Chapel of St. Roch

Bingen am Rhein, Germany

The Chapel of St. Roch (Rochuskapelle) is a German pilgrimage chapel, dedicated to Saint Roch, located on the Rochusberg southeast of Bingen am Rhein.

The first building, dating to the plague year of 1666, was destroyed during the campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars of the Rhine valley. The second was built 1814 in the wake of a typhoid fever epidemic brought by soldiers returning from the Battle of Leipzig of the Napoleonic Wars. Goethe wrote a description of its dedication ceremony. This building's flèche was hit by lightning in 1889 and the chapel burned down to the brickwork.

The present building, built in 1893–95, has Neo Gothic designs by the Freiburg master builder Max Meckel and the Berlin stonecutters, Zeidler & Wimmel. At this time a small Bethlehem Chapel was built under the main chapel's east window, recalling an earlier chapel of that name on the site from the Crusader era.

Parts of the earlier Roch chapels' art collections survive, but the only thing to survive the 1889 fire was the Baroque statue of the patron saint at the high altar.

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Founded: 1893
Category: Religious sites in Germany
Historical period: German Empire (Germany)

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en.wikipedia.org

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E K (4 years ago)
A beautiful church
Thomas George (4 years ago)
Nice place to walk around. View of Rhine River is simply beautiful.
Chris Harris (5 years ago)
Beautiful church, the inside is stunning!
Alisha T (5 years ago)
Beautiful. The church is beautiful from the outside, and inside. The beauty lies in the land the church sits on. There is a beautiful view of the town below from one edge. From Another you can sit on outdoor pews and simply admire the church. So glad we made the trip out!
Douglas Sherrod (5 years ago)
Beautifully breathtaking chapel and surrounding area. Def worth seeing.
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