St. Michaels Chapel (Taben-Rodt)
The Michaelskapelle near Taben-Rodt is a church building which is dedicated to the Archangel Michael .
location
The chapel is located south-east on the outskirts of Taben-Rodt on a high rock that slopes steeply to the left bank of the Saar and is approx. 500 m from the Church of St. Quiriacus and Auctor , a Roman Catholic church. The location of the chapel offers a magnificent view of the lower Saar valley and is the starting point for many hikes in the area.
history
The first building of the chapel was built by the Abbey of St. Maximin under Abbot Antonius Drubein (Antonius de Tribulis (Drublein / Drubheim) from the patrician family "zum Treubel" from Strasbourg) and dates from 1453 to 1482. The central axis of the The chapel faces exactly east . According to a document copied by hand by Philipp Jakob Bechtel (1832–1842 pastor in Taben-Rodt), the Michaelskapelle received a new altar , a new door and a picture in 1732 under Willibrordus Scheffer (1731–1738 pastor in Taben-Rodt) .
In the course of time the chapel was destroyed several times. B. 1794 during the French Revolution . It could only be restored in 1833. After the damage of the Second World War , extensive repair work was also necessary, which was not completed until 1954/55. Further renovations took place in 1968 and 2000 in order to largely preserve the original condition of the building.
legend
According to legend, a knight was on the run from his enemies when his horse stalled in front of the deep abyss that opened up here. In his almost hopeless situation he prayed to St. Michael and vowed to build a chapel if he received help. Then he gave his horse the spurs and bravely jumped over the floods of the Saar. His enemies could not follow him. But he reached the other bank unharmed and built this chapel here, which he dedicated to St. Michael.
building
The core of the chapel is a late Gothic building that originally served as a cemetery chapel . The simple plastered construction is provided with visible, offset sandstone ashlar stones at the corners and vaulted inside with cross ribs . A keystone with a coat of arms shows the coat of arms of Manderscheid .
The interior of the chapel has a width of 3.73 m and a height of 4.04 m on the west side (entrance). The length of the interior (including the choir ) is 7.10 m. The altar stands on a surface raised by 0.15 m, which can be reached via a step. The distance of the altar plate (1.76 m × 0.86 m) from the choir wall is 0.99 m and thus offers sufficient space for the celebrating cleric (with his face facing the congregation).
The three lead-glazed windows in the three-sided choir were designed by the artist Prof. E. Kraemer, Trier, and built into the existing tracery during the restoration in 1968 .
In the west-facing entrance side there is a Gothic arched portal with a pointed round arch . It does not contain the year, is 1.21 m wide and 2.34 m high. A brick-built, square roof turret with a bell, open on two sides, rises above the gable .
In the course of the year the chapel is included in the church celebrations. On the day of the patronage of St. Quiriakus (church patron of Taben-Rodt), according to the centuries-old tradition of local Quiriakus veneration, the shrine with the bones of St. Quiriakus is carried to Michael's chapel as part of a pilgrimage .
literature
- Herrmann F. Josef Liell: The Church of St. Quiriacus, their history and their sanctuaries. Trier 1895
- Chronicle of Taben-Rodt, From the history and life of the people in a village on the lower Saar, head and coordinator of the “Ortschronik” working group and responsible for the content: Josef Brittnacher; Authors: Oswald Biewer, Josef Brittnacher, Hubert Fehr, Heinrich Gansemer, editors: Ortsgemeinde Taben-Rodt, published in 2003
- Chronicle of the parish of St. Quiriacus and Auctor Taben-Rodt ("parish chronicle")
- Bernd Heinz: The Church of St. Quiriakus in Taben-Rodt. Taben-Rodt 2016
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Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 40 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 46" E