Johanneskapelle (Steingaden)

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Johanneskapelle in Steingaden
Tympanum from the 12th century
The coat of arms of the Eckbrecht family from Dürckheim-Montmartin

The Catholic Johanneskapelle in Steingaden , a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau , was built in the middle of the 12th century. The chapel , next to the gatekeeper's house, is a protected architectural monument .

The rotunda was built by Welf VI. Erected in memory of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . The chapel originally stood elsewhere, it was in 1511 to its present location translocated . A Gothic vault was built inside , which was later painted.

In 1853 the chapel was acquired by the Reichsgraf Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin family as a family burial place. A crypt was installed .

The neo-Romanesque Altar of Mary was created by Ludwig Foltz (1809–1867). The grave slabs of the count family have been preserved to this day.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 4.6 ″  N , 10 ° 51 ′ 43.1 ″  E