Our Lady Chapel (Straeten)
Our Lady Chapel | |
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Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
Consecration year : | Year of construction 1861 |
Parish : | Straeten |
Address: | 52525 Heinsberg,
Gillrather Strasse |
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '34 ″ N , 6 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ E The Mother of God Chapel , which is also a war memorial chapel , is located in the Straeten district ofthe city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is a listed building as an architectural monument.
location
The chapel is on the corner of Gillrather Strasse, Turmstrasse and Waldhufenstrasse.
history
Our Lady Chapel was built in 1861. It was converted into a war memorial chapel by the parish.
architecture
The building is a small brick construction with an ogival blind niche and an entrance door with a slight arch . The chapel has blind arcades all around . The four windows are also ogival. A four-sided roof turret with a pyramid roof stands on the slated roof . This is crowned by a tower cross and a weathercock . Inside the chapel closes with a three-sided choir .
Furnishing
- The chapel has stained glass .
- In the chapel an altar , a pietà , a crucifix and the names of the deceased and missing soldiers of the two world wars of Straeten.
gallery
literature
- Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 .
- Volume Eight 1905: The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province District Heinsberg by Paul Clemen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinsberg Monument List No. 81 , entry: January 30, 1984.
- ↑ Heinsberg-Straeten, Krieger Memorial Chapel. on the website of the Research Center for 20th Century Glass Painting Foundation e. V.