Cemetery chapel of the Holy Cross (Schlehdorf)

Cemetery chapel of the Holy Cross from the East

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Chapel Hl. Kreuz in Schlehdorf in Upper Bavarian district of Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen heard as part of the parish of St. Tertulin Schlehdorf in Pfarrverband Home Garden Schlehdorf-Ohlstadt-Großweil the deanery Werdenfels the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . The church at Kocheler Straße 15 , including its furnishings , is a listed building .

history

St. Cross Chapel on an engraving by Michael Wening (around 1700)

The chapel was built in 1693. From 1784 the cemetery was moved from the old monastery to the Chapel of the Holy Cross, which has served as a cemetery chapel ever since .

Description and equipment

inside view

The baroque central building with four cones has an onion dome in the east .

The chapel contains a Romanesque four-nail crucifix about two meters high , which comes from the Schlehdorf monastery . It is framed by baroque stucco and putti . The crucifix shows strong similarities to the Schaftlacher Cross , which was made around 1000. The dates of the Schlehdorfer Cross vary between 970 and 1200. A baroque figure of Mater Dolorosa sits at the feet of Christ crucified .

The ceiling fresco by Franz Kirzinger shows the finding of the cross .

literature

• Hans Rohrmann: Early Benedictine large-scale sculpture north of the Alps? The crucifixes in Enghausen, Schaftlach and Schlehdorf. In: Yearbook of the Association for Christian Art in Munich 23 (2006), pp. 68–80.

Web links

Commons : Heiliges Kreuz (Schlehdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} List of monuments for Schlehdorf (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation. S. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} plaque in the chapel
3. ↑ Kaija Voss: Romanesque - high symbolism characterizes the works of art. In: sueddeutsche.de. August 22, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 ′ 27.4 "  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 56.6"  E