ances . ▁On ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁this ▁alleg ed ▁rit ual ▁murder , ▁there ▁arose ▁an ▁anti - S emit ic ▁mob ▁who ▁w aged ▁a ▁pog rom , ▁w ip ing ▁out ▁Jewish ▁communities ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁and ▁Lower ▁Rh ine ▁and ▁Mos elle ▁regions . ▁In ▁folk ▁Christian ity ▁arose ▁the ▁cult ▁of ▁Werner , ▁which ▁was ▁only ▁str icken ▁from ▁the ▁Bishop ric ▁of ▁T rier ▁calendar ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 3 4 4 , ▁building ▁work ▁began ▁on ▁the ▁town ▁wall , ▁and ▁was ▁already ▁finished ▁about ▁ 1 4 0 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 4 5 , ▁the ▁town , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁Pal at inate , ▁became ▁Protest ant ▁under ▁Count ▁Pal at ine ▁Friedrich ▁II . ▁St ah le ck ▁Castle ▁and ▁the ▁town ▁wall ▁could ▁not ▁stop ▁Bach ar ach ▁from ▁under going ▁eight ▁changes ▁in ▁military ▁occupation ▁in ▁the ▁Th irty ▁Years ' ▁War , ▁nor ▁the ▁war ’ s ▁att endant ▁s ack ings . ▁Moreover , ▁further ▁destruction ▁was ▁wr ought ▁by ▁several ▁town ▁fires . ▁Then , ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 9 , ▁French ▁troops ▁fighting ▁in ▁the ▁N ine ▁Years ' ▁War ▁ble w ▁St ah le ck ▁Castle ▁and ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁wall ’ s ▁to wers ▁up . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 4 , ▁French ▁Revolution ary ▁troops ▁occupied ▁the ▁Rh ine ’ s ▁left ▁bank ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 2 , ▁Bach