Chapel of St. Benedict (Schwarzenberg)
The Chapel of St. Benedict in the community of Schwarzenberg is a chapel dedicated to St. Benedict in Vorarlberg .
The chapel is located at around 1,200 m above sea level, on the way from Bödele to Lustenauer Hütte , Bregenzer Hütte and the Alpe Hochälpele.
The chapel was donated by Theodor and Maria Hämmerle from Dornbirn and built between 1921 and 1922 according to a plan by Fritz Fuchsenberger . It is a rectangular building with a round arched slightly protruding choir under a shared hipped roof, and an onion dome is located above the vestibule. A low sacristy is built to the south. The inside is vaulted with a pointed wooden barrel. The baroque altar comes from Friuli and is decorated with acanthus décor and a painting of St. Mary in Heaven, flanked by two angel figures. The painting dates from around 1700. The gable relief shows the Last Supper, the tabernacle door shows Christ and two baths of angels. The figure on the right represents St Benedict and dates from the 20th century. In the sacristy there is a painting depicting the coronation of Mary. It is labeled "Balthasar Wln Burger zuo Lydingen and Sybilla Straubin his married housewife 1614".
literature
- DEHIO manual. The art monuments of Austria: Vorarlberg. Schwarzenberg. Chapel of St. Benedikt, on the Alpe Hochälpele. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , page 377.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 23 ′ 57.1 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 13.3 ″ E