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Church Ruins and Schwülmetal Watchtower (Reinhardeshagen)

Church Ruins and Schwülmetal Watchtower (Reinhardeshagen)

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Church Ruins and Schwülmetal Watchtower (Reinhardeshagen)

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Location: Adelebsen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Carsten Wolter

May 11, 2019

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The chapel was inaugurated in 1199 by Conrad von Wittelsbach, the 35th Archbishop of Mainz. Legend has it that miracles happened here that attracted many visitors and prompted pilgrimages. To accommodate the numerous pilgrims, the village Reinhardeshagen (Reynhardeshagen) was founded. Presumably due to the plague, the village decayed in the middle of the 14th century. In the vicinity of the church ruins is still the Schwülmetal-Wartturm to see, which belonged to a chain of watchtowers to secure the road leading to the Weser.
(Sources: offensen.de / wikipedia)

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Der Bornschisser

January 3, 2026

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The church ruins – Reinshagen, or Reynhardeshagen – are likely the remains of a pilgrimage chapel consecrated in 1199 by Archbishop Conrad I of Wittelsbach of Mainz. Together with the watchtower standing on the Schwülme River – directly across the road – the church ruins are the only remaining vestiges of the abandoned village.

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