Hohenfeld Chapel

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Hohenfeld Chapel

The Hohenfeld Chapel was a chapel in Bad Camberg and now serves as the city museum. The chapel formed a remnant of the city wall; above it consists of half-timbered houses, for the most part plastered and slated. The building is a listed building and is one of the landmarks of Camberg.

Sacred use

The Hohenfeld Chapel was built around 1661 by Achatius von Hohenfeld . The occasion was his conversion to Kurtrier and Catholicism . The building is the family's house chapel. It is built directly onto the Obertorturm and forms an extension of the Amthof . In 1771 and 1865 the chapel was rebuilt and changed. Inside there is a neo-Gothic wooden ceiling and a western gallery from 1865. The oak altar from 1780 with two angels, which were designed by the sculptor Johann Georg Bitterich (1729–1789), are consecrated to the Trinity and come from the town church. The two side altars (also 1780) were made by the Koblenz sculptor Zilli and the master carpenter Hilgert. The windows show stained glass of saints and the coats of arms of the donors, several Baroque tombstones and late Gothic epitaphs on the east wall for members of the Schütz family, who are buried under the chapel, complete the interior. The last mass was read on June 14, 1938 on Trinity Day . The small 5/8 choir on the south side was Gothicized in 1865 . There are family coats of arms above the entrances. A corner niche figure of St. Wendelinus (1745) is attached to Obertorstraße. On the back there are memorial crosses for the school founder Hugo Schütz von Holzhausen and his son, the member of the state parliament Friedrich Damian Schütz von Holzhausen .

Profane use

After a renovation in 1979/1980, the chapel was rededicated - together with the Obertorturm - to the town and tower museum of the city of Bad Camberg. Another thorough renovation of the Amthof, Obertorturm and Hohenfeld Chapel ensemble took place between 2003 and 2005.

The city and tower museum, which is looked after by volunteers from the Historisches Camberg Association and offers an overview of essential areas of life in Bad Camberg, is described in the regional press as a "real gem in the region". In addition, the Hohenfeld Chapel is "a particularly nice part of a visit to the city and tower museum". A visit to the museum is recommended in the literature aimed at parents, as well as a detour to those hikers who have time for a tourist program as part of the 44-kilometer “Hiking Tour 6” of the Tourist Working Group (TAG) Westlicher Taunus of the Taunus Touristik Service umbrella organization.

The Hohenfeld Chapel is also used for exhibitions such as B. as part of the overarching cultural series "tArt-Orte" 2010, 2014 and 2015 or for concerts such as the evangelical trombone choir 2014. In addition, as part of the city museum, the chapel is regularly involved in the day of the open monument with special events such as 2010, 2011 , 2013 and 2017.

  • back

  • Corner niche figure of St. Wendelinus

  • Front, coat of arms stone

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  • Memorial cross of Friedrich Damian Schütz von Holzhausen

  • Memorial cross Hugo Schütz von Holzhausen

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bad Camberg - Am Amthof - former Hohenfeld Chapel (city museum). In: denkxweb.denkmalpflege-hessen.de. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  2. ^ Association of Historical Camberg: Hohenfeld Chapel. In: Verein-historisches-camberg.de. June 14, 1938. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  3. ^ Bernhard Peter: The Hohenfeld Chapel in Bad Camberg. In: welt-der-wappen.de. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Bad Camberg: Worth seeing. In: bad-camberg.de. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Amthof, Obertorturm & Hohenfeld Chapel - Bad Camberg. In: sundp-architekten.de. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Petra Hackert: Journey into history - Nassauische Neue Presse. In: Nassauische Neue Presse. April 10, 2015, accessed November 15, 2017 .
  7. ^ Heike K. Ewald, Michael Köhler: Taunus with children: 400 excursions, activities and addresses for holidays and leisure . Peter Meyer Verlag, 2013, ISBN 3-89859-035-6 ( full text / preview in Google book search). ( Reading sample with 29 pages , PDF).
  8. ↑ Let's go hiking and sightseeing. In: weiltalweg.de (originally published on November 1st, 2014 in the Taunus-Zeitung ). November 1, 2014, accessed November 15, 2017 .
  9. ↑ pp: Lots of “tArt locations”. In: Nassauische Neue Presse. April 1, 2015, accessed November 15, 2017 .
  10. ↑ brochure Tart-places in 2010 (PDF file). Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ Heidelinde Zepf-Hebel: Vita & exhibitions Heidelinde Zepf-Hebel. In: atelierzepf.com. November 1, 2015, accessed November 15, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Verena K. Barisch: bio. In: verena-k-barisch.de. October 29, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Petra Hackert: Off to Bad Camberg! (No longer available online.) In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. August 15, 2014, archived from the original on November 16, 2017 ; accessed on November 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / m.fnp.de
  14. ↑ Cultural monuments in the circle open the doors. In: landkreis-limburg-weilburg.de. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  15. ↑ DenkMal - newspaper for the Open Monument Day in Hesse (PDF), September 11, 2011, p. 12. Accessed on November 15, 2017.
  16. ↑ Open Monument Day on Sunday, September 8th, 2013 - cultural monuments in a circle open their doors. In: oberlahn.de. September 7, 2013, accessed November 15, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Program for the Open Monument Day 2017 - Hesse ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), p. 40. Retrieved November 15, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pdf.tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de

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Commons : Hohenfeld-Kapelle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 53.1 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 18 ″  E