Andreas Chapel (Passau)
The Andreaskapelle or Herrenkapelle , formerly also called Kreuzwegkapelle , is the largest of the four chapels in the courtyard of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau . In the chapel, the interior of which is otherwise not accessible, services are held every working day.
history
It is located north of the Ortenburg chapel and was built as a burial place for the Passau canons in the early 14th century. This makes it one of the earliest German hall chapels. The choir was added in 1414 as a foundation by Provost Otto von Layming. This part is also called the Erasmus Chapel .
After the city fire of 1662, the St. Andrew's Chapel was redesigned in Baroque style as part of the reconstruction of the cathedral. Until 1960 the chapel was rich in funerary monuments. The chapel received a restoration in 1960/61. Most of the grave monuments were put up in the Ortenburg chapel and in the cathedral courtyard.
Building
The Andreas Chapel is a three-aisled hall with nine bays and a small rectangular choir chapel. The nave has a cross vault and the choir a reticulated vault , which is considered to be the oldest ribbed vault in Eastern Bavaria. The four octagonal pillars have wreaths of leaves from which the narrow ribs of the steep arches radiate.
Facility
Inside hangs a monumental Romanesque crucifix from around 1190, influenced by Main Franconia, known as "The Great Lord God". Originally it belonged to the Augustinian canons of St. Nikola and was once a pilgrimage destination to the "great Lord God of Passau". The cross was presumably venerated in the St. Elisabeth Hospital Church, which belongs to the Hofmark St. Nikola, since the early 15th century . This church stood near what is now the train station and was demolished by the French in 1809. The cross was placed in the neo-Gothic high altar of the Salvatorkirche around 1850, and has been in the Andreas chapel since 1962.
On the south wall is the larger than life stone figure Salvator mundi from the late Gothic period . It was built around 1450. In the chapel there is still a stone relief from the late Gothic period showing Christ on the Mount of Olives, a relief plate with St. Valentine, St. Stephen and a bishop, and a sandstone Madonna.
The grave monuments belong to the 14th to 17th centuries. Auxiliary Bishop Albert Schönhofer also has his grave in the chapel . His tomb from 1493 is close to the master of the Kefermarkt wing altar .
The Eisenbarth company built a two-manual organ in the Andreas chapel in 1984/1985. The case was designed by Franz and Leopold Hafner. The prospectus shows the apostle Andrew with the St. Andrew's cross and the fishing net.
In the choir there is a modern stained window by Robert Rabolt, which shows six sacraments, marriage is missing.
literature
- Oswald, Josef: The Passau Cathedral - Schnell Art Guide No. 605 13th edition, Regensburg 1995.
- Gottfried Schäffer, Gregor Peda: Pilgrimages in the Passauer Land , Pannonia-Verlag Freilassing, 1978, ISBN 3-7897-0069-X
- Alexander von Reitzenstein, Herbert Brunner: Reclam's Art Guide Germany Volume 1. Bavaria. Architectural monuments , Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart, Universal Library No. 8055-72, 8th edition 1974, ISBN 3-15-008055-X
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 27.9 " N , 13 ° 27 ′ 57" E