| The crypt has been a place of pilgrimage
for centuries. Today it mainly serves as a chapel
for sacraments.
The plain block altar erected in the eastern
part is fitted in the tradition of the original
altar, which Ludwig ´the pious´ ordered
to be built at the location of the relic miracle
almost twelve centuries ago.
The relics of bishop St.Godehard rest in the
western part of the crypt.
The golden shrine that contains his remains is
placed above the old tomb of St.Godehard since
1972. His honorary casket was likely begun shortly
after the elevation of the remains. Thus it is
among the oldest medieval relic shrines.
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