Michaelskapelle (Untergrombach)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ′ 16.2 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 40.6 ″  E

Michaelskapelle after the renovation in October 2007

The Michaelskapelle is a baroque pilgrimage church on the Michaelsberg near Untergrombach on the western edge of the Kraichgau hill country.

The first documentary mention of a chapel on Michaelsberg comes from 1346. According to an inscription dated 1472 that was reused in today's chapel, the builder Hensel Frosch built a new late Gothic chapel in its place , possibly on behalf of the Speyer bishop Matthias von Rammung . The chapel had already disintegrated in 1584.

The current baroque chapel was built between 1742 and 1744 by order of the Speyer prince-bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn . In 1803 the chapel was closed and sold as a result of the secularization ; From 1855 to 1857 the church was bought back under Pastor Ignaz Kling and after the renovation the church services and pilgrimages were resumed. Three altars, a baroque pulpit from the former Hambrück parish church , ceiling paintings and the figures of the fourteen helpers are remarkable and decorate the interior of the church. In August 2007 the chapel was renovated.

  • Michalesberg Chapel Indulgence Inscription.JPG
  • MichalesbergKapelleAltar.JPG
  • MichalesbergChapelCeiling04.JPG
  • Michalesberg Chapel Side Altar.JPG

literature

  • Hans Rott : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden Volume 9, 2: The art monuments of the district of Bruchsal (Karlsruhe district) . Tübingen 1913, pp. 311-317 ( digitized version ).
  • Anton Wetterer: The St. Michaelskapelle on the mountain near Untergrombach, Bruchsal. A contribution to the local church history . Badenia, Karlsruhe 1933.
  • Wolfgang Ossfeld: Obergrombach and Untergrombach in the Middle Ages and early modern times up to around 1600. Investigations into the older settlement, constitution and church history of the two current districts of Bruchsal . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1975, pp. 167-169.
  • Michael Hassler (Hrsg.): The Michaelsberg - natural history and history of Untergrombach's local mountain. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 1998, ISBN 3-929366-78-9 , pp. 93-120.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Anneliese Seeliger-Zeiss: The inscriptions of the greater Karlsruhe area . Druckmüller, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7608-9470-4 , no. 63 ( digitized version ).

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