Hirschegger Mariahilfkapelle

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Hirschegger Mariahilfkapelle (2014)

The Mariahilf Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in the village of Hirschegg in the municipality of Mittelberg in Vorarlberg . The chapel is dedicated to Mary, Help of Christians . It is a listed building .

The chapel is on the way from the parish church of St. Anna to the Leidtobel Bridge . In 1730 a chapel was named. From 1891 to 1892 the chapel was rebuilt, which was expanded to include a central building and consecrated again in 1919.

The barrel-vaulted nave under a gable roof - now an anteroom - with a bell ridge over the gable facade shows a stone with 1892 on the facade . The sign is in the west. The retracted arch to the former choir has been preserved. The octagonal central room from 1919 is under a tent roof. A round arched window with a glass painting shows St. Hubertus and on the left a guardian angel .

The Bachmann brothers built the altar tabernacle in 1913. The figure of Maria with child from the Allgäu around 1510, which was painted in 1919 by the painter Josef Reich, stands in a round arch niche . There are two figures Josef and Johannes Nepomuk from the end of the 18th century. The figure Herr im Elend was created in 1920 by the sculptor E. Riezler or Rietzler. A figure of Brother Klaus is from the 20th century.

Hirschegger Mariahilfkapelle (2014)

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Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′ 37.8 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 18 ″  E