Pfaffengasse (Rhine)

As Pfaffengasse was formerly called the geographical area along the left bank of the Rhine with its Catholic dioceses and high pins , so worldly dominions of the bishops.

• Chur ( Switzerland )
• Constance ( Germany )
• Basel (Switzerland)
• Strasbourg ( France )
• Speyer (Germany)
• Worms (Germany)
• Mainz (Germany)
• Trier (Germany)
• Cologne (Germany)

The term "Pfaffengasse" is made up of the words " Pfaffen " and "Gasse". Pfaffe is a derogatory name for priests or clergy, and a street denotes a narrow path. The term “Pfaffengasse” is no longer used in this context today.

literature

• Jürgen Kaiser: Along the "Pfaffengasse" from Cologne to Speyer. Way of St. James in Germany. Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1965-6 , pp. 69ff.
• Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . Volume 15. Leipzig 1908, p. 679.