Gutleuthof chapel
The Gutleuthof Chapel or St. Laurentius Chapel is a Gothic chapel from the 15th century in the Heidelberg district of Schlierbach near the southern bank of the Neckar . It is a listed building.
history
The chapel was built by Count Palatine Ludwig III. Donated in 1430 for the infirmary for lepers (Gutleuthaus). In 1741 the manor house, which last served as a misery for strangers in the city, was converted into an inn. The chapel served the Schlierbach population as a church room and cemetery chapel. In 1861 the Gutleuthof chapel was separated from the old Schlierbach cemetery by the construction of the Neckar Valley Railway and thus lost the function of a cemetery chapel. A fire in 1880 completely destroyed the manor house, only traces of the buildings can still be seen on the west facade of the chapel. After the Schlierbach parish churches were built at the beginning of the 20th century, the Gutleuthof chapel had lost its function as a church for both denominations. Medieval frescoes were discovered in 1921 and exposed in 1941.
description
Exterior
The Gutleuthof chapel is a rectangular quarry stone building with a semicircular apse in the east and a steep gable roof . A three-part window in the apse and two two-part windows in the north and south walls illuminate the church, which is entered through a pointed arched door at the west end of the north wall.
inner space
The single-nave room is provided with a wooden ceiling. On the west side there is a wooden gallery that was previously accessible from the former infirmary. There is a block-shaped altar in the apse and a sacrament niche on the south wall . The window in the apse by Valentin Feuerstein from 1958 shows scenes from the life of Jesus: In the lower area adoration of the child, in the middle in the center the crucifixion , on the left a healing scene and on the right the unbeliever Thomas , at the top Christ on the throne . The easily recognizable fresco to the left of the window shows St. Barbara , St. Margaret of Hungary and the Annunciation . In the lower part of the walls there are a total of ten consecration crosses .
use
Services are occasionally held in the Gutleuthof Chapel. The chapel is open for prayer on Sundays.
literature
- Bernd Müller: Architectural Guide Heidelberg: Buildings around 1000–2000 . Edition Quadrat Mannheim 1998
- State Office for Monument Preservation (publisher): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, city district of Heidelberg , Thorbecke-Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0426-3
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Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 54.1 ″ N , 8 ° 45 ′ 45 ″ E