Castle Chapel St. Leonhard (Rimpach)
The St. Leonhard Castle Chapel is the chapel belonging to Rimpach Castle in the hamlet of Rimpach belonging to Friesenhofen , which is located in the urban area of Leutkirch im Allgäu in the Ravensburg district .
description
The chapel is located on the L 318, which connects Leutkirch with the town of Isny im Allgäu . The castle, which is surrounded by a shoulder-high wall, is connected to the chapel via a corridor. A first chapel was probably built on the site in 1471. The present chapel with its rococo - church equipment was Franz Karl Eusebius von Waldburg-Friedberg and Trauchburg in 1765 built. The Thumb student Johann Georg Specht was the builder. The frescoes are by Franz Anton Dick and the sculptor was Konrad Hegenauer . Whether the construction of the chapel was also influenced by the builder of the Rimpach Castle, Josef Anton Feuchtmayer, which was built at the same time, and his executive colleague Georg Dirr cannot be proven.
Furnishing
The picture of the high altar shows the Milanese bishop Karl Borromeo with a monstrance . The side altars take up the theme of the Eucharist . Our Lady and St. Benedict are depicted receiving their last Holy Communion.
The frescoes by the painter Franz Anton Dick also partly focus on the Eucharist. In the dome of the choir a fresco from the themes of the Old Testament . Everything revolves around the manna , a food that fell on the desert floor at night during the 40-year migration of the Israelites. The ceiling painting in the nave of the chapel is thematically from the Old Testament. It shows King David's dance in front of the Ark of the Covenant before he and his people move into the city of Jerusalem, which he has conquered .
The tall, slightly inconspicuous geosted beaver-tail-roofed chapel is equipped with a roof turret and bell to the east . The theological concept of the builder and prince-bishop of Chiemsee, with the Holy Eucharist as the theme, runs harmoniously from the altars to the frescoes on the basis of a pure Rococo style that has not changed anywhere since it was built. The chapel has a pulpit as one of the few of the 45 chapels in the Leutkirchen area . It can only be entered by the public during the celebration of the Eucharist.
literature
- Manfred Thierer / Ursula Rückgauer: Places of silence: The chapels in the Ravensburg district . Ed .: District Office Ravensburg. Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89870-547-9 , p. 392 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 47.7 " N , 10 ° 4 ′ 11.1" E