St. Georgii Chapel (Wernigerode)

St. Georgii Chapel Wernigerode

The Wernigeröder St. Georgii Chapel is located on the Graf-Henrich- Brücke on Ilsenburger Strasse , where the Zillierbach and Holtemme flow together.

history

Count Konrad IV founded Wernigerode middle. Of the 14th century , the Hospital of St. Georgii with the small chapel of the same name. The St. Georgii Chapel, first mentioned in a document in 1347, was expanded in 1635 to include a half-timbered vestibule with a baroque bell tower . In the course of renovations and extensions between 1868 and 1869, the building was given its current appearance.

The St. Georgii Chapel is today the church of the Evangelical Church Community Wernigerode .

Furnishing

The original rich and precious interior of St. Georgii Chapel is now partly in the Wernigeröder St. Sylvestri church kept, such as in the former sacristy located late Gothic altarpiece .

literature

Georg von Gynz-Rekowski : Wernigerode in old views. European Library, Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1991, ISBN 90-288-5165-8 , Figures 43 and 44.

Web links

Commons : St. Georgii-Kapelle (Wernigerode) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Internet presence of the Evangelical Church Community Wernigerode , accessed on February 5, 2018.
Community centers and institutions in Wernigerode , accessed on February 8, 2018.

References and footnotes

↑ Count Konrad IV of Wernigerode (* around 1306 in Wernigerode, † 1370).
↑ The hospital was built from 1866 to 1868; today it houses the Sankt Georg retirement home .
↑ Website of the Sankt Georg retirement home , accessed on February 8, 2018.
^ History of the St. Georgii Chapel , accessed February 7, 2018.
^ Religion - Wernigeröder Kirchen , accessed on February 7, 2018.
^ Helga Neumann: St. Sylvestri Church in Wernigerode. Art publisher Peda Gregor e. K., Passau 2010, ISBN 978-3-89643-799-0 , p. 21.
↑ Karl-Heinz Peters: The winged altar in the former sacristy of the St. Sylvestri Church in Wernigerode. In: Community letter of the Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Jever , Fall 2014, pp. 5 and 32; PDF , accessed February 8, 2018.

51.834868 10.778342Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 5.5 ″ N , 10 ° 46 ′ 42 ″ E

[1] Count Konrad IV of Wernigerode (* around 1306 in Wernigerode, † 1370).

[2] The hospital was built from 1866 to 1868; today it houses the Sankt Georg retirement home .

[3] Website of the Sankt Georg retirement home , accessed on February 8, 2018.

[4] History of the St. Georgii Chapel , accessed February 7, 2018.

[5] Religion - Wernigeröder Kirchen , accessed on February 7, 2018.

[6] Helga Neumann: St. Sylvestri Church in Wernigerode. Art publisher Peda Gregor e. K., Passau 2010, ISBN 978-3-89643-799-0 , p. 21.

[7] Karl-Heinz Peters: The winged altar in the former sacristy of the St. Sylvestri Church in Wernigerode. In: Community letter of the Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Jever , Fall 2014, pp. 5 and 32; PDF , accessed February 8, 2018.