Trinity Chapel (Hörgers)

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Trinity Chapel near Hörgers

The Roman Catholic chapel Dreifaltigkeitskapelle is located in Hörgers , a district of Altusried in the Oberallgäu district ( Bavaria ). The chapel was built in 1713 and is a listed building. The chapel was renovated in 1948. The chapel is a rectangular building with two arched window axes and a flat barrel inside. The chapel is covered with a gable roof , on which there is also a ridge turret.

The marbled altar dates from the time the chapel was built. The standing wooden figure of God the Father from the second quarter of the 18th century is framed by two pilasters . On the consoles there is the figure of St. Cecilia on the right and St. Barbara on the left . Two angels with symbols of the divine virtues are on the curved gables. Another Gothic wooden figure around 1460 was painted over and equipped with new attributes for St. Kreszentia . The crucifix and the pietà in the niches are baroque . The rural figure of St. Sebastian dates from the 17th or 18th century.

literature

  • Michael Petzet : City and District of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 101.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-80-112-29

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 1.5 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 45.1 ″  E