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Church "Rochuskapelle" in Bingen

Pilgrimage Church "St. Rochus-Kapelle" in Bingen.
Built in 1666 after the year of "Black Death".
Destroyed in 1795 during the french occupation of the rhine valley.
Rebuilding in 1814 after epidemic typhus.
Destroyed again by a stroke of lightning in 1889.
Neo-Gothic rebuilding by Max Meckel in the years 1893–1895.
The last two weekends in August the "Rochusfest" is celebrated 8 days long.