Snail chapel

This article covers the chapel in Fischbachtal-Billings. A chapel of the same name is part of the St. Ulrich and Afra basilica in Augsburg.

The snail chapel is a Protestant church building in Fischbachtal - Billings .

nature

It was built in 1967 based on plans by Hermann Fautz and Otfried Rau. It got its name because of its shape reminiscent of a snail shell. The entrance that opens up is intended to "draw the viewer into the interior of the chapel in order to offer him protection and reflection."

In 1971 the architects were awarded the sponsorship prize of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry for their design .

literature

• Chapel in Billings / Odenwald . In: Bauwelt . No. 35 , 1971, ISSN  0931-6590 .
• Second sponsorship award . In: Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (Ed.): Z. Ziegel . No. 2 , 1971.

Web links

• Ev.-luth. Parish of Niedernhausen: Billings Chapel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ St. Jost pilgrimage route. Fischbachtal community, accessed on August 23, 2008 . 
2. ↑ Second sponsorship award . In: Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (Ed.): Z. Ziegel . No. 2 , 1971.

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 15.8 "  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 42"  E