Felsenberg local chapel

The local chapel of Felsenberg described in the Austrian art topography belonged to the parish of Neu-Pölla . With the 1938 made depopulation of Felsenberg to bear the military training area Döllersheim it was left to decay.

History and description

The predecessor structure of the chapel of Felsenberg was a preserved and appropriately adapted tower of the dilapidated castle of Felsenberg, which was demolished in 1905.

The chapel that was subsequently built was a rectangular structure with a semicircular apse and a Gothic tower on the west side. Its ground floor served the chapel as a vestibule. There were two ogival windows on the north and south sides, and a round hatch on the east side allowed light to enter. The roof was designed as a hipped gable roof . The chapel room had a flat ceiling.

Between 1705 and 1708, under Abbot Melchior, two wooden side altars , painted and equipped with two Corinthian columns, were purchased for the parish church of Edelbach . During the church renovation in 1864, these were dismantled except for the altarpieces that remained in the church in the Edelbach . In 1905 the chapel in Felsenberg received one of these side altars as a high altar.

The door of the tabernacle bore a gilded relief of the crucifixion. Above the tabernacle were carved and painted wooden statues of the Holy Trinity , Saints Sebastian and Johannes Nepomuk and two angels.

literature

• Paul Buberl: The monuments of the political district Zwettl in Lower Austria (without Zwettl Abbey). Part 1: Allentsteig judicial district (= Austrian art topography . Vol. 8, 1). Commissioned by Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1911.
• Johannes Müllner: The desecrated homeland. 2nd Edition. Association Information Waldviertel, Allentsteig 1998, ISBN 3-9500294-0-0 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ 37.3 ″  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 18.1 ″  E