Schimmelkapelle
A church is called a Schimmelkapelle or Schimmelkirche if it is linked to a traditional story about a Schimmel .
Often times these stories are about a horse trapped in the building. Usually this is not noticed, so that the animal starves and dies of thirst. It is later found dead in front of the altar. This should not then be discussed.
Such legends can point to a pre-Christian background and suggest a connection with former places of worship for the Germanic god Wotan . In addition, in individual cases specific historical events may have led to a church being given this name. Occasionally, a phonetic similarity with the term simultaneous church is pointed out.
Examples
- St. Georg Chapel near Ascholding , Upper Bavaria
- St. Stephan Chapel in Enzelhausen ( Rudelzhausen , Upper Bavaria)
- St. Georg Chapel in Georgenried near Finsterwald ( Waakirchen , Upper Bavaria)
- St. Ulrich chapel near Hofweinzier ( Bogen , Lower Bavaria)
- Chapel of St. Georg in Pelka ( Hohenkammer , Upper Bavaria)
- Schimmelkapelle near Schongau , Upper Bavaria
- Andreas Church in Pichlwang, Upper Austria
- St. Leonhard Church in Kartitsch , Tyrol
Editing of the topic
The motif of the Schimmelkapelle was taken up by Alois Johannes Lippl for his well-known piece Der Holledauer Schimmel , which was filmed in 1968 by Kurt Wilhelm .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.tegernseer-tal-verlag.de/content/hefte/147/leseprobe_kirchenfund_georgenried.htm
- ↑ a b Gisela Schinzel-Penth : Sagas and legends of Wolfratshausen and the surrounding area . ISBN 3-921445-19-1
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
