Castle Chapel (Waldburg)

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Castle chapel of the Waldburg (2013)

The castle chapel in the Waldburg is located in the municipality of Waldburg in the Ravensburg district in Upper Swabia .

description

The construction time of the current chapel is unknown, but can be dated to the second half of the 13th century. To 1323 was Steward John I. the time as a gate tower to increase unused building and set in port after relocation of the main entrance to the west, which extends over two floors chapel.

In 1728, under the Reichserbtruchsess Ferdinand Ludwig, the chapel was given a Baroque style with a rich stucco ceiling. At the end of the 19th century under Prince Franz, the late medieval winged shrine was added to the chapel. The reliefs of the triptych show on the left wing Saint Anthony the Hermit with his pig and bell attributes , to which the Order of Antonites invokes. The right wing shows Juliana with her attribute, the devil on a chain. Princess Sophie von Waldburg-Wolfegg had the altar redesigned in 1874, presumably based on a design by Eberhard Emminger . He was crowned with the Waldburg saints Walburga , Willibald and Wunibald .

Today's chapel is used as a baptismal and wedding chapel . It has a gallery and nine rows of benches with seating for 60 people. There is a bell cage with two bells on the chapel .

literature

  • Manfred Thierer / Ursula Rückgauer: Places of silence: The chapels in the Ravensburg district . Ed .: District Office Ravensburg. Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89870-547-9 , p. 297 .

Web links

Commons : Burgkapelle (Waldburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. burghochzeit.com. Retrieved July 7, 2013 .
  2. ^ Dehio, Baden-Württemberg II: Administrative districts of Freiburg and Tübingen, page 816
  3. a b Thierer / Rückgauer p. 297

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 32 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 43"  E