Alexius Chapel (Opole)
The Gothic Alexius Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in Opole . It is the only remaining building in the former hospital complex from 1421.
location
The Alexius Chapel is located at the intersection of Ul. Szpitalna ( Hospital Street ) and ul. Katedralna ( Cathedral Street ) in the old town of Opole. In the immediate vicinity is the former building of the Alexius Hospital, the construction of which dates from 1856/66. Today it houses a Caritas home. At the hospital was the Odertor, an old city gate of the defensive walls. It was demolished in 1889. To the northeast of the chapel is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross .
history
The chapel was built in 1421 by the Opole Duke Johann I , who was then Bishop of Leslau . In 1615 and 1739 the chapel burned down completely. Only the walls remained.
In the 16th or 17th century the shape of the church was fundamentally changed. The formerly pointed arched windows on the five sides of the choir have been converted into round arches and the Gothic brick wall motifs have been plastered. The roof was also renewed. A wooden cross in the west gable bears the inscription "1691". This year is believed to be due to the renovation work mentioned earlier. In 1865/66 the chapel received the current wall enclosure with a cast iron fence
Architecture and equipment
The chapel has a single nave and houses baroque furnishings . It is a three-bay church building with a ribbed vault. The choir consists of five sides and forms an irregular octagon. The gable roof has a neo-Gothic roof turret.
The late baroque altar was built after 1740. It has a painting with the death of St. Alexius. The painting was transferred from the Franciscan Church in 1812. The Pietà dates from 1505.
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literature
- Hamada, Andrzej: Architecture of Opole in the historical cityscape . Oficyna Piastowska Opole 2008, ISBN 978-83-89357-45-8
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 9.7 ″ N , 17 ° 55 ′ 10.5 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b City of Opole: The architectural and art monuments of the city district of Opole. Wilhelm Gottfried Korn Verlag (Breslau) 1939. p. 113
- ^ Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland. Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , p. 710f.