Kolmerberg Chapel

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Chapel "Our Lady of Kolmerberg"

The Kolmerberg Chapel (2011)

Basic data
Denomination Catholic
Country Germany
diocese Diocese of Speyer
Building history
start of building 15th or 16th century
Building description
Architectural style Late Gothic, Baroque
Construction type Longhouse, rectangular hall
Function and title

Pilgrimage church

Coordinates 49 ° 5 '36 "  N , 7 ° 57' 33.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '36 "  N , 7 ° 57' 33.8"  E
Template: Info box church building / maintenance / dedication or patronage missing

The Kolmerberg Chapel (more precisely “Our Lady of the Kolmerberg” chapel ) is a pilgrimage chapel in Dörrenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südliche Weinstraße and is one of the most popular and well-known in the southern Palatinate. The pilgrims' goal is an image of grace from the 15th century that shows Mary with the baby Jesus . The chapel is a listed building .

Location and description

The Kolmerberg chapel stands in a small clearing north of Dörrenbach on the southeast slope of the Kohlbrunnenberg, which is popularly called Kolmerberg, where the name of the chapel comes from. It is about 400 meters from the town center and 95 meters higher than it.

The building ensemble, which extends in a west-east direction, begins with the nave, which encloses a rectangular hall. The plastered building is embossed on the corners and has a round arched portal in the west and a doorway on the south side, above which there is a sundial. There is an open-air pulpit at the southwest corner. The tiled hipped roof supports two turreted dormer windows . An octagonal turret tower with a stepped dome rests on the slightly indented short choir area . The tower and the dormer turrets are slated .

Station of the cross

Adjacent to the choir is a residential building with half-timbering and an outside staircase at the rear, which was the former refuge of the hermit who looked after the chapel . From here a transition leads to another half-timbered building, on the ground floor of which two round arches open, a life-size mount of Olives scene can be viewed.

There is a covered resting area in front of the west side of the nave. A way of the cross with stone reliefs leads around the chapel . There is a large stone cross above the chapel.

history

As early as the 15th century, first mentioned in 1470, there were pilgrimages to the Kolmerberg, where there was also a small monastery. This had to be given up in the course of the Reformation in 1531, and pilgrimages were also canceled. In 1602, Duke Johann I von Pfalz-Zweibrücken ordered the demolition, but the choir ultimately stood still. This was returned to the Catholic Church in 1719, construction work began, hermits came to the mountain, and pilgrimages were resumed. With the French Revolution in 1794 there was another interruption with the destruction of the inventory. The hermit was evicted and his house burned down.

In 1804, another hermit came with Martin Schaaf, who was very active on the property until 1815. During this time the church space was enlarged, the way of the cross, the stone cross and the mount of olives were created. He also built the residential building that still exists today. After him there was no longer a hermit. But the pilgrimages remained. The house was later set up as a place to stay.

Although renovated from 1973 to 1975, the chapel and accommodation had to be closed in 2017 due to disrepair. Now that the financing has been secured, the renovation should take place in 2019. The image of grace was transferred to the church in Dörrenbach for this time .

literature

  • Julius Konrad: Our Lady from Kolmerberg. History of their mountain chapel over Dörrenbach. Published by Jugendwerk Landau, 1965
  • Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district , Volume 1, p. 405, Speyer, 1836; (Digital view)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Southern Wine Route district. Mainz 2020, p. 23 (PDF; 10 MB).
  2. ↑ Roof damage. In: Die Rheinpfalz from May 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Rescue for Kolmerberg Chapel. In: Die Rheinpfalz from October 30, 2018.