♂️?
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    November 28, 2021

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    The entrance to the Hermitage is located between Schöneberg and Spabrücken, directly next to the country road, marked with a simple wooden sign. In a clearing in the middle of a pine forest stands a small chapel, next to it a large, richly decorated wooden cross. The chapel commemorates the last hermit who sacrificed his life here for those suffering from the plague.
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    Location: Hergenfeld, Bad Kreuznach, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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