Oberkotzau cemetery chapel
The cemetery chapel Oberkotzau bearing the name since 1977 Christ Church bears is one in the cemetery of Oberkotzau , a market in the Upper Franconian district of Hof ( Bayern ), located chapel and one of the monuments of the town.
Origin and equipment
The chapel was built in 1740 over the crypt of the Barons von Kotzau , once patron saints, and inaugurated in 1741 with the burial of Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg-Kulmbach's son, who died early . It is the only surviving baroque building in the village, which also bears the characteristics of the margrave style . The church is in the southeast corner of the cemetery. With double galleries on three sides, it has an impressive capacity. It is also equipped with a pulpit altar . Several epitaphs from the 17th and 18th centuries were attached to the outer walls .
Epitaphs
Memorial plaque for the last rungs of the Barons von Kotzau
Epitaph of Fabian Muther (1619–1685), administrator in Döhlau
Right: Epitaph of Christoph Friedrich von Reitzenstein , royal Spanish colonel
literature
- Hans-Georg Bredull: From the church history of the market town of Oberkotzau . In: 750 years of Oberkotzau market - Festschrift of the Oberkotzau market for the 750th anniversary . Oberkotzau 1984.
- August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . The Art Monuments of Bavaria , Brief Inventories , Volume VII . German art publisher . Munich 1960. p. 56.
- Reinhard Simon: The cemetery of the market Oberkotzau . Oberkotzau 2010. ( PDF version )
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Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 42.2 " N , 11 ° 55 ′ 53" E