Pauluskapelle (Burg Bischofstein)

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Pauluskapelle

The Paulus chapel is halfway up the castle Bischofstein and was built around 1200. It belongs to the Lasserg district of the city of Münstermaifeld . In the Middle Ages it was a well-known place of pilgrimage . It was hoped for a cure from childhood illnesses and epilepsy .

history

The chapel in this area was mentioned in 1223 in connection with the Moselle town of Burgen. The name St. Paulus was first mentioned in 1342 . It is built in early Romanesque and late Gothic styles. The choir walls date from the 12th century, the vault from the 14th or 15th century. The cloister was built in the second half of the 17th century. In 1698 the chapel was completely renovated and a courtyard house was added to the west side. In 1763 it was renovated again. In 1834 it was badly damaged and fell into ruin . In 1882, the Burgen priest Franz Xaver Fischer bought the ruins and rebuilt them. The courtyard house was demolished. In 1883 St. Paul was rededicated. A Burgen citizens' association restored the chapel for the last time in 1970.

interior

The St. Paul Chapel contains a cross altar from 1653 and a Gothic depiction of the triad Fides, Spes and Caritas from 1380.

  • Castle with St. Paul's Chapel (below)

  • The courtyard house can still be seen on the oldest photo of Burg Bischofstein (before 1884).

  • Fides, Spes and Caritas

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . 2nd Edition. tape 10 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1984, p. 118 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Josef Gilles: Along the Moselle: from Koblenz to Trier 1880–1920. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2004, ISBN 3-89702-681-3 , p. 17.

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 46.6 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 1.5 ″  E