Flößerkapelle (Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen)
The Flößerkapelle is a listed chapel with a measuring license in the municipality of Altenmarkt near Sankt Gallen in Styria , Austria .
The chapel stands in a small industrial area (sewage treatment plant and municipal waste disposal facility) at a bend in the river Enns , which was formerly known as the " Floßlände ". According to a legend, St. Nicholas is said to have preached here.
The one-story baroque building was built in 1763-64 by order of the Weißenbacher leather master and innkeeper Wilhelm Leberporg and honors the Sorrowful Mother of God , St. John of Nepomuk and St. Nicholas . The chapel was consecrated in 1764 by Matthäus Offner , the abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Admont at the time . The bell in the roof turret of the chapel was cast by Martin Feltl in 1768.
The chapel was decorated with statues of St. Nicholas, John Nepomuk, Benedict and Gallus ; these were stolen in a burglary in 1977 and remained missing.
See also
Web links
- tiscover.com: Flösserkapelle - Altenmarkt (main source of the article; last accessed August 28, 2017)
Remarks
- ↑ Federal Monuments Office (BDA): Styria; Immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of June 13, 2017; therefore also Gruber Chapel , the name is otherwise not passed down; accessed August 28, 2017.
- ^ Parish association Sankt Gallen - Altenmarkt - Unterlaussa: Places of grace, rafters' chapel ; accessed August 28, 2017.
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 49.7 " N , 14 ° 38 ′ 14.1" E