Lady Chapel (Simonskall)
The Roman Catholic Marienkapelle is located in the Simonskall district of the municipality of Hürtgenwald in the Düren district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
history
The history of the chapel goes back to the 18th century. On July 22, 1741, the Simonskaller citizen Thomas Scholl was granted a seven-year chapel license by the Vicariate General . The chapel was initially in a specially furnished room in the "Simonskaller Burg". Over the years this authorization has been renewed again and again, most recently on April 28, 1917. As the chapel became too small over the years, the Simonskall Chapel Building Association was founded on October 17, 1930.
The local residents donated a piece of land. Today's Marienkapelle was built above the small town with funds from the church and the community of Hürtgenwald in 1935.
Furnishing
In 2006/2007 the relief “The Fallen” by Father Laurentius Englisch was installed in the Marienkapelle . The work is on loan from the Franziskusstiftung to the “Greyhounds admonish peace” association. The text on the two signs reads:
“THE DEAD from 1939-45 | did not fall for God and country. | Neither God nor the fatherland needs such | senseless sacrifice. | Jesus was on his way to execution three times on | Fallen cross. The cruel murder of Jesus was a work | the darkness and wickedness of men, not the will | God. - According to the vision of the seer, Jesus will be at the third | Fallen fall into a mud hole. Here in the portrait sinks | the shape, so that the viewer can see the | masculine, beautiful physicality. The sinking | hides the traces of the flagellation and agony path as if it were | Overcome suffering. | - When the image of the 'fallen' appears here in a holy place | is judged, it shall be an intercession and atonement for what is done | Be wrong. Sinking and falling can affect the people | remember contemptuous ideology and dictatorship of Nazi Germany, | what brought so many down and admonish that never again men- | tempted to kill in the name of God and the people | become. - The little ear of the 'fallen' makes him hear- | the. The memory of the fallen makes us too | prudish when wrong happens. | - Relief and text by P. Laurentius U. English. - 'THE FALLEN' | by P. Laurentius U. English | 1972: Art cast carbon compound with quartz, 200x50 cm | Loan from the Franziskusstiftung | to 'greyhounds urge peace' eV | - We mourn the war dead of all nations - "
Web links and sources
- The chapel at www.huertgenwald.de
- The chapel in the press
- The plaque in the church
- The 75th anniversary
- The chapel in the Aachener Zeitung
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 6 ° 21 ′ 5.3 ″ E
