Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua (Augsburg-Haunstetten)
The Chapel of St. Antonius of Padua ( Antoniuskapelle ) is a chapel in the Haunstetten-Siebenbrunn district of Augsburg . It is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua (1195–1231).
location
The entrance to the current chapel is on Kopernikusstraße (formerly Gögginger Straße or Ritter-von-Epp-Straße). The plot of land on which the chapel stands faces Haunstetter Straße.
history
First chapel
The foundation and construction of the oldest Antonius Chapel are probably in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century. Pastor Franz Xaver Rid listed this chapel in 1803 in the list of buildings that he had to write on request from the Rent Office and stated that its location was “outside the village”, but on Haunstetter Flur. Like the Mother of God Chapel and the parish church, it once owned its own fund, from which its maintenance was paid until the secularization.
In the 19th century this first chapel (St. Antoni Capell), which was located north and outside of the then village Haunstetten (probably on today's Marconistraße and at the eastern end of the former Antoniusgäßchen) was demolished. Already in a report from 1809 to the Royal Rent Office in Göggingen it is said that the chapel was severely damaged several years ago by French troops "who camped in large numbers in the village and should be regarded as dilapidated."
Second chapel
A second chapel (allegedly in the neo-Romanesque style) built on private property east of today's Haunstetter Strasse (formerly Augsburger Strasse) goes back, according to an unsecured tradition, to a vow made by Haunstetter farmers in the 19th century, who vowed to build it when they were still harvesting before a devastating storm is approaching.
The figures assigned to Bartholomäus Eberl were already in this chapel .
Next to the chapel was the home and business house of the hat maker Sigmund. This commercial building and chapel had to give way around 1953 to construction work to widen Augsburger Strasse (due to four lanes and the expansion of the tram). There were already plans for this during the Nazi era.
Third chapel
The third chapel was built in 1953, built by Josef Sigmund on his private property. It is now about 150 meters to the west, next to the newly built residential and commercial building. It was built from the stones of the demolished Sigmund House by the Höltl construction business. The former second mayor Rudolf Ripperger donated the massive iron grating for the chapel.
Religious life
The current private band is cared for by the Sigmund and Schäfer families. Once during the Octave of St. Anthony, three rosaries were prayed every day throughout the week. The rosary was also prayed every Tuesday (Anthony Tuesday, St. Anthony was buried on a Tuesday). The chapel has been closed for several years due to vandalism. The religious life in it also died out.
inner space
The wooden standing figure of St. Anthony of Padua, the busts of St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622) and St. Peter of Alcantara (1499–1592) were probably made in the first half of the 18th century and still come from the first chapel. Very rarely - as here - is Saint Anthony shown holding a book in his hand and the baby Jesus is on it. (Image of the written and incarnate word of God) The figures are attributed to the Friedberg sculptor Bartholomäus Eberl. At that time Eberl was a well-known wood carver in the Swabian-Bavarian region. In 1711 he probably created the angel figures on the gables on the altar in the Maria Alber pilgrimage church in Friedberg. In 1695, Bartholomäus Eberl from Friedberg probably carved Jakob the Elder to carry the gallery in the pilgrimage church of St. Jakob in Biberbach in the Augsburg district.
literature
- Walter Settele (Ed.): Haunstetten. Story - episodes - pictures . Augsburg, 1983.
- Ludwig Feigl: A chapel on the move in Augsburger Allgemeine from November 25, 1982
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 1.8 ″ N , 10 ° 54 ′ 33.1 ″ E