Maria Einsiedeln (Immelstetten)
Maria Einsiedeln is a Roman Catholic chapel in Immelstetten , Upper Swabia , a suburb of Markt Wald . It is located about 300 meters west of the southern half of the town. It is believed to have been built in the first quarter of the 18th century. A renovation took place in 1963.
Building description
The rectangular building has a new wooden ceiling and a semicircular end in the west. The arched door at the west end of the north side is more recent. There is a small, recessed and a round-arched window on the long walls. There is a walled-up basket arch door on the east facade. The gable bottom cornice is profiled, the gable curved with three lobes. Two pilasters extend into the higher central section. There is a small quatrefoil hole next to it.
Interior
The altar on the east wall is modern with a large woodcut of Our Lady of Einsiedeln. This illustration was created by J. St. Öchslin in the 18th century. A mounted crucifix and a mounted Mater Dolorosa date from the middle of the 18th century . A holy Vitus in the cauldron comes from the 18th century.
The Stations of the Cross , dating from the middle of the 18th century, consists of 14 small canvas pictures that are grouped together in large cartouches with a Rocailles frame.
Several votive pictures adorn the church. On the north wall one shows a cow and a donor couple. A Mother of God can be seen above it. The inscription reads "EX VOTO 1838 gm in Wald". Another with the Mater Dolorosa dates from the 19th century. The next one shows a donor with a black horse and a smaller gray horse. The inscription of a miraculous image reads: "Engaged in 1840 G. Wald". A votive picture from the 19th century shows a kneeling woman in front of a bed with a heart above it. Another picture with Our Lady from the 19th century has a pointed curvature at the top. The next shows a cow between trees and bears the inscription “Engaged in 1876”. On the last picture on the north wall, the Mother of God is shown again.
In the first picture on the south wall, the founder is kneeling under a Mother of God . It bears the inscription "EX VOTO 1882". The next is labeled "1859" and shows a kneeling woman under a mother of God. Another picture with a kneeling woman under a Mother of God bears the inscription “Engaged to Maria Einsidlen 1836”. The next one is labeled "1838". It shows a kneeling woman with a baby under a mother of God. A man kneeling under a Mother of God can be seen in the next picture. It is labeled "1844". The next picture, labeled "1879", shows a cow under a Mother of God. A picture with a cow and a calf in a landscape from the end of the 19th century completes the series of votive pictures.
literature
- Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress (= Bavarian Art Monuments . Volume 31 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1971, p. 147 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 51.7 ″ N , 10 ° 33 ′ 41.5 ″ E