Chapel of St. Anna (Fontanella)

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Chapel of St. Anna in Fontanella in August 2016
Chapel in winter 2009
Interior of the chapel
Altar of the chapel

The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Anna (around 1460  m above sea level ) is in the Faschina district of the Fontanella community in the Bludenz district in Vorarlberg . It is consecrated to St. Anne and belongs to the parish church Fontanella and thus to the dean's office Walgau-Walsertal in the diocese of Feldkirch . The building from the 18th century is a listed building .

history

The chapel was donated around 1700 (or 1717) by Josef Hartmann (1662–1732). Hartmann comes from a farming family based in Faschina and has worked in a wide variety of positions over the course of his life, including lawyer , judge and city ​​councilor , and twice he was mayor of Vienna .

The chapel was restored in 1951/52.

architecture

Exterior description

It is a building with a rectangular basic shape and south-west / north-east orientation with gray external plastering and a canopy, which is located a little away from the current center of the Faschina settlement on Faschina Straße (L 193). The simple rectangular bell roof turret on the shingled, steep gable roof with a rectangular gable spire is set slightly from the center to the northeast. In the facade there are only two arched windows to the south-east (facing downhill). The west gable facade is clapboard.

Inside description

The interior of the chapel is simply designed with a straight wooden ceiling with elongated, simple cassettes (wooden field ceiling). The strikingly recessed, round arched choir arch clearly separates the chancel from the prayer room and is also sealed off with a metal grille. The choir is vaulted and is to the northeast. The mostly red and gold, four-columned, small altar structure dates from the Baroque , around 1700. In front of the altar there is a lectern, which depicts St. Shows Anna with Maria and dates from the 19th century. In the middle of the altar there is a statue of Mary and Child , to the left of St. Andrew and on the right of St. Nicholas . Above the choir arch an acanthus cartouche with a relief of God the Father from around 1700.

Web links

Commons : Chapel of St. Anna (Fontanella)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ObjectID: 87837

Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '9 "  N , 9 ° 54' 27.4"  E