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    Werner of Oberwesel (also known as Werner of Bacharach or Werner of Womrath; 1271 – 1287) was a 16-year-old boy whose unexplained death was blamed on...
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    Oberwesel (German: [oːbɐˈveːzl̩] ) is a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to...
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  • mountaineering expert Werner of Oberwesel (1271–1287), Christian boy allegedly murdered by Jews but venerated as a saint and martyr Hans Werner Olm (born Hans...
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    this case, it was claimed that the corpse of the 16-year-old Werner of Oberwesel (also referred to as "Good Werner") landed at Bacharach and the body performed...
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    been contributing factors to the cult of Robert of Bury. Simon of Trent and Werner of Oberwesel are other examples of individuals who died under unknown...
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    Blood libel Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln William of Norwich Werner of Oberwesel Andreas Oxner Robert of Bury Harold of Gloucester Prozess gegen die Juden...
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    Bacharach (category Districts of the Rhine Province)
    namesake is Werner of Oberwesel, known in connection with pogroms triggered by his death. According to the Christian blood libel, which was typical of the times...
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    Hugh St Hugh's School, Woodhall Spa Andreas Oxner Robert of Bury Simon of Trent Werner of Oberwesel An 1173 decretal by Pope Alexander III and a 1200 bull...
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  • Rintfleisch massacres (category History of Franconia)
    concerned with the protection of the Jews, had temporarily collapsed. Already in 1287, the death of Werner of Oberwesel in the Rhineland had been blamed...
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  • Belostok Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln Robert of Bury Simon of Trent Werner of Oberwesel William of Norwich "Harold of Gloucester". CatholicSaints.Info. 25 March...
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    venerated as saints, but not officially canonized. Since they are saints of the "folk", or the populus, they are also called popular saints. Like officially...
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    Andreas Oxner (category Year of birth uncertain)
    year. Harold of Gloucester Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln Robert of Bury Simon of Trent Werner of Oberwesel William of Norwich Gabriel of Białystok Smith...
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    persecution of the Jews: In England William of Norwich Harold of Gloucester Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln Others Andreas Oxner Werner of Oberwesel Simon of Trent...
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    Christian child to be eaten. It could be a depiction of the alleged ritual murder of Werner of Oberwesel, who was killed in 1287. Shachar sees all three scenes...
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    Kirn (section Coat of arms)
    region as a result of the Oberwesel blood libel (see Werner of Oberwesel). The survivors moved away from Kirn. In the earlier half of the 14th century,...
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    within the Werner legends themselves. The blood libel in the case of Werner of Oberwesel, as he is now called, nowadays seems quite typical of the times...
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    Lords of Schleiden, Waldeck, Ehrenberg, the Counts Katzenelnbogen at Rheinfels Castle, and the cities of Oberwesel and St. Goar. The war with Oberwesel, the...
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    known painting, depicting Werner of Oberwesel, dates from the following year. Except for a visit to Munich, nothing is known of his whereabouts from then...
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  • Saint symbolism: Saints (Q–Z) (category Lists of saints)
    beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church...
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    Electoral-Trier Amt of Oberwesel only to Oberwesel itself. A disagreement between Prince-Archbishop-Elector Werner von Falkenstein and the town of Oberwesel escalated...
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    Rhine Gorge (category Valleys of Hesse)
    Loreley rock (east) Oberwesel (west) Kaub (east) Bacharach (west) Lorch (east) Assmannshausen (east) Bingen (west) Rüdesheim (east) View of Burg Katz, with...
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    Rheinromantik Des Köhlers Abendgebet (1884) Oberwesel mit Schönburg (1884): Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Oberwesel (1888): Bonn, Sammlung Rheinromantik St...
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    ISBN 3-462-03508-8 Gerd Mentgen: "Die Ritualmordaffäre um den 'Guten Werner' von Oberwesel und ihre Folgen", in: Jahrbuch für westdeutsche Landesgeschichte...
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    Ludwig Lange, 1850 The Round Tower incorrectly captioned as the Thurm bei Oberwesel (around 1840) The Round Tower at Andernach.net The Roman Tower, Andernach...
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    Adolfsturm), Idstein (the Witches' Tower and the bergfried of Idstein Castle) and Oberwesel (the "Oxen Tower"). The Marksburg above Braubach am Rhein had...
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  • resulted in the deaths of 68 Jews, and an additional 180 Jews were burned alive at the synagogue, following another mob in Oberwesel, Germany. In 1290, owing...
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    Middle Ages (e.g. Saint Werner's Chapels of Bacharach, Oberwesel, Womrath; Deggendorfer Gnad in Bavaria). Jewish survival in the face of external pressures...
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  • Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi) (category People from Oberwesel)
    New York City, three of the school's four campuses. Gottschalk was born in Oberwesel, Germany on March 7, 1930, the only son of Max and Erna (Trum) Gottschalk...
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  • death of 68 Jews. 180 more Jews are burned alive at the synagogue. 1287 A 16-year-old boy is found dead in the Rhine. Immediately the Jews of Oberwesel are...
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    Shield wall (castle) (category Types of wall)
    centre of the shield wall. The shield wall of Berneck Castle in the Black Forest The shield wall of the Schönburg near Oberwesel The shield wall of the Sporkenburg...
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