Schwarzenbichl Chapel
The Schwarzenbichl Chapel is built at an altitude of 1245 m west of the village of Seetal in the market town of Tamsweg in Lungau in the Austrian state of Salzburg .
The Mariä Namen chapel is located in the area of the Seetal parish, Tamsweg deanery in the Archdiocese of Salzburg . It is a listed building .
history
The chapel on Schwarzenbichl (hill) was built in 1761 under Vicar Franz X. Radschin as thanks for the rescue after an attack by robbers. The Schwarzenbichl was created from an Ice Age moraine , at the location of the chapel is the watershed on the way from Tamsweg to Seetal.
The chapel is important as a local pilgrimage destination. On Trinity Saturday, pilgrims from the neighboring Krakautal in Styria go on a foot pilgrimage to the chapel. A festive procession leads from the Seetal parish church to the chapel (Prangtag) on the feast of Mary's Name (September 12 ).
architecture
The south-facing chapel is a little higher up next to the road. The original chapel from 1761 was decorated with frescoes by Gregor Lederwasch . In 1901 the chapel was enlarged in the neo-Gothic style. Inside there is a representation of the miraculous image of Mariazell .
literature
- Ignaz von Kürsinger : Lungau - historically, ethnographically and statistically. Salzburg 1853 p. 362.
- Franz Martin : The monuments of the political district Tamsweg (Austrian art topography 22). Vienna 1929.
- Klaus / Anton / Josefine Heitzmann: Tamsweg - The story of a market and its rural communities. Publishing house Wolfgang Pfeifenberger , Tamsweg 2008.
Web links
- Description of the chapel at the parish association Tamsweg Lessach Seetal
- List of pastors in Seetal from 1461 to 1856
Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 53.1 ″ N , 13 ° 55 ′ 42.3 ″ E