Loreto Chapel (Scheer)
The Loreto Chapel (also Loretto Chapel ) in Scheer in the Sigmaringen district , like many European Loreto chapels, is used to worship the Mother of God, based on the pilgrimage site of Loreto in Italy.
The chapel is in the north of Scheer, shortly after the junction towards Bingen-Hitzkofen .
Building history
The chapel was built from 1628 to 1631 by an unknown builder. The founder was Count Wilhelm Heinrich von Waldburg from the Waldburg family . In 1642 the little Loreto bell was purchased with the following inscription: "Leonard Rosenlechner poured me in 1642 in Constance ". In 1872 a sacristy was added. In 1877/1878 the facade received an exterior renovation. During this period, the Saulgau sculptor Mayer set up a new altar . In 1959 the chapel received a new exterior plaster and 2 new doors. In 1960 the interior plaster was completely renewed. In 1972 a power connection was created and an electric heater and lighting were installed. The old hermit's apartment was also converted into a room for children's services. In 1973 the chapel was re-covered with a double plain tile roof. In 1974 an alarm system was installed.
Worth seeing
There is an inscription on the beautifully designed outer facade: GUILELMUS HENRICUS SACRI ROMANI IMPERII DAPIFER HAEREDITARIUS BARO IN WALDBURG DOMINUS SCHAERAE ET TRAUCHBURGI SUAE CAESAREAE MAJESTATIS CONSILIARIUS ET CAMERATIUS SUO AERE von Deutscher Waldburges Heiliges Reiches, Heinrich of the Waldburg. Herr von Scheer and Trauchburg, His Imperial Majesty Councilor and Chamberlain, built it with his money "
Above there are 3 coats of arms: the top one is the coat of arms of the founder, the one on the left is the coat of arms of his first wife Juliane von Sulz, the one on the right of his second wife Anna Maria von Wolfegg . At the very top on the outside are the niches, in the middle the image of the crucified, on the left the image of a bishop and on the right that of a monk, we suspect in them the images of the brothers St. Willibald and St. Wunibald; further down on the left we see the portraits of St. Sebastian on the left and St. Rochus on the right. Both are considered to be the cartridge of the plague sufferers . St. Rochus shows his plague bumps on his left foot; an angel spreads a protective hand over it.
use
A procession to the Loreto Chapel was first mentioned in 1719 . Later there were several reports of pilgrimages by the community of Sigmaringendorf to the Loreto Chapel.
In 1972 the (Catholic) parish council decided to leave the Loreto chapel to the Protestant parish in Mengen for church services .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Thierer (Ed.): Lust for Baroque. Heaven meets earth in Upper Swabia . Kunstverlag J. Fink, 2002. ISBN 9783898700306
- ^ Karl Dehner : Chronicle of the community Sigmaringendorf. Sigmaringendorf, 1983
Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 39 ″ N , 9 ° 17 ′ 40 ″ E