Holtrup Chapel
The Holtrup Chapel in Holtrup, a peasantry in the village of Langförden in the city of Vechta , is a chapel of the Catholic parish of St. Laurentius Langförden, which belongs to the Vechta deanery of the diocese of Münster .
location
The chapel is located on today's Reinke farm in Holtrup.
History and description of the building
According to tradition, the first Holtrup chapel is said to have been built at the point where the translation of the relics of Alexander of Rome stopped on the way to Wildeshausen in 851 . It is now believed that there was a chapel there before, in which the relics were placed overnight. In De miraculis sancti Alexandri , however, no chapel is reported.
The medieval chapel was destroyed in 1538 in a feud between the bishopric of Münster and the county of Oldenburg . The current half-timbered chapel with roof turret was built in 1718 and renovated in 1744. From 1742 to 1833 there was an annual procession to the chapel on the day of the Visitation .
The Holtrup Chapel was extensively renovated in 2015 with the participation of the village community.
Furnishing
The altar structure (with the exception of the altarpiece from 1937) as well as a crucifix , a man of sorrows and a pietà date from the first half of the 18th century . There are also several baroque figures in the chapel.
literature
- The architectural and art monuments of the Duchy of Oldenburg . II. Issue: Amt Vechta, reprint of the 1900 edition, Osnabrück 1976, p. 135.
- Georg Dehio (Hrsg.): Handbook of the German art monuments . Vol. 2: Bremen / Lower Saxony, Neubearb., Munich 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , p. 753.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Parish of St. Laurentius Langförden: The Holtrup Chapel
- ↑ a b c d Architectural and art monuments, p. 135.
- ↑ a b Dehio, p. 753.
- ^ Nwzonline: Auxiliary Bishop Timmerevers blesses Alexander Chapel
Coordinates: 52 ° 46 ′ 53 " N , 8 ° 17 ′ 43.6" E