Riederstein Chapel
The Riederstein Chapel is a small neo-Gothic chapel on the 1207 m high Riederstein rock spur above the Tegernsee . The spur rises about 150 meters almost vertically above the lookout point known as Galaun with an inn on the slope of the Baumgartenschneid . From the chapel you have a wide view of the Tegernsee and the Weissach valley .
description
With a length of almost five meters and a width of less than two meters, the building offers space for around ten to twelve people. The simple hall structure has a gable roof and a small pointed roof turret to the west and to the slope. The entrance has a portal with a pointed arch and an image of Mary above the door. She is depicted as a queen of heaven with a scepter and a blue cloak. Above it is a wrought-iron canopy.
The floor of the chapel is covered with red Tegernsee marble, the side walls are provided with light stone slabs in the lower third, above which they were originally whitewashed. A memorial plaque is embedded in each side wall. There are six knee benches in the room.
The color of the altar is such that its wood leans against the red marbled marble. The Pietà was made by Johann Wirth , a student of Joseph Schlotthauer , with medallions with a Mater Dolorosa and a Man of Sorrows hanging next to it . A representation of the Madonna von Altötting and a single votive panel hang above the altar . In front of the altar there is a wrought iron grille with ornaments and rings.
A way of the cross with 14 stations made of reliefs in the style of folk art leads to the chapel on a steep path, mostly on over 500 steps. Today's Stations of the Cross dates from 1897. The path passes a grotto in which the bones of a poacher named Leonhard Pöttinger from St. Quirin who disappeared in 1861 were found during the construction of the Stations of the Cross . A plaque commemorates him today.
Building history
According to a plaque inside the chapel, Josef Hupfauer, castle valet in Tegernsee Castle , built a previous building in 1841/42 and expanded the chapel as early as 1850/51. The current state of construction was achieved in 1863/64. At that time, a landowner in Tegernsee named Altmann paid the costs for the building; Joseph Schlotthauer donated the altar.
In 1897 citizens from Tegernsee founded the "Verein Riederstein" to ensure the maintenance of the chapel. He still looks after the path and the stairs to the chapel today. Special guests of the chapel are recorded in the chronicle of the association. The later King Johann of Saxony had to be rescued from Riederstein as Crown Prince in 1829 when he got lost while collecting plants in the rock and got stuck. In autumn 1932 Adolf Hitler came with "three close party friends". Julius Cardinal Döpfner and the then Mayor of Munich Hans-Jochen Vogel are known from 1968 .
Local legend
In the Tegernsee valley the chapel is interpreted as a votive church . A local legend reports that a hunter met a bear on the rocky spur. He could shoot the animal before it attacked him. Both fell over the cliff. The hunter survived because he fell on the bear's body. In gratitude he vowed to build the chapel. According to an alternative variant, the farmer from the nearby Leeberghof had the chapel built as a thank you that his cattle, which had lost their way on the Riedersteinsporn, came down safely.
literature
- Jürgen Heid: Chapels and wayside shrines in the Tegernsee valley. In: Hans Halmbacher (ed.): The Tegernsee valley in historical pictures. Volume 2. Fuchs-Druck, Hausham 1982, pages 548-568.
Web links
- Tegernsee Voice: How the Riederstein Church was created , December 13, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the presentation is based on Heid 1982.
- ↑ a b Tegernsee Voice: 500 steps to happiness , September 28, 2014
- ↑ Gisela Schinzel-Penth : Sagas and legends about Miesbach and Holzkirchen . Ambro Lacus Verlag, 2nd edition 2004. ISBN 3-921445-24-8 . Pages 187 f.
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 15 " N , 11 ° 47 ′ 33" E