Lollar chapel

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Lollar chapel

The chapel Lollar is a small Grade II listed Gothic chapel of Lollar , in the Hessenpark in Neu-Anspach translocated was.

History of the chapel

The chapel was built no later than 1480, possibly around 1460, to give the elderly and the sick, for whom the way to Kirchberg (1 km) was too difficult, the opportunity to attend church services. At that time Lollar had about 200 inhabitants, so that a chapel of modest dimensions was built.

The chapel has a gable roof with a turret and bell. The pointed arch windows on the gable side are late Gothic. The ceiling of the rectangular room is supported by two wooden supports from around 1600. In the 18th / 19th In the 19th century, they were equipped with wooden galleries on the sides, which were not reinstalled in the Hessenpark. An altar with a medieval altar plate and the decoration of the gallery paintings with plant ornaments have been preserved.

Relocation to the Hessenpark

Keulerbach fountain in Lollar - the original location of the chapel

With the construction of a new Protestant church, the chapel lost its function. The last church service took place on August 30, 1959 and on May 6, 1969 the district building authority issued the demolition permit. The monument protection authority agreed to the demolition on November 12, 1971, provided that the chapel in the planned Hessenpark was to be rebuilt.

Dismantling began on December 3, 1971 under the supervision of the Monument Protection Office. The wooden fixtures and door and window frames were dismantled. The natural stones of the outer walls could not be taken over originally and were replaced true to the original from Lahn washing gravel.

The chapel from Lollar was put into service on September 19, 1984 in Hessenpark, which is now the status of the building in 16/17. Century represents.

Today the Keulerbach fountain stands in place of the church in Lollar.

Bell and organ

Until 1819 there was an organ in the chapel, which was last repaired in 1787. Today there is a comparably large organ made by the master organ builder Hardt from Weilmünster- Möttau in the chapel.

The bells of the Lollar Chapel are located in the Lollar Cemetery Chapel. The two bells from 1479 and 1516 were cast true to the original and hung in the chapel in Hessenpark.

  • View from the altar to the entrance

  • pulpit

  • altar

  • Chapel at night

Web links

Commons : Chapel of Lollar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhold Huttarch: The old church of Lollar, in: Hessenpark (Mitteilungsblatt des Förderverein) Edition 2/81, pp. 19-21
  2. ↑ Peter Weyrauch: Reconstruction of the Lollar Chapel in Hessenpark, in: Hessenpark (Mitteilungsblatt des Förderverein) issue 2/81, pp. 22-23
  3. ↑ Eugen Ernst: The chapel from Lollar is put into service on September 19, in: Hessenpark (Mitteilungsblatt des Förderverein) Edition 2/84, pp. 10-14
  4. ^ Eugen Ernst: The chapel from Lollar will be put into service on September 19, in: Hessenpark (Mitteilungsblatt des Förderverein) Edition 2/84, pp. 12-14

Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 38.1 ″  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 37.1 ″  E