Prayer and devotion chapel (Laffeld)

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Prayer and devotional chapel

Laffeld Chapel Maarstrasse 35 (1) .jpg

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Consecration year : Year of manufacture around 1900
Parish : Laffeld
Address: 52525 Heinsberg, Germany

Maarstrasse 35

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 22 ″  N , 6 ° 3 ′ 51 ″  E The prayer and devotional chapel is located in the district of Laffeld in the city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The chapel is located at Maarstraße 35 and is part of a listed manor (monument, Heinsberg, No. 44)

Interior of the chapel

history

The chapel was privately built around 1900. It is consecrated to Our Lady and serves as a prayer and devotional chapel for believing Christians . During the annual Corpus Christi festival , the chapel is the altar of blessing for the procession . The neighborhood is responsible for care and maintenance .

architecture

The chapel is a small brick building. On the gable side there is an ogival blind niche with an ogival opening below. The gable is crowned with a crucifix . The chapel is built in the form of a five-sided choir closure . The floor is tiled, the walls are painted white. A Madonna , candles and flower arrangements stand on a natural stone slab. A small lattice of wrought iron sheet receipt.

literature

  • Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7

Web links

Commons : Prayer and Worship Chapel (Laffeld)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Chapel part of the Corpus Christi procession