Schankweiler Klause
The Schankweiler Klause is a pilgrimage chapel in the municipality of Schankweiler in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).
history
In 1648 the hermit Johann Seelmayer received permission from Wolfgang Heinrich von Metternich (1615–1699), Herr zu Bourscheid, to build a hermitage and chapel. From 1732 to 1733 the pilgrimage church was rebuilt with a magnificent high altar according to plans by the Tyrolean master Joseph Dangel . Dangel also worked on the construction of St. Paulin in Trier . The current building was built between 1762 and 1763 by order of the collator Maria Theresia von Eltz-Rodendorf (1720–1803). The high altar is attributed to the Neuerburg sculptor Eberhard Hennes (1737–1797). The miraculous image of the high altar is based on the Mariahilf picture by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Ä. back, which he painted after 1537 for the Saxon court in Dresden , according to legend in the presence of Martin Luther . The Schankweiler Klause is today a pilgrimage site to the mother of good advice .
Next to the chapel is the so-called Klausner's apartment , which is intended as a hermit's apartment . In earlier times it was mostly a monk who tended the chapel and took care of the pilgrims, but in the second half of the 20th century this came to a standstill. Since 2008, a retired priest has lived in the hermitage during the summer months.
literature
- Elke Verschens-Schmitt: Altar builder from Neuerburg / Eifel and their works in the context of the Baroque in the Eifel and Ardennes area. Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-631-32863-X .
- Manuel Kehrli: Holsthum and Old Europe . In: Holsthum - A village in the South Eifel , Neuerburg 2017, p. 65.
- Werner Laeis: The Schankweiler Klause. In: Eifeljahrbuch 1980. pp. 51–72.
- Matthias Mayer: Marien-Pilgrimage Church Schankweiler Klause. Neuerburg 2004.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mayer 2004, p. 9.
- ↑ Verkens – Schmitt 1998, p. 144.
- ↑ Schankweiler Klause on holsthum.de
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 4.2 " N , 6 ° 23 ′ 15.4" E