Kreuzkapelle (Olpe)

Catholic Kreuzkapelle in Olpe

The Catholic Kreuzkapelle is a listed church building in Olpe in the Olpe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The building is at the Bratzkopf. It was entered on the list of monuments of the city of Olpe on July 20, 1988.

History and architecture

A previous chapel in late Gothic style was first mentioned in a document in 1503. Attached to it was a hermitage and later the municipal poorhouse Heilig Kreuz. The green area on which the chapel stands is enclosed with a wall made of natural stone, the Way of the Cross from around 1910 is painted on metal plates. Old trees and benches complete the facility. The current baroque hall was built in 1737 according to a designation, it stands in the middle of a former cemetery. The three-sided, plastered building with arched openings is structured by flat pilasters. The wooden barrel vault rests over a profile cornice. The barrel is decorated with octagonal paintings by the church painter Friedrich Adolf Ruegenberg, the pictures show the Passion. The building is crowned with a roof turret, in which two small bronze bells hang, they are operated by an electric automatic bell.

Furnishing

The rococo furnishings are largely uniform.

• The three altars were consecrated together with the chapel in 1753. The main altar is probably a work by Johann Theodor Düringer. The founder was Johann Peter Nölle, a cathedral priest in Speyer. The wooden retable is two-story and shows wooden figures. The excerpt shows the crucifixion scene under a canopy, this type of altar is unusual for Westphalia. The side altars, the work of Johann Nikolaus Düringer, are decorated with columned tabs. In the middle niche of the north side altar there is an almost life-size carved Pietà from around 1480. The frame is adapted to the colors of the altar. The Agatha Altar was completed in 1749.
• On the west gallery is a small organ prospect with the inscription 1756.
• Among the baroque figures is a carved figure of Christ as a doctor from the 17th century.
• The figure of St. Martinus is worth mentioning.

literature

• Georg Dehio , Under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler . North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2

Web links

• History and photo of the interior
• history

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dehio, Georg , Under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbook of German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 827
2. ↑ Entry in the list of monuments of the city of Olpe ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Description of the site ( memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Dehio, Georg , Under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbook of German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 827
5. ↑ Roof tab ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ bells
7. ↑ Dehio, Georg , Under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbook of German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 828
8. ↑ Mention of the canopy attachment ( memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Dehio, Georg , Under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 828
10. ↑ Completion of the Agatha Altar ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 34.3 "  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 30.3"  E