Kreuzkapelle (Fahr)

The chapel at Fahr

The Kreuzkapelle is a small field chapel near the village of Fahr in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen in Bavaria .

It is located on the district road KT 34 about 200 m from the eastern entrance to the village at an altitude of 208 m.

history

At first there was a wayside shrine at the place of the small chapel , which was popularly known as the “White Martyr”. In 1727 the couple Johann Adam and Margaretha Lutz from Fahr donated the small chapel. It was assigned on April 16, 1728 by the parish priest Georg Adam Molitor. In the past, the corridor rides of the then independent community were committed here.

Until at least 1983 it was customary for the driver population to make a pilgrimage to the chapel on May 3rd and September 14th, the feasts of the discovery of the cross and the exaltation of the cross . The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the church as a monument under the number D-6-75-174-251.

Architecture and equipment

The chapel was built in 1727 in the Baroque style and presents itself as a circular complex. The church ends with an eight-sided dome. A round arch portal leads into the interior. Renovations to the building were made in 1991 and 1995. During the renovation in 1995, frescoes from the time of construction were uncovered inside, showing Saints Anthony and Bruno. An altar with a crucifix comes from the 18th century.

literature

• District Administrator and District Council of the District of Kitzingen (Hrsg.): District of Kitzingen . Kitzingen undated
• Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.

Web links

Commons : Kreuzkapelle (Fahr)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 68.
2. ^ District administrator and district council of the district of Kitzingen (ed.): District of Kitzingen . P. 479

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 32.6 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 28.6 ″  E