Josefskapelle (Unterammergau)
The Josefskapelle , also called the chapel on Josefsflecken , is a path chapel in the Ammergau Alps in the Upper Bavarian municipality of Unterammergau . In addition to the veneration of St. Joseph , the chapel also serves to commemorate those who died in the mountains.
location
The chapel is located on Josefsflecken, a clearing on the forest road from Unterammergau to the August-Schuster-Haus am Pürschling , at an altitude of about 1200 m. The small elevation on which the chapel stands is surrounded by a wooden fence with benches.
history
In 1907 Ludwig Fischer donated a figure of Saint Joseph that was attached to a tree.
The Unterammergau carver Josef (Sepp) Erhart († 2002) initiated the construction of a chapel for this figure in 1987, which began in 1989 according to his plans and was completed in 1991.
description
The chapel is built in a style based on baroque architecture . The main building is octagonal with a diameter of almost 5 m. It has a tent roof made of copper, which carries a small ridge turret with an onion helmet , also made of copper . A small, rectangular porch with a copper gable roof and curved volute gable is in front of the main building on the entrance side in the northeast . A gable fresco shows Saint Joseph with the baby Jesus and a putto .
Inside the chapel, the figure of St. Joseph stands on the altar table in a baroque altarpiece with four small columns. On the walls there are tablets with the life data of people who had an accident in the mountains.
literature
- Hans Pörnbacher, Erwin Wiegerling: The churches and chapels of the community Unterammergau . 1st edition. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-394-9 , p. 35 .
Web links
- Josefskapelle on the Ammergau Alps website
- Chapels and land monuments in Unterammergau on the website of the Oberammergau Parish Association
Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′ 14.5 ″ N , 11 ° 0 ′ 27.5 ″ E