St. George's Chapel (Messenkamp)

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The St. George's Chapel in Messenkamp - west side
The St. George Chapel in Messenkamp - south and east side

The St. Georgs Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Messenkamp in the Schaumburg district in Lower Saxony .

It is a simple, rectangular building made of white plastered natural stone and brick , which was built in 1532. She has some windows of different formats (u. A. A lancet windows on the south side) and one with red roof tiles roofed gable roof , a small wooden bell tower on the. The gable on the west side is clad with slate.

The chapel stands in the middle of the village of Messenkamp - accessible via a footpath and closely enclosed by the surrounding buildings - only the bell tower identifies it as a sacred building.

The chapel is a listed building and is one of the sights of the Messenkamp community.

Others

Today the chapel is made by the Ev.-Luth. Parish Lauenau regularly used for worship. The Messenkamp chapel board is involved in the Hülsede church board. In 1298 a separate church was mentioned in Messenkamp.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 33.12 "  N , 9 ° 22 ′ 49.8"  E