Cemetery wall (Eppishausen)

Late Gothic gate tower

Floor plan of the cemetery wall with gate tower

The late Gothic cemetery wall fortified the former cemetery around the church of St. Michael in Eppishausen , in the Unterallgäu district , Bavaria . Over time, the wall was partially renewed. On the south side it is divided by pillar-like attachments with panel cover and the sloping inward pent roof with beaver tails covered. The cemetery wall and the gate tower are entered in the Bavarian monument list.

A stairway to the church is through the basement of the late Gothic gate tower made of brick masonry on the south side . Access is through round arches on both sides and is closed on the inside with a flat ceiling . There are memorial plaques for the fallen and missing of the First and Second World War . On the upper part of the south side of the gate tower there is the coat of arms of those of Thannek in a rectangular panel, as well as a wooden figure of the Archangel Michael in an arched niche above . This dates from the second quarter of the 18th century and shows the archangel defeating the devil . Further above there are two small arched openings. There is a double arcade in the gable on the north and south sides. From the east, a round arched door leads into the interior of the tower at a height of about 1.75 m. The door leaf is made of oak and has an iron pull ring. The shield-shaped iron fitting of the door is marked 1588 .

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  Memorial plaque for the fallen and missing of the First World War

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  Figure group of the Archangel Michael, 18th century

Web links

Commons : Cemetery Wall  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district - Bavarian art monuments . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1971, p. 114 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-134-1

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 3.5 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 9 ″  E