Chapel (Oberwitzenberg)
The Roman Catholic chapel in Oberwitzenberg was built in the 17th or 18th century. It is located in a district of Legau in the Unterallgäu district ( Bavaria ). The chapel is a listed building.
Building description
The band is a small rectangular building with retracted closed on three sides chancel . A shallow barrel forms the ceiling of the nave with two window axes. A simple entrance leads into the chapel. In the choir and in the nave round-arched windows are used in each case.
Furnishing
The marbled altar , consisting of a wooden structure, was created around 1720. Peter of Alcantara is depicted on the artisan altarpiece . This is flanked by both half and free columns. Putti are located above the cranked entablature. A Pieta from the first half of the 18th century can be found in the cafeteria of the altar.
The Way of the Cross with 14 stations is painted on metal panels. In addition, there are other wooden figures in the chapel, such as a St. Sebastian from the beginning of the 16th century, a St. John from the years 1520/1530 and the figure of Our Lady of Sorrows . The figure of St. John of Nepomuk comes from the second quarter of the 18th century. The little crucifix was probably created in the early 18th century.
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen . Ed .: Heinrich Kreisel and Adam Horn. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 234 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-165-50
Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '52 " N , 10 ° 6' 58.4" E