Bernardus Chapel (Willscheid)

Bernardus Chapel in Willscheid

The Bernardus Chapel in Willscheid , a district of the Vettelschoss community in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was built in 1683. The chapel is located at the intersection of Landesstraße 252 and Kreisstraße 25. The St. Bernhard consecrated chapel stands as since 1996 a cultural monument under monument protection .

history

The chapel was probably built in place of a previous building mentioned in a visit report in 1570 . The Heisterbach monks are presumed to be the builders , which is supported by the church patron , one of the most important monks of the Cistercian order , and the location of the chapel between the Cistercian branches of Heisterbach and St. Katharinen . At the end of the Second World War, the chapel suffered severe damage.

architecture

The half-timbered building is six meters long and has a flat wooden ceiling. A semicircular choir is located on the east side. On the roof sits a ridge turret with a hood , which is crowned by a wrought-iron cross and a weathercock . A bell from 1785 hangs in the tower . A wooden figure of St. Bernhard from the 17th century and a clay figure of St. Anna adorned.

literature

• Hermann-Joseph Löhr: A piece of heaven made of stone - Volume III . Asbach 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813291-3-1 , p. 200.
• Heinrich Neu, Hans Weigert: The art monuments of the district Neuwied ( The art monuments of the Rhine province , Volume 16, Section II), Schwann, Düsseldorf 1940, pp. 435-436.

Web links

• Description at the Verbandsgemeinde Linz am Rhein

Individual evidence

1. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Neuwied district. Mainz 2019, p. 68 (PDF; 6.4 MB).

Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 21.3 "  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 57.8"  E