Josephi Chapel (Roding)
The Josephi Chapel in Roding is a Roman Catholic chapel ; it belongs to the Rodingen parish of St. Pankratius . The chapel is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Bavaria . Due to its earlier use as an ossuary , the Josephi Chapel and the adjacent Anna Chapel are popularly known as the " Karner ".
Buildings and history
The Josephi Chapel belonged to the Rodingen original church, which was consecrated to St. Gallus and probably existed as early as the 7th or 8th century. For the basement of the chapel, which is now partially below ground level, the 8th to 9th century is assumed to be the construction time; originally it was dedicated to John the Baptist . It is believed that the basement served as a baptistery - this is indicated by the original patronage, the round shape and the proximity to the church. Roding is mentioned in 844 as a place of a royal palace , of which the chapel was probably part; In 896 a chapel is mentioned, into which Emperor Arnulf had the relics of St. Pancratius brought, according to the later Patronage of Pancras it is a different chapel.
The Josephi Chapel is designed as a two-story central building . The second floor was added later - in the early Romanesque period or perhaps not until the second half of the 13th century - to the basement, which was initially an independent building. Both floors can be seen from Paradeplatz; From there a staircase leads to the higher church square, here you can only see the upper floor. To the north, towards Paradeplatz, there is an arched window and a round window towards the church square. The chapel was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries; a roof turret with an onion hood was added in 1769. To the south, the rectangular, single-storey building of the Anna Chapel adjoins the Josephi Chapel. The statue of St. Pankratius, which stands on the church square in front of the Josephi Chapel, is the work of the modern sculptor Anton Rückel .
The Josephi Chapel was still used as an ossuary in the 1960s and is still known today as the "Karner".
inside rooms
The basement is now used as a war memorial and can be seen from Paradeplatz.
It was not until 1950 that Romanesque or early Gothic frescoes from the 13th or 14th century were uncovered on the upper floor ; it is believed that they were covered with lime paint during the Reformation .
The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan by John the Baptist and the martyrdoms of the apostles Peter , John , Andrew James and Bartholomew are shown . Further frescoes show the saints Pankratius (with crown and sword), Johannes the Apostle (with book), Willibald von Eichstätt (this assignment is uncertain), Gallus (with miter and crook ), Margarete (with dragon) and Katharina (with wheel) . The apostles Peter and Andrew are shown once again fishing, as well as St. George with the dragon and once again John the Baptist, this time beheading.
literature
- Catholic parish office Roding (ed.): Churches of the parish of St. Pankratius Roding and Heilbrünnl pilgrimage church . Roding without a year, pp. 9–11
Web links
- Josephi and Anna Chapel . Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- Roding Baptistery . City of Roding
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Herbert Josef Nusser: 1100 years of Roding parish. Churches, chapels and other institutions - 896 - 1996 , Roding 1997
Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 47.5 ″ N , 12 ° 31 ′ 3.7 ″ E