The mysterious “T”

In the idyllic neighborhood around St. Aegidien, you almost feel like you're in a small village. It was the district where craftsmen and so-called "farmers" lived.
Have you noticed the simple white gravestone on the outside of the church wall, adorned with a "T"?
The "T" stands for the Low German nickname of St. Aegidien: Tilgenkark .
This name refers to the church's patron saint , St. Tilgen, also known as Aegidius of St. Gilles.
He was one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Nursing mothers and people in spiritual distress and loneliness turned to him for help.

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Barbara Schwartz

Do you ever get that feeling? You walk past an inscription, a sculpture, or a plaque and you just have to stop and find out what it's all about? That's how it is for me. ALWAYS! "One only sees what one already knows and understands." I couldn't agree more with Goethe on that point. That's precisely why I never want to stop discovering the seemingly insignificant, recognizing connections, learning new things, and getting to the bottom of people and their stories. Okay, and writing overly long sentences... And learning new languages, of course...