Ossuary (Dietwil)
The ossuary is a listed building in Dietwil in the canton of Aargau . The small cemetery chapel is dedicated to Anthony of Padua . It stands north of the parish church of St. Jakobus Major and St. Barbara ; with it and the rectory , it forms a historical group of buildings enclosed by a wall.
When the parish church was rebuilt, the existing chapel was demolished and rebuilt in 1780. It is a simple cube building with an apse that closes with a basket and is covered by a high pitched roof with an onion-shaped lantern . The small altar is modeled on the high altar of the parish church in a traditional rural style. The folk art altarpiece shows Antony of Padua with the baby Jesus. The flanking statues represent Saints Rochus and New Years Eve .
literature
- Georg Germann: The art monuments of the canton Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume V, Muri District. Birkhäuser, Basel 1967, p. 148 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '51.8 " N , 8 ° 23' 33.4" E ; CH1903: six hundred and seventy-two thousand three hundred fifty-five / 222300