Loretto Chapel (Kronwinkel)

The Loretto Chapel is located in Kronwinkel , a suburb of the municipality of Tannheim (Württemberg) in the Biberach district in Upper Swabia .

History and location

Loretto Chapel from 1684

Kronwinkel is about three kilometers south of the center of Tannheim on Landstrasse 260 to Mooshausen . On a hill in the district are the now gone Kronwinkel Castle and the Loretto Chapel. The parish church, originally consecrated to Saint Vitus , initially belonged to the Rot an der Rot monastery , which sold the rights to the Lords of Königsegg at the end of the 14th century . In 1405 the Ochsenhausen monastery acquired the rights before Kronwinkel finally became a branch of Tannheim in 1424.

The foundation stone for the building was laid on July 28, 1684 during the term of office of Abbot Plazidus Kobolt . The barrel-vaulted beaver-tail-roofed building has a roof turret. The interior has a painted brickwork wall structure. As in many chapels of this type, there is only one window on the west side. Until the ban by the diocese of Constance in 1809, the custom of Veiteln was maintained in the chapel with the help of a Vitus relic . The relic was placed on the insane while the congregation appealed to the intercession of St. Vitus.

Furnishing

In the center of the chapel is a so-called Lauretana , a special figure of Maria . Jesus stands on his mother's lap. To the left and right of Maria are two baroque angel heads. In front of it, two tablets with relics of Blessed Beth von Reute are attached to the altar .

Bell jar

The bell from 1773 comes from the workshop of Johann Georg Ernst from Memmingen . Two angels are depicted on it, carrying the church of Loreto .

literature

• Günter Hütter: Church and chapels in Tannheim / Württ. , Schnell, Art Guide No. 2033, 1st edition 1992; Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich and Zurich, without ISBN;
• Georg Geisenhof : Brief history of the former Reichsstift Ochsenhausen in Swabia . Ganser, Ottobeuren 1829

Web links

Commons : Lorettokapelle Kronwinkel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg - Directory of immovable architectural and art monuments and the objects to be examined (PDF file; 32 kB). Partial list for the municipality of Tannheim.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günter Hütter: Church and chapels in Tannheim / Württ. , Schnell, Art Guide No. 2033, 1st edition 1992; Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich and Zurich, without ISBN; P. 14
2. ↑ Geisenhof: Brief History , p. 157

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 57 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 35 ″  E