Small Kappl

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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 11.7 "  N , 12 ° 25 ′ 36.6"  E

Pilgrimage Church of St. Sebastian (Kleine Kappl) ⊙
Kleine Kappl near Ottengrün
View from the north

The pilgrimage church of Sankt Sebastian , also called Kleine Kappl based on the Holy Trinity Church in Kappl , is located on a hill in the Tirschenreuth district near the village of Ottengrün , Bad Neualbenreuth market .

Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage in costume takes place there once a year. The beginnings of this place of pilgrimage go back to the 15th century, when the predecessor building of the Kleine Kappl, a chapel of the Ottengrün estate, was built. Since the plague was raging at that time , the chapel was dedicated to St. Sebastian . Soon afterwards, the pilgrimage to the saint, venerated as patron of the plague and cattle, began.

New building

In 1725 the dilapidated chapel was demolished and replaced by a new building, the current church. Principal and founder of the Church were Johann Joseph Werndl of Lehenstein , the 23-year Second and six years first mayor of the city of Eger was, and his wife Maria Sophia.

The church with the rococo pulpit is particularly eye- catching . In addition to the two side altars, whose style is similar to that of the baroque main altar, there is a rococo altar in the north side of the choir. The ceiling frescoes from 1770 and the altarpiece are by the Egerland baroque painter Elias Dollhopf .

history

The big church bell from 1761 had an eventful fate. When it was supposed to be handed in for war purposes during the First World War , it was spared this lot because of its value. But in 1942 she too had to be delivered. It is only thanks to a coincidence that this historic bell was able to take its place undamaged again after the end of the war.

literature

  • Detlef Knipping, Gabriele Raßhofer: Tirschenreuth district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume III.45 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2000, ISBN 3-87490-579-9 .

Web links

Commons : Kleine Kappl (Ottengrün, Neualbenreuth)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Church history ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ OberpfalzNetz from January 18, 2012