St. Ulrich chapel at the Labermühle

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The St. Ulrich chapel is a sacred building from the 18th century in the Upper Palatinate.

The chapel on its slightly elevated position
Inside the chapel
Votive tablets
St. Ulrich on a painting from 2005 in the chapel

Location of the chapel

The chapel is in the district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate in the Catholic parish of Waltersberg near Labermühle . About 100 m east of it, branching off from the state road 2220 to the south, an approx. 150 m long path with a footbridge over the Laber leads to the sacred building on a slightly elevated place.

Building history

In 1480 the St. Udalricus chapel was first mentioned in a Eichstätter visit report; Legend has it that a battle against the Hungarians took place here around 955 AD. Saint Ulrich himself, then Bishop v. Augsburg is said to have built a chapel here to commemorate the fallen. There is no news about the construction of this previous building. In 1627/29 this presumably Gothic chapel was "demolished" - probably as a result of the Thirty Years' War . In 1658 it was rededicated. When it was completely rebuilt in 1773 by the miller Johann Michael Sippl on the Labermühle with the approval of the Episcopal Ordinariate Eichstätt, when the ground was excavated, “iron horses, cows, pigs”, votive offerings from the previous chapel, which was obviously used as a pilgrimage chapel, came to light who are said to have worked miracles. A dead child is said to have come back to life there. A blind peasant woman regained her sight. The then Laabermüller Johann Michael Sippl is said to have built today's Ulrich Chapel on the grounds of the previous building due to repeated appearances of the Mother of God.

Today's St. Ulrich's Chapel was consecrated on July 4, 1793 and received the right to celebrate . The chapel belonged to the mill, but the changing millers did not always have enough interest in the chapel, so that it was finally closed because of "grievances". The baroque altar was sold in 1930 to the Eichstättisch-Episcopal Schloss Hirschberg , and the sacred space was used as a sheepfold at times. In 1997, three young people from Deining became aware of the chapel, cleaned the interior poorly and made the public aware of the chapel.

Today the chapel is owned by the Bavarian State, which had windows and doors installed before 2004 and a general renovation carried out the following year. It was re-inaugurated on July 3, 2005. It is considered an architectural monument. Every year on a Sunday around July 4th, the patronage festival in honor of St. Ulrich takes place on the forecourt of the chapel. A support association takes care of the maintenance of the small church.

Building description

The small single-axis hall building with a polygonal apse in the east, with a gable roof and with a window in each of the long sides has a facade with a curved gable in the west, in which the chapel door is located. In the gable niche there is a figure of St. Ulrich.

Furnishing

The baroque two-column altar was returned to the chapel in 2015. The altarpiece shows the patron saint of the chapel worshiping Our Lady, who is surrounded by putti, and probably the miller couple Sippl in front of their mill. The assistant figures are two holy bishops in regalia with miter and staff, the one on the left holding a book in his right hand and probably St. Ulrich represents. In the excerpt, the shining Heart of Jesus is attached in a wreath of clouds, accompanied by two putti. In the rear western part of the chapel there are younger votive tablets and a painting of St. Ulrich in front of a lake and mountain landscape by the painter Langhans from 2005. Since 2005 a support association has been looking after the chapel.

literature

  • Franz Xaver Buchner (edit.): Archive inventories of the Catholic parishes in the diocese of Eichstätt. Munich and Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1918
  • Franz Xaver Buchner: The diocese of Eichstätt. Volume II, Eichstätt: Brönner & Däntler, 1938
  • Information board at the Labermühle

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information board at the Labermühle; Buchner II, p. 713
  2. ↑ Buchner II, p. 714
  3. ^ Archive inventories, p. 66
  4. ^ Archive inventories, p. 65
  5. ↑ Buchner II, p. 715
  6. ↑ a b Information board at the Labermühle
  7. ^ Kurt Romstöck (text) and Alfons Dürr (drawings): Die Mühlen im Landkreis Neumarkt id Opf. , Neumarkt id Opf. 2004, p. 222; Information board at the Labermühle
  8. ^ Sixtus Lampl and Otto Braasch: Monuments in Bavaria, Volume III: Upper Palatinate. Ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments, Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1986, p. 140

Web links

Commons : St. Ulrich chapel near the Labermühle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 55 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 8 ″  E