Annakapelle (Raeren)
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The Anna chapel in the village of Berg in Raeren , eastern Belgium , is built in 1716, a chapel , which the holy Anna had been consecrated. In 1985 it was listed as a historical monument .
history
After the end of the Spanish War of Succession , from which the village was largely spared, the residents of the Bergviertel had the chapel above Haus Raeren built with their own means out of gratitude . On May 10, 1716, according to a document from Father Cornelius with the approval of Joseph Clemens von Bayern , Prince-Bishop of Liège , it was inaugurated and incorporated into the parish of St. Nikolaus Raeren. Since then, regular church services have been held there, which are heralded with a newly attached bell from Pentecost 1794. Much of the mighty linden trees that still exist today in the outer area of the chapel date from this period.
In 1934, a so-called chapel committee took over the management and supervision of the chapel and they planned a new building for the building, which was meanwhile in need of repair. However, this proposal met with little understanding and was abandoned. Instead, extensive restoration work was carried out after the Second World War and the sexton's wages increased. In 1955, the green slope outside the chapel was redesigned and decorated with a statue of Mary. In the following years, further renovation and beautification work took place again through the residents' own contribution, for which the chapel received an honorary award from the Association of Tourist Offices of the Eastern Cantons. After another restoration with funds from the German-speaking Community , it was finally placed under monument protection in 1985.
Building description
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The chapel building itself consists of a rectangular nave in quarry stone construction with an adjoining short apse and is covered by a hipped roof extending over the entrance as a weather roof . In the front area of the roof above the entrance there is a small square bell tower on two short stilts, which is used to hang the exposed bell. The structure has a hexagonal pointed roof on which a wrought-iron cross is attached. There is also a large dark wooden cross with a halo behind the figure of Christ on the outer wall of the head side of the apse.
To ensure leveling, the building is built on a semicircular paved pedestal on its entrance side and bordered with curbs made of bluestone. The newer entrance door is framed by a strong bluestone frame and can be reached via three bluestone steps. To the side of it there are two small rectangular windows made by the Raeren artist André Blank . In the area of the rear third on both sides of the nave, a further small arched window with wedge stone from the second half of the 18th century provides the necessary brightness in the room.
The interior of the chapel is characterized by a rectangular altar table made of reddish quarry stone with a reddish-brown stone slab on top, on which the light altar is placed in baroque style. The richly decorated tabernacle is located between two narrow columns , the double door of which is adorned with a golden chalice with a host floating above it with a golden halo. The painting of St. Anna put on, on which in turn the top of the gable is put.
In addition, four Stations of the Cross by the artist Maria Eulenbruch have been installed inside the chapel since 1991 on loan from the German-speaking Community and the Raeren community.
Web links
- Portrait on Ostbelgienkulturerbe.be
- Portrait on the pages of the municipality of Raeren
- The chapel stands high above , in: Grenz-Echo from May 18, 1991
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 41.4 " N , 6 ° 7 ′ 30.8" E