Heiligkreuzkapelle (Cologne)

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The chapel at the head of Zeughausstrasse (1570–71)

The Heiligkreuzkapelle in Cologne was first mentioned in 1344 in the Airsbach shrine , the district of the Lyskirchen family who lived there . The small structure, which had been saved several times from its temporary decline, was laid down in 1818.

history

location

The chapel was at the western end of a supplement to the stranger cemetery of the southern suburbs Over castle furnished churchyard ( lat. In cimiterio exulum "in the cemetery of the exiles / strangers") between the road castle wall and the later Zeughausstraße.

Foundation and type of construction

Agnes, the wife of Constantin von Lyskirchen, who was represented in the city's aldermen, left this area below the monastery wall of the Clarenkonvent and the street “Off dem beer lich” (1329 in Schottengasse, Latin super antiquum Berlicum “above the old Berlicum”) who built the chapel mentioned for the first time in 1344 , the altar of which was consecrated to the Holy Cross .

The chapel, which according to Arnold Mercator's view of the city was designated as a hall building and was rather modest in size, rested with its south wall on the Roman city ​​wall (still preserved there today) and had an approximate size of 8 × 10 m. It had a gable roof on which a small bell tower had been added.

Modifications and demolition

Former location of the Holy Cross Chapel

In the middle of the 16th century the chapel was considered dilapidated, but in 1562 it was partially renovated at the instigation of the mayor Constantin von Lyskirchen, whereby he also renewed a dilapidated spiral staircase for access to a priest's apartment . For the year 1612, a council protocol again recorded the decay of the building, criticized the vacancy of the chapel and asked the Lyskirchen family to meet their maintenance obligations as heirs of the chapel's founders and to change the desolate condition. It was not noted whether the family complied with the request. Since the chapel was still preserved when the anatomy of the medical faculty was built next to it between 1715 and 1721 , it should have been the case. It was not until 1818 that it was canceled together with the anatomy. The vacated area was used in 1833 to break through today's street Auf dem Berlich and to build a military car house for the Prussian government.

literature

  • Hans Vogts , Fritz Witte: The art monuments of the city of Cologne , on behalf of the provincial association of the Rhine province and the city of Cologne. Published by Paul Clemen , Vol. 7, Section IV: The profane monuments of the city of Cologne , Düsseldorf 1930. Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf. Reprint Pedagogischer Verlag Schwann, 1980. ISBN 3-590-32102-4
  • Hermann Keussen : Topography of the City of Cologne in the Middle Ages , in 2 volumes. Cologne 1910. ISBN 978-3-7700-7560-7 and ISBN 978-3-7700-7561-4
  • Peter Glasner: The legibility of the city. Cultural history and lexicon of medieval street names in Cologne. (2 volumes) DuMont, Cologne 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Keussen, Topography of the City of Cologne in the Middle Ages , Volume II, p. 264, Sp. B.
  2. ↑ a b c Heiligkreuzkapelle, in: Ludwig Arntz , Heinrich Neu, Hans Vogts: The former churches, monasteries, hospitals and school buildings of the city of Cologne. P. 338
  3. ↑ Peter Glasner: The legibility of the city , "the stat korn hauß" p. 229 f

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 27.8 "  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 52.9"  E