St. Michael (Iphofen)
The St. Michael Chapel in Iphofen is a chapel in the old town of the town. It stands next to the parish church of St. Vitus . The city's ossuary is located under the church .
history
Ossuary (also called charnel house and ossuary) were built when graves were re-filled. The bones that were previously in the grave were placed in the ossuaries.
The Iphöfer ossuary was first mentioned in 1380. In 1690 it lost its actual function, because the cemetery around the town church of St. Vitus was relocated and no further transfer of bones took place. The ossuary degenerated into a beet cellar. The lack of a lock on the building led to devastation. In 1960 the ossuary was cleared out and the bones sunk in a pit on the outskirts. In 1998 the Karner was set up again.
The chapel, built at the same time as the ossuary, received a benefit in 1415 . The pastor of the town church received the right of patronage. In 1670 the building was profaned after hardly any church activities had been carried out there before. It was not until 2005 that the church was consecrated and opened to the public. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation runs the chapel under monument number D-6-75-139-53.
literature
- Andreas Brombierstäudl: Churches in the city of Iphofen . In: Quick Art Guide. No. 333 . 11th edition 2012
- Mathias Wieser: St. Michael in Iphofen. Contribution to the building history and restoration of a Gothic cemetery chapel with a preserved ossuary . Stegaurach 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brombierstäudl, Andreas: churches of the town Iphofen . P. 23.
- ↑ See: Wieser, Michael: St. Michael in Iphofen .
- ↑ Geodata: D-6-75-139-53 ( Memento of the original dated May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 3, 2013.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '18.8 " N , 10 ° 15' 35.53" O