Sebastian Chapel (Darsberg)
The Sebastian Chapel in Darsberg today belongs to the Protestant community of Darsberg (district of Neckarsteinach ) above the Neckar (north bank, Hesse ). It was built as a late Gothic small hall church on the road into the Neckarsteinach hinterland.
history
The oldest document about the place from the year 1174 still describes the place as "Tagersperch". At that time the feudal lords were still the bishops of Worms , who gave Darsberg a fief to the Landschad von Steinach and the Knights von Hirschhorn . In the feudal letter of Bishop Gerlach von Worms (1329–1332) to knight Hans von Hirschhorn on St. Martin's Day in 1329, the “Dorff zum Darsperg” is expressly mentioned for the first time.
It is believed that the chapel was built in the second half of the 15th century at the latest. It was consecrated to St. Sebastian and has a shrine of Mary on the altar. There is a possibility that the chapel was built for the existing altar shrine because a church renovation was pending in Neckarsteinach. With her reign , the community and with it the chapel became Lutheran - Protestant - very early around 1524 .
A renovation was completed in 2006.
Furnishing
architecture
The framework of the uniform gable roof carries a small pointed helmeted roof turret with a two-sided tower clock and sound openings. A small round window on a longitudinal front above the double-leaf entrance door. Next to it are two tall windows with Romanesque keystones .
Shrine of Mary
The Marian shrine has the shape of a four-wing canopy shrine. When closed, the two inner wings lean against the Gothic tracery of the canopy above the figure of Mary as side walls and on the outside of the front wing there is an Annunciation to Mary . These front wings enclose the central figure of Mary. Mary on the left panel kneels praying at a desk, above her the dove of the Holy Spirit (a figure of God) .
The panels on the right wing show St. Nikolaus and Sta. Catherine . Left from inside to outside Sta. Barbara and the church patron St. Sebastian.
The saints stand against a golden background. In the saint circlet they have their name. There are three female figures next to each other with the altar open. The two holy women are among the 14 helpers of the Middle Ages . Katharina stands next to a broken wheel on the same green ground as the other figures. She carries the book and the sword and a white cloak. Barbara stands next to her prison tower with a green cloak over her red dress.
In addition, according to their legends, they are equipped with accessories - in addition to the bishop's robe (green, red vestments over a white shirt), Nicholas of Myra has the representation of the three golden balls in his right hand. Shackled, pierced by arrows, blond curly hair, Sebastian wears short trousers and a red tunic with a gold clasp.
In place of the main picture is the Mother of God . The crowned “lovely” Mary, about 1.20 meters high, carries an apple in her right hand and a naked little Jesus on the left , who is holding a dove herself. Thus, as an unmistakable theological statement, the fall of man and God's birth stand close together on a central level. The gold-framed diamonds on a white / cream-colored coat background are striking on her clothing.
In the background, two winged half-figures hold the carpet (curtain) of the scene of the Annunciation for protection, painterly of course as a contrasting surface on which rays illuminate the figure in front. The floor pattern of the outer scene appears at the foot of the red carpet, so that it is probably intended to show that Maria has now stepped in front of the house, in public.
This work of art from the late Middle Ages, which is rare in the Palatinate, comes from a (?) Previously unknown carver and painter.
literature
- Elisabeth Hinz: Its creator was an unknown master. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of 23 Dec. 2006, p. 9 (with 3 illustrations)
- Elisabeth Hinz: Neckarsteinach yesterday and today . Heidelberg: Heidelberger Verlagsanstalt, 1989. ISBN 3-89426-031-9
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Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 3.9 " N , 8 ° 51 ′ 6.1" E