Antonius Chapel in the Herzoghof
The Antonius Chapel in the Herzoghof is a church dedicated to St. Antonius chapel in Baden . It is a listed building .
The Herzoghof should originally have been owned by the Babenbergs . In 1420 it was united with Baden Castle, west of the parish church. In 1575, Emperor Maximilian II donated the Herzogbad to the Lower Austrian estates . In 1673 the Herzoghof came to the Lower Austrian Land Marshal Count Ferdinand Max von Sprinzenstein and from there to his sister, Eleonore Countess von Lamberg († November 28, 1704). The building was destroyed in the Turkish War in 1683. In 1704 Countess Katharina von Lamberg had the plan to build a chapel in honor of St. Anthony of Padua, and in 1708 this was completed. This emerged from a year with the Lamberg coat of arms (white lamb on a mountain) and a sundial on the south side of the former building. In 1716 the city of Baden bought the Herzogbad. During the great fire of the city in 1812, the building was spared. In 1876, the Stöckl (ancillary building) on Renngasse was demolished, in its place the Hotel Zumgrün Baum was built. In 1908/09 the entire building complex including the chapel was demolished and a completely new building in Art Nouveau style . The architecture of today's Antonius Chapel also bears the traits of Art Nouveau. It is accessible from the entrance hall of the Herzoghof.
The altar was transferred from the old, baroque chapel. The free-standing cafeteria is made of wood, in white with gold. The reredos has volutes on the sides on which adoring putti kneel. In the middle, under a green curtain draped like a canopy, there is an image of Mary and above it a large gold-plated crown. On either side of the picture are putti with candlesticks. The altar dates from the middle of the 18th century. In the middle of the altar table is a baroque crucifixion group made of wood, gilded, the cross black, with the figures of Maria Magdalena , the mother of Jesus and the disciple Johannes . To the side of it are baroque, gilded wooden candlesticks. On the wall above the altar hangs a picture in an old, carved frame, depicting Saint Anthony of Padua receiving the baby Jesus from Mary : an insignificant work from the mid-18th century. There are floating angels on either side of the picture. On the side walls of the chapel there are polychrome statues on consoles depicting St. John Nepomuk , St. Anthony of Padua with the baby Jesus in his arms, St. Mother Anna with Mary as a child in her arms, and Mary, whose breast is pierced by a sword appears. The back wall is provided with statues in white, also on consoles , depicting two holy deacons . These figures date from the 18th century. The picture of Matthäus Mutz (1739–1820), Maria Magdalena at the foot of the cross , from the Magdalenenkapelle , which came to the Herzoghofkapelle after Hermann Rollett , is said to have been lost in 1924.
A service is rarely held in the Herzoghof chapel.
literature
- Johannes Ressel: Churches and chapels, religious memorial columns and signposts in Baden near Vienna. A contribution to history, local history and art history . 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Grasl, Baden 1982, ISBN 3-85098-131-2 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 33.6 ″ N , 16 ° 14 ′ 1.2 ″ E