Cemetery chapel (Alsfeld)
The cemetery chapel in Alsfeld , a town in the Vogelsberg district in Hesse , was started in 1365 and changed in 1752 and at the end of the 19th century. The cemetery chapel on the Frauenberg is a protected monument .
description
The cemetery chapel is mentioned for the first time in a deed of foundation from 1365. The chapel owes its present appearance to an extension in 1752/53. The simple rectangular building has a late Gothic window on its west gable and an outer pulpit from 1610, which comes from the city ossuary .
Tombs
Around and in the chapel there are a total of 52 tombs that date from 1565 to 1842.
literature
- Georg Dehio , edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 1966, p. 8 .
- Peer Zietz: City of Alsfeld (cultural monuments in Hessen), Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2002, pp. 170-182, ISBN 3-8062-1724-6 ( monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany ).
Web links
Commons : Cemetery Chapel - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Friedhofskapelle In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '17.9 " N , 9 ° 15' 57.5" E