Ölbergkapelle (Isny im Allgäu)

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The Ölbergkapelle in the former churchyard

The Ölberg Chapel in the Baden-Württemberg town of Isny im Allgäu ( Ravensburg district ) was built as a cemetery chapel around 1480. It is located on the open space between the Nikolaikirche , the parish church of St. Georg and Jakobus and the castle (Kirchplatz 1a). It is a protected cultural monument according to § 28 DschG of Baden-Württemberg.

history

Inscription for renovation

The impressive Ölbergkapelle survived the great city fire of 1631 undamaged. It was renovated in 1690. The ground floor served as an ossuary and was redesigned in 1967 as a memorial for the victims of war and tyranny. The remains of the chapel room can be found on the upper floor.

Building

The chapel , located in a solitary location between the parish church of St. Nicholas and the castle, is a two-story building. The solidly bricked and plastered building has a retracted rectangular choir and a single-storey entrance porch. At the top it closes with an attic level under a gable roof.

  • Exterior view from the north

  • The recorded victims of the wars

  • The former ossuary, now a memorial

  • Exterior view from the south

Cultural monument

It vividly documents the former funeral cult and is also a structural testimony to the cemetery that used to exist here. There is a special public interest in the preservation of the chapel for scientific and local history reasons. The surrounding green and open spaces of the church square and the former cemetery are to be regarded as worth preserving. It is protected according to § 26 of the Monument Protection Act of Baden-Württemberg.

Web links

Commons : Ölbergkapelle (Isny im Allgäu)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the city of Isny

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 38 "  N , 10 ° 2 ′ 31.4"  E