All Saints Mountain Chapel
| All Saints Mountain Chapel | |
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 All Saints Mountain Chapel |
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| Data | |
| place | Lahnstein , Rhineland-Palatinate |
| builder | Max Meckel |
| Construction year | 1895-1901 |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 18 '43.9 " N , 7 ° 37' 5.9" E |
The Allerheiligenbergkapelle is a Catholic church in neo-Gothic style on a 170 m high hilltop near Niederlahnstein .
description
The Allerheiligenbergkapelle was built on the initiative of the then pastor Wolf and his church council from 1895 to 1901 according to plans by the former Limburg diocesan master builder and architect Max Meckel as a memorial to those who fell in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. On the west side of the chapel, behind the choir, there is a crucifixion group by the Lahnstein sculptor and art carver Caspar Weis (1849–1930) from 1901. The holy grave in a grotto below also comes from his workshop and was owned by the Christian Sebastian family of entrepreneurs Schmidt from Lahnstein donated. From 1987 to 1989 the outdoor facilities including the crucifixion group and the grotto were renovated. As part of renovation work, the neo-Gothic interior painting was restored in 1991 using old pictures and drawings. In 1998 a new organ was inaugurated, financed by the parish of St. Barbara Lahnstein and the Allerheiligenberg support group.
Already in 1690 the early knife Johann Philipp Trarbach built a chapel with a hermitage in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, Our Lady and all saints. Beginning at the old cemetery in Niederlahnstein, a 1200 m long pilgrimage route up the Allerheiligenberg was created between 1854 and 1886. There are still some rosary chapels along the way.
In 1919 the first priests from the mission society of the Huenfeld Oblates moved into the Hermitage, which had meanwhile been used as an inn, and in 1923 the old chapel was rebuilt due to the poor condition of the buildings. This was now used as the community's house chapel. From 1919 to autumn 2012 the pastoral care of the chapel was the responsibility of the Oblate Missionaries of the Allerheiligenberg Monastery . The order was founded by St. Eugene of Mazenod in Aix-en-Provence in 1816 , of whom there is still a portrait and a relic in the chapel. The monastery was last used by the order since 2002 as a training facility for its own priests, whose last training period ended in summer 2012.
Furnishing
- Field cross made of red sandstone, probably the former summit cross of the hill previously called Kreuzberg
- On the east side, next to a double portal, there is an outer pulpit and a sandstone relief of the Archangel Michael .
- The portrait of the high altar by Caspar Weis from 1903 shows Mary with the baby Jesus on her lap, handing a rosary to St. Dominic .
- Above the Pietà from the former altar for the fallen of the First World War by Caspar Weis is the only window that is still original.
- In the choir hangs the baroque miraculous image of the Madonna in the rosary from the old chapel. On the front is depicted Mary with the baby Jesus, on the back the Immaculate Conception.
- The bell originally comes from the St. Martin Church in Oberlahnstein. Due to severe damage, it had to be melted down in 1948 and was re-cast by August Mark from Brockscheid / Eifel. The bell weighs 600 kg, has a diameter of 96 cm and is tuned to the tone as.
gallery
Portal view
inside view
Former monastery
Monument protection
The Allerheiligenbergkapelle is a protected cultural monument according to the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located on the Allerheiligenberg .
The Allerheiligenbergkapelle has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley since 2002 .
Others
The chapel on the Allerheiligenberg is located directly on the Rheinsteig long-distance hiking trail . From the height you have a beautiful view of the Lahneck Castle opposite and the Lahn and Rhine valleys.
literature
- City of Lahnstein (ed.): City guide Lahnstein . Historic sites and attractions in Lahnstein. 1994.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The organ will sound again . In: Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung . September 22, 1998.
- ↑ Little church watches over the valley . In: Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung . October 9, 2001.
- ↑ Thousands make a pilgrimage up the holy mountain . In: Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung . October 10, 2009.
- ↑ Oblates close the Allerheiligenberg monastery. Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung, March 23, 2011, accessed on May 8, 2014 .
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Rhein-Lahn-Kreis. Mainz 2020, p. 51 (PDF; 6.2 MB).