Seebach Chapel (Bad Reichenhall)

Seebach Chapel
Exterior view from the southeast
Data
place	Karlstein
builder	unknown
Construction year	1608
Coordinates	47 ° 43 '11.5 "  N , 12 ° 50' 44.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '11.5 "  N , 12 ° 50' 44.4"  E

The Seebach Chapel (also: Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother on Seebach ) in the district Karlstein of Bad Reichenhall is a listed building.

location

The chapel is located at the western exit of Karlstein in the direction of Thumsee directly on the Seebach at the foot of the Pankrazfelsen, on which the pilgrimage church of St. Pankraz is located.

history

According to documents, the Seebach Chapel was built as the Leonhard Chapel in 1608, without the builder or motif being apparent. The assumption of the construction in the course of the construction of the brine pipeline from Reichenhall to Traunstein was ruled out because the construction of the brine pipeline did not start until 1617. It is still unclear whether the chapel was built during a new or reconstruction of the Seebachmühle or with the construction of the road over the Thumsee, the Antoniberg to Weißbach and Inzell , the so-called Neuweg over the Cleber around 1590.

The claims of the bricklayer Kaspar Hafner, who came into the possession of the Seebach chapel after the death of the midwife Anni Hafner, are historically documented. After an alleged loss of the title deed, Hafner asked to file claims, whereupon the Seebach miller Max Grundner declared that the chapel was on his property and that he was the owner of the chapel.

Efforts to preserve the dilapidated chapel go back to 1950. Since the owner was not financially able, the Karlstein community repaired the roof structure and renewed the tin roof. After several changes of ownership, the current owner decided to restore and maintain the chapel. However, since the costs would have been at least DM 100,000 (a good 50,000 EUR), the new owner could not cope with this effort alone. The 1st chairman of the Association for Local History Bad Reichenhall und Umgebung eV, the pastor Helmut Eisele and the then mayor Wolfgang Heitmeier tried to find a solution for the chapel. Finally, the restoration was decided, under the leadership of the local history association, together with the owner, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the City Planning Director.

restoration

Architect Walter Löschner, a member of the local history association, took over the building supervision, the tenders and the auditing of the accounts. In June 1998 the municipal building yard built a new footbridge and repaired the access road. In the following months, the foundation walls were renovated, a new roof structure and sheet metal roof installed, painting and stucco work carried out, and bars and gates renewed or replaced. The costs were covered by the local history association, the city, several foundations and numerous private donations. Many local companies also worked, some for free. The Reichenhall artist Angerer the Younger donated 38 signed woodcuts to the Seebach Chapel, and the proceeds from the sale were used for the restoration.

Todays use

The chapel is open to the public, GTEV Kranzlstoana Karlstein eV regularly conducts a May service at the chapel.

literature

• Hubert Vogel: FROM THE FOUR THOUSAND YEAR OLD KARLSTEIN , Munich 1973
• Fritz Hofmann : Around the Seebach Chapel , information brochure, Bad Reichenhall, 1999