Miracle-Working Spring at Blomberg Badge

Well this is something really unusual – a pilgrim sign which does not show a saint. Instead it shows Alheyd Pustekoke, who was convicted in 1460 of having stolen 45 consecrated hosts from the Church of St. Martin in Blomberg, presumably to work magic with them. She then panicked and threw the hosts into the well in the center of the marketplace. The well became a miracle-working shrine and the popular pilgrimage it inspired helped build a new monastery dedicated in 1468. Alheyd Pustekoke, however, was burnt for sacrilege. 1475-1525.