Trips

Speyer, Germany holds an annual festival to honor the pretzel (or Brezel, in German). It boasts the only church in the world to commemorate the pretzel is the carvings on its facade.

 

Speyer Cathedral or Kaiserdom

 

Note the pretzel in the right hand of the carved figure

 

Mount of Olives outside the Kaiserdom

 

As we cruised down the Rhine and Mosel rivers, it seemed that every small town we passed had a large church dominating the landscape. Most of those pictured are unidentified.

 

Gothic Church of Our Lady at Oberwesel, Germany

 

 

The town of Boppard, Germany contains several interesting churches. We were able to enter and take pictures in several.

 

St. Severus Church

 

Interior design

Different windows

 

Karmeliterkirche - Carmelite Church

 

Altar

Carved choir stalls

 

We turned into the Mosel at Koblenz, passing a couple of interesting churches, and continued to the town of Cochem, where we saw more interesting windows in St. Martin’s Church.

 

Koblenz, Germany

 

Koblenz, Germany

St. Martin’s Church Spire in Cochem

 

A closer look

More interesting windows

 

 

 

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