Widdig: Rhine Views and St. George’s Parish Church

If you are considering Widdig as a destination for a stay, you can base your decision on a range of interests: the view from the Rhine terraces, St. George’s Parish Church, or the local trails and religious traditions. When looking for a hotel in Widdig, you can first consider whether the landscape, architectural history or a particular occasion should shape your stay.

Rhine terraces and views to the south

From the Rhine terraces, you can look south over the Rhine, Herseler Werth island, the city of Bonn and the Siebengebirge hills. If you want to connect your trip with a particular landscape, this offers a different focus from the church and local history, reflected in St. George’s Church and the town’s memorial sites.

St. George’s Church: architectural history and features

St. George’s Parish Church in Widdig was built between 1927 and 1929 as a hall church, to plans by architects Renard and van Geisten, on the site of an old chapel. Its “type organ,” built by Bonn’s Johannes Klais organ workshop, is considered significant because small organs from this period have now become rare. The windows were made from mouth-blown glass by the Oidtmann workshop between 1986 and 1988.

The “Schiffer windows” are separate: they were designed by glass painter and artist Herb Schiffer and installed as part of the renovation and refurnishing between 1986 and 1989. The church and rectory are at Römerstraße 63. The rectory dates from the second half of the 19th century. The construction and features can therefore be considered separately in time: the church was built well before the two window projects of the 1980s.

An earlier chapel in Widdig stood closer to the Rhine than the present church. It was swept away in the flood of 1784 when the undercut steep bank collapsed. This event belongs to a different historical period from the construction of the present church and connects the town’s history with changes along the banks of the Rhine.

Trails, recreation and religious tradition

The St. George’s procession has a tradition of more than 350 years in the parish. It passes through all of Widdig every year on the occasion of the patronal feast, from late April to early May. If you want to plan your trip around this occasion, check the specific date in advance: the period given is tied to the patronal feast and does not identify a single event day.

The area’s routes offer different points of interest, too. In Widdig, the Duisburg–Cologne–Bonn–Mainz long-distance cycle route forms part of the Left Rhine Way of St. James. The area around the Aluta stud farm is used by walkers, cyclists and athletes. The Nature and Culture Trail consists of three individual tours in the localities of Hersel, Uedorf and Widdig. Together, these details provide information about a cycling and pilgrimage route, recreational use of an area, and a trail with several local tours—three distinct perspectives to help you choose what interests you.

Memorial sites in Widdig

Stolpersteine laid in 2010 at Germanenstraße 26 commemorate Berta Rolef, née Kahn, and Abraham Rolef. Four more Stolpersteine at the same address are dated to 2021; they commemorate Sally Salomon Rolef, Else Rolef, Hans Rolef and Ruth Rolef. Alongside the church and procession, this specific street address offers another way to explore Widdig’s history.

Unlike the views and architectural history, the St. George’s procession is explicitly tied to an annual period. If it is the reason for your trip, confirm the specific date in advance; the landscape and history topics mentioned here offer other focuses for planning your stay.

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