Loreto Chapel (Stätzling)

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Loreto Chapel in Stätzling

The Loreto Chapel is a monument in Stätzling near Friedberg .

history

The Bavarian dukes brought the Loreto cult to Bavaria. The Augsburg Bishop Cardinal Otto Truchseß von Waldburg and the Augsburg Cathedral Preacher Petrus Canisius were among the admirers of Maria von Loreto. The later heir to Hofmark Stätzling, the district judge Gallus Sebastian von Deuring , had a Loreto chapel built on the road to Augsburg in 1688. This building is not built on a hill, as is usual for Loreto chapels.

building

The chapel is a small, almost windowless rectangular building with curved gables and roof turrets . In an engraving by Michael Wening from 1701, two free-standing turrets can be seen that no longer exist today.

Furnishing

During a renovation in 1968, the original painting of the walls, painted exposed brickwork, was exposed. In a niche of the altar shrine there is a copy of the miraculous image in Loreto from the late 17th century, although in the case of a duplicate at that time only the basic appearance had to match. In 1968 the original version was reconstructed and the figural decorations from the cornice of the altar partition were also placed on the longitudinal walls. The Corpus Christi and the figure of St. Nepomuk were created around 1770. The figures of Saints Anna , Magdalena , Joachim and Johannes were probably created in 1683 by Bartholomäus Öberl . A sculpture of the Lamentation of Christ from the late 17th century can be found in a niche to the left of the altar (the legendary cupboard of the Holy Family ). In a grotto niche there is a devotional image of the Lourdes Madonna and St. Bernadette .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hubert Raab: Experience Friedberg: [with all parts of the city] . Kulturverlag Holzheu, Mering 2010, ISBN 978-3-938330-10-4 .
  2. ^ A b c Stadt Friedberg (Ed.): Stadtbuch Friedberg . tape 2 . Friedberg 1991, ISBN 3-9802818-0-9 .
  3. ^ Architectural monuments Friedberg. (PDF) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, April 14, 2018, accessed on April 21, 2018 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 26.5 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  E