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Auf einer Erhebung südöstlich von Bingen befindet sich die 1895 im neugotischen Stil errichtete Wallfahrtskirche St. Rochus. Ihre Geschichte reicht aber weit über dieses Datum hinaus: Nachdem die Pest 1666 viele Tote gefordert hatte, gelobten Mitglieder des Magistrats der Stadt Bingen dem Schutzheiligen der Pestkranken, dem heiligen Rochus, eine Kapelle zu stiften und alljährlich eine Prozession dorthin abzuhalten. Die Sankt Rochus-Kapelle ist seit 2002 Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes Oberes Mittelrheintal.
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Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.