Valuable relics stolen: Unknown steal remains of Saint Wolfgang in Regensburg

The remains of Saint Wolfgang were stolen in Regensburg.

The more than 1000 year old bones were stolen from the church named after him.

• Valuable relics have been stolen in Regensburg.

• Unknown stole the remains of Saint Wolfgang.

• The moral harm of theft is immense.

Regensburg

- Unusual

in Regensburg: Unknown perpetrators

stole the

of

from the church in

named after him

on Monday night

.

The perpetrators were extremely

, as the community announced.

The relics were "broken out of the bulletproof glass and the steel enclosure with extreme force".

The

the loss is immeasurable, it says in the declaration of the community.

Regensburg: relics of St. Wolfgang stolen - immense damage to ideas

Wolfgang,

in 994

and was canonized in 1052, was an important

the Middle Ages.

Among other things, he was employed as the

the future Emperor Heinrich II and later appointed

.

He died on October 31, 994. The

Festival

is still celebrated every year on the day of his death

.

The

so shortly before the festival is particularly bitter for the community.

Regensburg: relics of St. Wolfgang stolen - witnesses wanted

The only consolation: not all of

were kept in the church.

The greater part rests in the

and is still intact.

Relics of the former bishop are also kept in the Austrian town of St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut and in Portugal.

The

investigations into a particularly serious case of theft, even if the material damage is comparatively minor.

The investigators urgently asked for

from the population.

"Every clue, no matter how small, can be of importance to the investigation," wrote the officials.

There was also a

in Dresden last December.

Burglars had

stolen

jewels of

in the “Green Vault” of the Residenzschloss in Dresden

.

There is still no trace of it.

The damage amounts to around one billion euros.