Antonius Chapel (Arzdorf)

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Antonius Chapel in Arzdorf, view from the southwest

The Antonius Chapel in Arzdorf , a district of the municipality of Wachtberg in the Rhein-Sieg district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), was built in 1732 and consecrated to Saint Anthony . The chapel is located in the center of the local situation and stands as a monument under monument protection .

history

On May 2, 1398, the knight Heinrich von Hüchelhoven, Erb schultheiß zu Eschweiler and Herr zu Adendorf , and his wife Margarete, with the consent of the abbot von Steinfeld and the pastor of Fritzdorf, founded a chapel in Arzdorf. This was in honor of the Virgin Mary and the Saints Stanislaus , Antony and Servatius ordained . The donors endowed the chapel with an annual pension. To this end, the pastor of Fritzdorf was supposed to read a weekly mass in memory of the donor family.

Since the chapel had become dilapidated , Count von der Leyen , lord of the castle of Adendorf , had a new chapel with three altars built in 1732.

The veneration of St. Anthony, the hermit, made Arzdorf a destination for pilgrimages for the residents of the surrounding area in the 18th and 19th centuries . Today it belongs to the parish of St. Marien Wachtberg .

architecture

The rectangular building with a length of 17.35 m and a width of 7.20 m is made of quarry stone and has a roof turret on the west side . One of the two bells has a relief image of St. Anthony and was cast in 1884.

Furnishing

The altar is adorned with an oil painting from the 18th century depicting the legend of Hubertus . In the choir there are sculptures of the following saints: Joseph , Antonius, Stanislaus and Servatius. In the baroque monstrance from 1750 there is a relic of St. Antony. On the day of remembrance, January 17th, the Antoniuskirmes is celebrated in the village and the believers are blessed with the monstrance.

Web links

Commons : Antoniuskapelle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. List of monuments of the municipality of Wachtberg , number A 49

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 32.4 "  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 18"  E