Bad Wilsnack is a town in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated approximately halfway between Berlin and Hamburg. Since 1928 its has been officially recognised as a spa town, before which time its name was simply Wilsnack since then. Bad Wilsnack is pronounced "But Vilsnuck". Prignitz is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. ...   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ...

The St. Nicoli church in Bad Wilsnack

It has a very important history as a pilgrimage destination after the town and church were brunt down in the 14th century. It was believed that some hosts were found to be bleeding on the alter and the resultant pilgrimages to see the miraculous hosts went on for some centuries until Martin Luther said they should call it off as a false miracle. The story of the bleeding hosts was depicted in a series of woodcuts in the middle ages. These woodcut images were used on the emergency money issued by the town in the 1920's (Notgeld). Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ...

To this day, the city sports a huge church that is much larger than what one would expect for the size of the town.

The pilgrims that came to Wilsnack bought pewter trinkets to indicate that they had reached Wilsnack. These emblems were often in the form of 3 hosts connected together. These turn up in Archaeological digs from around and can also be seen in numerous paintings from medieval times. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...

External links

• Chronology and genealogy of Wilsnack

Coordinates: 52°57′N 11°57′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...