Herrgottsruhkapelle (Lauingen)

Herrgottsruhkapelle in Lauingen

portal

The Catholic Herrgottsruhkapelle in Lauingen , a town in the Swabian district of Dillingen on the Danube , was built in 1750. The chapel on the northern edge of the terrace of the Danube valley in the direction of Dillingen an der Donau is a protected architectural monument .

history

Predecessor buildings of the Herrgottsruhkapelle existed in various places. The present chapel was built in 1750 by Joseph Hieber.

architecture

The central building with a tent roof is crowned by a six-sided lantern with an onion hood . The building with a transversely oval exterior floor plan has a wall structure with high round arched panels between pilaster strips , above which is a vaulted cornice . Over the northern portal and on the south side there are niche-framed, three-part windows. The interior floor plan consists of an elongated quatrefoil . The side rooms are covered with a barrel vault, the main room has a hollow vault .

Furnishing

The frescos were created in 1791 by Johann Baptist Enderle . In the choir , the chalice , host and the book with seven seals are depicted between two angels . In the church you can see Christ in glory and below a cross and the holy penitents.

literature

• Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , pp. 571-573.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '22 "  N , 10 ° 27' 28.1"  E