Genholland Chapel

Genholland Chapel

The band Genholland is in the district Genholland in Mönchengladbach ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), Genholland 38th

The structure was built in the 19th century. It was entered in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach on June 2, 1987 under No. G 021 . The Chapel of the Birth of Mary is a testament to rural popular piety , and there is a public interest in its preservation and use.

architecture

The chapel "Mariä Geburt" belonging to the parish of St. Helena Rheindahlen is located in the center of Genholland. Access to the brick building, which is free on all sides, is through the entrance door on the street side with an arched entrance door.

In the gable above the arched arch there is a round niche in which there is a statue of the Madonna. Above the statue the roof. The corners of the facades are bricked out and give the impression of wall pillars. In the sides of the chapel there is a pointed arch window with a sill ; the house of prayer closes on three sides. The roof is covered with hollow tiles , along the ridges and verge with slate . It has a roof turret with a cross and a weathercock .

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Mönchengladbach

literature

• Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the cities and districts of Gladbach and Krefeld (=  The art monuments of the Rhine province . Third volume, No. IV ). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1893 ( digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Ddiekunstdenkmle00clemgoog~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D [accessed on June 2, 2012]).

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• List of monuments of the city of Mönchengladbach. (PDF; 234.24 kB) In: moenchengladbach.de. City of Mönchengladbach, July 4, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2012 . 
• Andrea Caspers: Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach. (PDF; 227.14 kB) In: moenchengladbach.de. April 24, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012 . 
• Käthe Limburg, Bernd Limburg: Monuments in the city of Mönchengladbach. In: on the way & at home - homepage of Käthe and Bernd Limburg. July 18, 2011, accessed February 27, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 38.1 ″  N , 6 ° 21 ′ 14.5 ″  E