Bildbühl chapel
The Roman Catholic chapel at Bildbühl sale in the Bregenzerwälder community Bizau in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg . It is consecrated to the Rosary Queen and belongs to the dean's office in Hinterwald in the diocese of Feldkirch .
The Bildbühl chapel is located in the "Bildbühl" parcel on a hill at about 710 m above sea level. A. and was established in the 17th century on the basis of a vow . The chapel is about 750 m as the crow flies from the center of Bizau and about 300 m from the Wetzstein Cave and 21 km from Lake Constance ( Bregenz ).
Church building
It is a building with a rectangular basic shape and south-west / north-east orientation. The carved wooden door with a viewing window and the bell ridge on the gable roof with a square pointed helmet are to the northeast. The gable roof is covered with Eternit roof shingles.
The prayer room is open to the dark lacquered roof structure. There are rectangular windows in the facade. Only since the renovation in 1982 has there been a bell in the bell ridge.
Furnishing
The two pews made of fir wood for a maximum of three people each are kept simple. The stations of the cross are small paintings. The chapel has an altar from 1749 with a picture of Mary and the child with a rosary border. Inscription above: “ O, Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us poor sinners! Amen. ". In the lower part of the picture the family of the founders is kneeling.
In front of the high altar is a simple wooden knee bench for one person.
Blood cross
The blood cross (678 m above sea level) is located about 500 m southwest of the Bildbühl chapel in the "Rotes Krüz" parcel. According to legend, a black poodle was found crouching on the Alpgasse every evening. He is said to have jumped at the people passing by, indignant, so that they ran away. A particularly courageous boy once grabbed the dog tightly with both hands and asked: "What do you want?" The black poodle is said to have answered whimpering that he was a dishonest soul and was waiting for his redemption here. He once committed a bloody act in his life nearby. If a red cross is erected here, he will be redeemed. Since then, the "red cross" has been standing outside on Alpgasse, and nothing has ever been seen or heard of the black poodle.
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Vorarlberg. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ chapels in Bizau
- ↑ chapels in Bizau
- ↑ Legends and stories from the communities of Bezau, Mellau, Bizau, Reuthe and Schnepfau , p. 22.
Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '56.1 " N , 9 ° 56' 15.7" E