Waith

Waith is a district of Bruckmühl in the Rosenheim district . The village with about 200 inhabitants is located between Bruckmühl and Götting .

history

The small settlement between Götting and Thalham was founded in 1812 . But the first documentary mention can be found in the middle of the 12th century. Researchers assume that the village was settled from Götting, where there have been signs of Bavarian settlements since 600 AD. The name Waith is probably derived from a pasture between Götting and Thalham - on old maps today's name is Waith Weid .

Culture and sights

Plague chapel

Probably the most interesting building is the Waither plague chapel , which dates from the Thirty Years' War . Presumably Spanish soldiers brought the plague to Bavaria during the war around 1633/1634 . The small chapel has been renovated in painstaking detail over the past few years. From the outside it is an inconspicuous building. The west side facing the weather is clad with shingles to protect against the forces of nature and has no windows. A steel bell hangs under the sheet-roofed top of the chapel . The entrance door of the chapel has ornamental carvings.

It is not clear when the chapel was built. The first two numbers of a year, which are noted on the inside of the door as 17 , indicate less about the period of origin than about renovation work that was carried out in the 18th century. The only altar in the small chapel, which is placed in the curve of the apse , with its characteristic shapes clearly points to the 17th century. The interior of the chapel is designed as a so-called barrel vault.

The chapel is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch. Both saints are considered to be helpers against epidemics in the Christian tradition. It is subordinate to the parish of Götting.

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  Plague chapel

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  Plague chapel (interior)

Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '  N , 11 ° 55'  E