Kreuzkapelle (Kempenich)
The Kreuzkapelle in Kempenich , a local parish in the Ahrweiler district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), was built in 1879. The chapel is a protected cultural monument , it is located west of the road from Weibern to Kempenich on a hill in a small mixed forest.
history
Pastor Ferdinand von Freyhold (1839–1919) designed the Calvary located in the so-called Kreuzwäldchen with a chapel and an adjacent house. The Kreuzkapelle was built in 1879 in neo-Romanesque forms with two west towers. On May 20, 1881, the chapel was consecrated in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows .
The wood pietà was made in Tyrol . The lead glass windows were installed by the Joseph Machhausen stained glass workshop in Koblenz and restored in 2010 by the Maur stained glass workshop in Ahrweiler.
literature
- Manfred Becker: The Kreuzwäldchen - a place of contemplation and reflection . In: Heimat-Jahrbuch 1986, Ahrweiler district . ( Online edition [accessed August 8, 2017]).
- Manfred Becker: The builder of the Kreuzwäldchen sanctuary . In: Heimat-Jahrbuch 2011, Ahrweiler district . 2011, ISSN 0342-5827 , p. 175-179 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '53 " N , 7 ° 6' 57.5" E