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… and reach for the hem of his robe

[… and grab the hem of his robe].   On the way along the stars old realities blow away. In the headwind flows power that carries touchably close.

Text | Photography: Peter Michael Lupp
Photomontage: Elke Birkelbach

49°22'35.368 “N 8°9'12.521 “E

Protestant parish church, Neustadt-Gimmeldingen, west tower/nave (13th century).

Detail of the robe of St. Christopher. Remains of a mural are reminiscent of the “Christ bearer”, who was depicted on the east side of the church tower in the Middle Ages.