Pfoerring - St. Leonhard

The medieval name of Pfoerring was "Faringa". The german word "Faehre" (= ferry) may be used here, as this was an important place, to cross over the river Danube in that times. Even Charlemagne cross the Danube here with his troops, before he punished his renegade cousin Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria.

The eastern part of St. Leonhartd including the two (renovated) towers were built 1180/1200.

There is a speculation, that Pfoerringen may be the place, where Hagen slew the local ferryman, when he refused to support the Burgundians on their way to the palace of Etzel, Kriemhilds second husband. The Nibelungenlied tells this story - and in case Pfoerringen is the place mentioned, this carving from the apse may be a portray of Hagen. That may be a little too much speculation, as it was carved about 700 years after Hagen´s evil deed.