Guardian Angel Chapel (Herresbach)

Guardian Angel Chapel in Herresbach

The Guardian Angel Chapel is a Catholic chapel in the local church Herresbach in Mayen-Koblenz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), built 1,843th It is a protected cultural monument .

The chapel, a building made of local quarry stones , bears the patronage of the holy guardian angels and the apostle Matthias . The foundation stone was laid on June 30, 1843. The master road builder Mertitsch from Mayen was responsible for the plans .

A previous chapel. which was mentioned in 1656, had to be demolished in 1838 due to dilapidation . Baron Johann Adolf Waldbott of Bassenheim , the then landlord , founded on 24 April 1746 an early measurement sinecures .

literature

Rudolf Thelen: The chapel in Herresbach . In: History of the local parishes in the Verbandsgemeinde Mayen-Land, Part 1: Churches, chapels and parishes , ed. from the Verbandsgemeinde Mayen-Land, Mayen 2000, ISBN 3-9807436-0-8 , pp. 89-96.

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